Choose your Weight Loss and Wellbeing Coach Wisely

Choosing your weight loss and wellbeing coach is a task that should not be undertaken lightly.

You will be taking advice on your health from the person that you choose and, with the weight-loss industry being one of the fastest growing industries in the world, you may come across some people that are not qualified to help you.

Good Nutrition is Vital to your Health and Wellbeing

With obesity levels rising all the time, there is an increasing demand for qualified professionals with specialist expertise in nutrition and weight loss. While searching online for some information, I found a post with the headline ‘Five People Who Shouldn’t Be Your Weight-Loss Coach’.

This was a women’s magazine and in the article the writer insisted that you should only go to a degreed dietician for dietary advice. While the article was well written, and did give five people one should not go to for dietary advice, I was rather amused to find that, as I was about to leave the site, I was offered a seven-day diet plan for FREE! No consultation, or any sort of advice, was offered to see if it suited me.

The truth is that most people get referred to a nutritionist or dietician only if they have a serious health problem. Nutrition advisers are often much more accessible to the general public and have all the skills needed to advise and motivate individuals on how to eat better, move more, lose weight and improve their health.

If you can find a nutrition advisor that is a trained life coach, as I am (nudge, nudge and wink, wink), then you will have found someone that can help you to truly understand your relationship with food, and find out what is holding you back from reaching your goals in all areas of your life.

So, having ascertained that you don’t necessarily need a nutritionist or dietician to help you lose weight, let’s talk about what you need to look for in a coach.

It is important to select a nutrition coach that has completed a course that is recognised in the industry. For instance Future Fit, one of the companies that I trained with, are certified by the prestigious Association for Nutrition (AfN). They have won many training awards and carry all the right credentials, including having been in business for over 20 years. The courses took months of almost full-time work to complete, so it was certainly not an overnight certification as the article in question implied.

Now searching further online, I found that many coaches said that they were the best person to deal with, as they had been overweight themselves and had lost weight. The interesting thing is that many of these people did not seem to have any formal training at all.

Now I have never been overweight as I was a ballet dancer and have always been extremely active. Does it make me any less of a weight-loss coach because I have never been overweight?

You can make up your own mind, but let me tell you a bit more about myself. I have always been passionate about the body and how it works but was never in a position to study further. I have always looked after my health and like to think that I look far younger than I am. I feel that my advanced years are a bonus for my clients as experience is far better than any degree. In fact, I always say that I have been to the University of Life!

I have a very clear philosophy on life and that was what led me to doing a life-coaching course in 2009. I found a top company whose coaching ethos fitted with my outlook, and passed their exams with a distinction. I have since completed Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and Psychology diplomas in the UK to update my skills.

Your Weightloss and Wellbeing Coach will Educate You

My weight-loss course focusses on nutrition, and promotes a balanced diet including all the key nutrients.  As your coach, I will see that you are consuming all the right foods to ensure a healthy body and mind. I will educate you regarding the many tricks of the food industry, and advise you on every aspect of your diet.

This is a lifestyle change, and the one thing I can’t promise is that it will be easy. What I can promise is that I will be with you every step of the way. There are many reasons for doing this course and, although many of you might be wanting to lose weight, you will find that there are many other benefits as well. So join me on this journey and let’s see how I can help you.

I hope that I have helped you by showing you what is involved in choosing your weight loss and wellbeing coach but, should you have any further questions, do have a look at the Q & A section or E-mail me with your queries and I will get back to you.

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