HOW TO START A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE WITH A NAPERVILLE NUTRITION COACH
Embarking on a journey towards a healthier lifestyle has it’s challenges, but with the guidance of a qualified Naperville nutrition coach, it can become an exciting adventure. Here's how you can get started and create lasting changes to your well-being.
Set Clear Goals
The first step is identifying what you want to achieve. Whether your goal is weight loss, improved energy levels, better digestion, hormone balance or overall enhanced health, having a clear goal is a crucial component of accomplishment. Because goals often take many months to accomplish, it’s key to set goals that are ‘need’ goals (not just ‘want’ goals) as you’ll find it easier to stay inspired when the going gets tough. A key component to setting goals is that once defined, they provide the stepping stones necessary to achieve them which is where having a good nutrition coach can be especially helpful. Nutrition coaches bring objectivity, something which is hard to cultivate on your own, after all, we are emotional beings. With that objectivity comes new perspectives and insights you may not have realized were a part of the goals you’ve set. Your coach will ultimately simplify and streamline your journey making it financially, mentally, and physically lighter and easier to accomplish!
2. Find a Qualified Nutrition Coach
A great nutrition coach can make all the difference in your journey to better health. Finding the right nutrition coach can be a challenging task but there are a few pointers that can help.
First, look for a certified professional with experience in creating personalized nutrition plans from a whole health perspective including current habits, lifestyle, health concerns, and symptoms, not just a calorie or macro goal approach. A nutrition coach or certified health coach should have the credentials to back up their expertise alongside a deep understanding of nutrition science to translate that knowledge into a plan tailored to your needs.
Second, read reviews and ask for testimonials. Before you choose a nutrition coach, read online reviews and ask for testimonials from past clients. These sources of information can provide valuable insights into the coach's approach and how well they have helped their clients.
Third, request an initial consultation to ensure their approach aligns with your needs. Before you commit to working with a nutrition coach, request an initial consultation. This meeting will allow you to discuss your goals and expectations, and determine whether the coach's approach is a good fit for you.
3. Create a Customized Plan
Your coach will develop a nutrition plan specifically for you. This plan might include meal plans, recipes, and practical tips for healthier eating, but even more important is how it looks at your health history, digestive and hormone health, symptoms, mindset, and more to develop a unique set of stepping stones to achieve what you desire to achieve. A customized plan should be designed to fit seamlessly into your lifestyle, making it easier to support follow through and also maintain, even after you have achieved your goals.
4. Regular Check-ins
If you want to make your weight loss journey simpler, it's important to make sure that you have a coach who provides consistent support in both the what (the plan) and the how (the behavior change), not to mention the appropriate modality of support for helping you build accountability and consistency. Regular follow-ups with your coach will help you feel supported when obstacles arise, make tweaks to the plan, and actually learn as you go (the key to sustaining your results). Weekly check-ins provide an opportunity to break through past reasons you didn’t achieve your goals. If you take time to understand why past attempts didn’t work, you’ll be able to ensure this time does!
5. Consistency
Having the right nutrition coach is important as they will ensure you learn how to build consistency and help you work through obstacles that arise including self-sabotage, travel, social life, common trending excuses, and those recurring reasons you haven’t achieved your goals. Vital Roots Health Co nutrition coaches are best known for helping their clients know what to focus on changing and how-to, so that they achieve big results.
It’s about creating a new normal that you enjoy and build as your lifestyle for the long term.
6. Track Your Progress
Keep a journal or use apps to monitor your progress. Tracking helps you see how far you’ve come and celebrate small victories along the way. Far to often our health coaches see clients miss out on results due to simply not realizing the progress that is actually happening. Learning to set appropriate progress markers will allow you to feel more motivated as you look back and see the positive changes you’ve made. Remember, motivation comes from action, not the other way around.
Action = Results = Motivation!
Conclusion
Therefore, as you rethink your health goals, you’ll likely want to get an objective look at how you are approaching them. Finding the right Naperville nutrition coach, like Vital Roots Health Co coaches, truly is your best investment. Not only will our health coaches provide insights that will speed up your results, they will support you in the ‘how-to not fail’ this time and guide you to results faster.
