Keep Your Eyes On Your Own Plate and Ditch the Diet
Have you ever tried a diet or way of eating someone suggested that worked great for them but didn’t work out for you? Ready to Ditch the diet?
Before you make a diet change or copy what someone else is doing think about this:
- You are not them
- You are your own unique person
- Be curious. Don’t copy.
Social media is a great way to learn from others and gain recipe ideas to find what works with your body and lifestyle, but that doesn’t mean to copy what someone else is doing and expect the same results. Maybe when you ditch the diet you can find what really works for YOU!
Why you should keep your eyes on your own plate
Comparison Trap:
Everybody is different. Even if you ate the EXCAT same meals as someone else you are not going to look just like them. Constantly mimicking what others are doing will just set you back and have you flipping from one diet trend to the next.
Bio-individuality:
What works for one person may not work for you. You have different tastes, backgrounds, bodies, and lives. What works for one person could do the opposite for you.
Unsustainable:
It is hard to listen to your body and learn your own body’s needs when you are always trying what works for someone else or listening to diet culture.
Judging:
Be curious, ask questions, but avoid making comments on someone else’s choices. Commenting on others’ food choices can be harmful. You don’t know what makes them feel good, you don’t know if they have a healthy relationship with food, you don’t know if what you say could be triggering.
Constantly mimicking what others are doing will just set you back and have you flipping from one diet trend to the next. Instead, take bits and pieces that you learn from others and find a way to integrate them into your lifestyle. Let’s Ditch the diet…
That is why I don’t like to make strict meal plans for my clients. It is about building personalized nutrition for YOU and creating healthy habits you enjoy and can sustain.
It is hard to learn to listen to YOUR body when you are always trying what works for someone else or listening to diet culture. Have you ever found yourself trying to copy someone else’s diet in hopes of a certain result?
