Anxious about Gaining Fat from Indulging in the Food you Want?

Are you getting anxious about fat gain during the holidays?

Do you feel like you have to follow a chicken n veggie style diet during this time to make up for all the feasting you’ll do?

Do you think that if you have a lot of foods off your plan that you should do extra cardio, fast, or restrict the next day?

Have you thought about limiting your intake entirely because you have already ‘put on too much fat’ or ‘enjoyed enough’?

If this is you then please keep reading...

When we begin putting these limits or expectations on ourself we actually inhibit our ability to enjoy the experiences.

When we become so wrapped up in the negative impact of enjoying the holidays, treats, and food outside of our plan

We end up creating MORE stress in our body and our mind.

This stress then takes up the space that would have been used to actually experience / enjoy the food you’re eating.

But now you’re just sitting at the table stressing and creating a horrible environment for your gut to function...

Making your mind run a million miles a minute totally unable to focus on the amazing people you’re surrounded by

And you probably become some what of a grouch afterward and the next day.

This is all happening because you don’t identify as someone who indulges, enjoys the food their eating in excess, or goes nuts for all this

You’re a person who eats clean or tracks EVERYTHING.
You’re a person who hits the gym hard.
You’re a person who has muscle and looks lean more often than not.

You don’t want to skip out on an experience, yet you’re still stuck in the old expectations that you can’t even fully enjoy it.

To be honest, it would be better NOT to eat than to eat with all the stress/worry in your mind.

That will actually cause way more damage physically and emotionally!

You have to remember a few things:
1. You’ve been doing this long enough or efficiently enough to know what’s enough for your body- be intuitive
2. Sometimes a mental / diet break is the best thing you can do for your body especially if you plan to compete again!
3. Perpetual dieting and punishment of choices is not conducive to any goals. It won’t help you look or feel better
4. Do what YOU really want. Maybe it’s not what others expect but you have the power of personal choice

Last year I ate out of Tupperware for my boyfriend, sister, dad, mom, aunts and my own birthday as well as Halloween, thanksgiving, christmas, and New Years.

THIS WAS A PERSONAL CHOICE THAT HELPED ME DO MY ABSOLUTE BEST IN MY COMPETITION SEASON!

And if I was in prep now, I’d happily do it again! But this doesn’t make it my eternal choice or identity or reality.

We are not entirely defined on what we eat.

Our choices help to make us who we are but you’re not a bad person for wanting to celebrate the holidays w/o tracking or a pre prepped meal...

At the end of the day, we make things up to be so much worse in our head than they really are.

You don’t have to stuff your face but if you do, you also don’t have to feel guilty or like you need to ‘work it off’ or ‘earn it’

Give thanks. Eat. Enjoy. Be merry.

However that looks for you, IS OKAY as long as it’s coming from a healthy and loving place

Need help getting through this?

I got you.

Send me a DM on Instagram & I’ll open up some time in my calendar to hop on a quick 20min call before your next holiday, ‘treat’, or event!

I’ll take you through some of my most powerful coaching methods to overcome these struggles. Just message me :)

Consider it an early Christmas gift!

Lots of love ❤️

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