Can You Compete While Having a Healthy Relationship with Food?

I used to freak out about eating anything off my plan
 
When I got my first meal plan I thought it was ‘the only way’ and being someone with an already very control oriented and disciplined personality, you bet I wasn’t going to stray from it
 
I was always given 1 free meal a week though, mind you this was my pre-competing days
 
Literally just wanting to get more fit and have a real program to follow
 
I of course would do perfectly all week then as soon as it was time for my free meal I went HARD like I would eat enough for two days worth of food in one meal
 
Sound familiar?
 
Going wild on your free meal/cheat meal only to justify it by saying “I was on point all week”

Welp, that was my reality for far too long
 
Eventually I got into competing because I was “already living the lifestyle anyways” (eating chicken, rice, greens, ground turkey, eggs, etc and lifting 6x a week) I thought I should see how much further I could go
 
I knew something was off about my food relationship but didn’t think much of it because “this is the only way and how it’s supposed to be and how everyone else does it”

I prepped for my first show, didn’t place, got walked off stage with the other girls who didn’t place, and felt like all my hard work and commitment “wasn’t good enough”

I felt this way because I hadn’t primed my mindset to be one of success for the commitment regardless of a validating external outcome
 
I said “f it” and went full on eat whatever mode. My appetite was all over the place too so some days I would barely eat and others I would be like santa on Christmas
 
I realized there was a problem when I gained 30lbs in 2 weeks
 
Yep...you read that right
 
I blamed competing for awhile
 
Then I put my big girl panties on and realized that I did this. I hid from my binge cycles for too long, went on autopilot with a prep as my excuse to be able to say no to eating things, and I didn’t love myself very much (especially compared to the love I have for myself now whoaaa)

So I took responsibility
 
But I didn’t go on a diet or cardio myself to death because that hadn’t worked before and I was not trying to be insane on top of all of my food and body issues
 
So I let go of ALL the rules
 
I set new standards and expectations for my own health and body
 
I prioritized self-love and started doing all these different things to love myself which just felt right to me like locking eyes with myself in the mirror, identifying positive parts of my body, snapping rubber bands on my wrist when negative self talk arose and then rewriting them with positives, the list goes on
 
My business mission evolved with me
 
I realized that we need to Build More than Just a Body
 
I knew there had to be a way to compete with a healthy relationship with food and a positive body image
 
I set out to make that reality and be an example to others
 
Over the last couple years I’ve been able to accomplish that WITHOUT having to completely drop everything to do so
 
I’ve successfully competed in 5 shows since then and have overcome struggles with my relationship with food WITHOUT sacrificing my goals
 
Now, I help other competitors to make peace with food, their body, and their goals year round, in every season
 
I now can follow a competition prep diet WITH a healthy relationship with food AND WHILE developing a healthier relationship with food...and help you do the same
 
So if you’ve ever been told you have to drop everything to heal it, you’ve been lied to. In many cases, it’s not necessary and if you don’t believe me just look at my Testimonials Page to See
 
After going through my own internal battles I discussed, I was inspired to start studying psychology and earned my bachelors degree while becoming a #1 best selling self help author after immersing myself into the personal development world AND speaking on stages in various cities of the US
 
Now I’m getting my masters degree in clinical mental health counseling
 
So while my story is compelling and my “I overcame this and so can you” may be inspiring, I want you to know it’s not only something I LOVE to help others with, it is something I am truly passionate about, committed to, and invested in
 
I literally live, eat, sleep, and breathe this stuff
 
If you’re ready to Build More than just a Body and make peace with food, your body, and your goals using my signature PTG system I developed with competitors in mind, then Contact me now to inquire about if and how I can help you
 
If I feel I can help you I’ll give you some options that I think would be best based on what we discuss
 
If I don’t feel I can help you, I will refer you to someone else
 
Don’t let negative experiences caused by negative mental constructs hold you back from being a successful athlete and lover of the lifestyle
 
YOU CAN BE AN ATHLETE AND A CHAMPION WHO HAS A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH HERSELF, HER BODY, and FOOD
 
Why wait to see that version of you come to life? It’ll only get harder
 
Contact me now or visit my work with me page to get ahead of this and say no more to the viscous cycles of disordered thoughts, eating, and body image

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