Nutrition
Insight into your nutritional needs is essential. Truly unlocking your body’s potential involves recognising the fundamental requirement differences for men and women and learning how to implement them.
The dynamic interplay of hormones, activity levels, core necessities, and their ideal timing has a profound effect on wellbeing. As we age, the nutritional needs continue to change. Whether you’re looking to optimise performance or navigate your unique nutritional landscape FTF has you covered.
shattering the myths
The digital landscape is saturated with generic and often conflicting nutrition information, making it difficult to discern genuine guidance from money making schemes and fleeting fads. Rife with sales pitches and misleading “gumph”.
People are encouraged to “Adopt this diet…” “Take this pill…” “Eliminate this entire food category…” “Breathe into this device, it will tell you what to eat…” “Use this app…” “Only eat between these hours…”… “Have this injection”… No.
Marketing is a multi-billion-pound industry for a reason, it preys on people who feel lost and out of options. Skepticism towards overly persuasive claims is wise, no matter how time-pressured your situation feels; if a nutritional solution promises instant success, it is likely to have negative health consequences (short and/or long term) and will rarely deliver lasting results.
For women specifically:
You need to eat;
Do not skip meals;
*Never* train without having eaten;
Do not “diet”;
Learn to re-write your script.
Firstly, life is about living.
You can be healthy, you can look after your body, and you can still enjoy what you eat and drink. Your nutrition needs to be based around your personal goals. You can lose fat and can build muscle if you eat correctly. You can eat pizza and drink wine if you want to (I do – they’re both great!), but you need to make sure you are giving your body the good stuff around it.
In particular, as women, we need to understand how our bodies respond differently to men’s, how our hormones affect our training and the importance of why certain nutrients are required, and why timing of them is proving to be vital for our development.
The best results
Consider whether your current diet is benefitting or hindering you in the long term and whether you are achieving the optimum macro and micronutrients on a daily basis. If the answer is no, which I can bet is the case, consider booking a nutrition session and get in touch.
A nutrition session will – Analyse your goals, current diet, preferences, habits and challenges. Formulate guidance and a support plan to link to overall health, wellbeing and performance. You will have a plan created to help you to reframe your habits and make supportive changes. We will discuss the best options for you during our consultation.
If you want to achieve the best for and from your body, you will want to combine nutrition and training together. However, if you feel that you only have the ability to focus on one at the moment, then choose whichever option you will be able to commit the most to.
