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Sometimes clients come in and apologize. “It’s terrible, I
just love food.” They’ll elaborate, “I enjoy restaurants and trying new foods.”
I sit back waiting for the part they should be sorry for. Other times, in a session, I’ll talk about a recipe and clients will look at me surprised “wow, you really
know about food.” Where did we all get this notion that being healthy or losing
weight requires divorcing ourselves from food pleasure? I come bearing good
news; nothing about Foodtraining or weight loss requires staying home eating
undressed greens, sad yet skinny.
In many ways, I think my foodie clients do better. If you
like a lot of foods, chances are you like a lot of healthy foods. Give me the
fearless foodie over the picky eater any day. Foodies like flavor. I can get a
foodie excited about a farm egg, oysters or the most delicious finishing salt.
If anyone knows how to make healthy food exciting it’s the foodie.
But, yes there’s a but. I wish there was a way that life
could involve daily cheese courses, free flowing cocktails (farm to bar
movement anyone?) and loads of “freshly baked” everything but it can’t and
shouldn’t. For most people you really cannot eat out every night, sample
everything (trust me you don’t “have to”) and stay slim.
Amber Valetta, in a recent Allure interview, said that she loves great food (I believe her
another misconception is that if you’re thin you must not) but that’s not what
she eats day in and day out. Brown rice, quinoa and vegetables are staples for her. I like this way of looking at things. In a week perhaps
there are some restaurant meals. There is a time for treats. But we also need
those less exciting slightly Spartan options to balance it out. Maybe it’s my
turn to apologize but I promise that even quinoa and vegetables with a miso
dressing or harissa will be ok.
Do you consider
yourself a foodie? Do you like that term? Do you think this is an asset or
liability when it comes to weight?
