When you understand that nutritional mastery happens in stages rather than a good or bad binary, everything changes…
We all say it…
“Just a little treat.”
Or the opposite… “I can’t eat that, it’s not in my plan.”
Neither is wrong. They’re just different stages of how we deal with food.
Nutrition doesn’t have to be complicated. It’s not about chasing the “perfect” diet, it’s about knowing yourself and making food work for your life.
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🔧 RESOURCES & LINKS
The Trigger Tracker → https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1dh_NXYpt9ZzuIREOySOGx3TAf6waoz5X
Ayla Health → https://aylahealth.com.au/
🔸IG Dave Nixon → @davenixonflow
🔸IG Kate Freeman → @kfnutrition
🔸 IG Alice Jane → @aliceejane
🔸 Substack → http://www.substack.com/@davenixonflow
🔸 Youtube → https://www.youtube.com/@davenixonflow
*If you prefer visuals and want to see how this model maps out, you can watch the episode on YT
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🧠 ABOUT DAVE
Dave Nixon is an Author, TEDx Speaker, Wellness and Performance Specialist with over 2 decades hands on experience. He has worked with over 10 thousand people throughout his 20 years in the health and fitness industry. He works with professional athletes, special forces recruits and executives to be present and perform at their peak.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Why most people struggle with nutrition
00:23 - The three main stages of nutritional mastery
01:22 - A mother making a healthier choice
04:14 - Simple, Sustainable, Specific: The three main stages
05:18 - Love and education
07:00 - Emotional ties to food and the importance of choice
07:38 - How to build simple, sustainable, and specific habits
08:18 - Free assessment: The BSFT Matrix
08:49 - Principle 1: You earn what you learn (pay to be taught, not just told)
09:47 - Principle 2: Food grew from the ground or had a mum
10:56 - Principle 3: Guilt is not a macronutrient: Marketing myths
11:40 - Food holds no emotion: Addressing emotional eating
13:45 - Making conscious choices, not just “good” or “bad”
14:52 - Living in the sustainable space: Flexibility and flow
15:48 - Three practical steps: Protein, carb, fat at every meal
16:25 - Real food most meals: The 90% rule
16:45 - The trigger tracker: Building awareness of food triggers
17:39 - Recommended resources: Alice Lemus, AYLA Health, RP
18:34 - Own your nutrition, earn what you learn
