Health Coaching Questions
What is Health Coaching?
Health coaching is about helping you understand what is preventing you from reaching your health and wellness goals. It's about creating and anchoring a value system from which you make sound choices about your health and wellness with a trusted guide. It’s about having a champion who can take you through the peaks and valleys of adjusting your lifestyle to align with optimal well-being. And it’s about taking a more in-depth look at your relationship with food to see how you can make better choices. I will be there every step of the way to ensure we develop a long-lasting, sustainable plan that works with your schedule and lifestyle.
Why work with a health coach?
Are you experiencing any of the below?
...then yes, health coaching is for you!
Doctors and dietitians either don't have the time or the skills to help people stay motivated and follow through to get lasting results. What happens then? We default to our set habits, even when they make us feel lousy. Without the right support and accountability, this dysfunctional cycle continues. The good news is this is where a health coach, like myself, is most needed - a guide who helps and supports you build healthy habits that align with how you want to feel every day. I offer you sustained motivation and guided follow through on your wellness path.
- tired of fad and yo-yo dieting;
- confused by the mixed messages of nutrition delivered by the media;
- choosing foods based on speed rather than health;
- not cooking or preparing your meals because of your busy lifestyle, but wishing you could:
- not feeling well, but know you could be your best self by cleaning up your diet;
...then yes, health coaching is for you!
Doctors and dietitians either don't have the time or the skills to help people stay motivated and follow through to get lasting results. What happens then? We default to our set habits, even when they make us feel lousy. Without the right support and accountability, this dysfunctional cycle continues. The good news is this is where a health coach, like myself, is most needed - a guide who helps and supports you build healthy habits that align with how you want to feel every day. I offer you sustained motivation and guided follow through on your wellness path.
How do I begin a plant-based diet?
Begin by taking a genuine interest in your wellness and the desire to cultivate the skills you need is the first step on your way to vibrant health and happiness. Get curious! Learning about the incredible variety of delicious and nutritious plant-based foods will take you to the next level. And once you start seeing the results and feeling amazing from the inside out, you'll be more than inspired!
All programs come with access to LighterPRO, a HIPAA-compliant, smart-meal planning, and tracking software, which creates a fully personalized and evidence-based nutrition plan. Lighter generates customized, 100% plant-based meal plans that can include therapeutic diets and translates broad nutritional recommendations into easy meal planning, prep, and tracking. Extra perks include educational content and convenient grocery lists, with optional delivery.
Together we can strategically answer the question, “What should I eat?” with specificity and convenience. Lighter offers deeply personalized health-specific nutrition plans and thousands of meal ideas. From chickpea curry to dairy-free vegetable pizza, iron-rich berry smoothies to gluten-free French toast, we make your nutrition advice delicious and personalized.
All programs come with access to LighterPRO, a HIPAA-compliant, smart-meal planning, and tracking software, which creates a fully personalized and evidence-based nutrition plan. Lighter generates customized, 100% plant-based meal plans that can include therapeutic diets and translates broad nutritional recommendations into easy meal planning, prep, and tracking. Extra perks include educational content and convenient grocery lists, with optional delivery.
Together we can strategically answer the question, “What should I eat?” with specificity and convenience. Lighter offers deeply personalized health-specific nutrition plans and thousands of meal ideas. From chickpea curry to dairy-free vegetable pizza, iron-rich berry smoothies to gluten-free French toast, we make your nutrition advice delicious and personalized.
Is eating healthy expensive and time consuming?
Eating clean and preparing whole, nutritious plant-based meals does not have to be a chore nor an added expense. It’s just like prioritizing what’s important in your life. Once you start to experience the benefits, you’ll learn ways to be a savvy shopper in order to keep reaping those benefits going. For those on a plant=based diet, you are not buying meat, fish, eggs and/or dairy which saves you a lot, whether or are vegan or vegetarian. I can show you how to manage your time, how to shop economically, and how to dine out, on vacation or on the go, so it all becomes second nature.
Is it hard to stay on a plant-based diet?
The short answer is: like everything else, it’s a matter of knowledge and practice. If you learn the right habits from the beginning, then it’s quite easy! One of the most significant aspects of a plant-based diet is that you introduce a lot more variety in your diet. In the beginning, you’re getting to know different options, and soon realize that it is not about what you can't eat, or replacing what you knew before, but instead about what you can eat, by enriching your diet with highly nutritious, diverse and delicious choices. It becomes quite natural. And trust me, once you start to feel and look your best, you enjoy it more and more!
I want to go vegan, but should I go cold-turkey?
Everyone is different, so there’s no right way for everyone. For some, easing into a vegan diet is the way to go. It takes some time to learn what your options are and how to set up plant-based meals, including eating out. At first, you may have different cravings or energy highs and lows. If it's not done correctly, there's a risk of becoming a junk-food vegan. After all, fries, chips and lots of sweets are vegan! For those who are more familiar with the vegan landscape, diving right in works. The right approach for you is something we can tackle together.
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Disclaimer:
A Health Coach is a mentor and guide who has been trained and certified in essential nutrition and health coaching, to help clients reach their health and wellness goals by supporting them to devise and implement positive, sustainable lifestyle changes. The role of a Health Coach is not to provide medical services; or to diagnose, treat or cure any disease, condition or other physical or mental ailment of the human body. The Health Coach is not acting in the capacity of a doctor, licensed dietitian-nutritionist, psychologist or other licensed professional, and any care or advice given by the Health Coach or on this website is not meant to take the place of the care/advice by these professionals. To learn more about Green Beat Life health coaching, please see About the founder and Contact Us for more information.