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What is the best diet? This may rock your world… whole foods, less processed, moderation. There is no perfect diet. We are all or nothing creatures, the idea of moderation is hard to wrap our heads around. There are so many diets around but most of them do have common elements of whole foods, less processed, moderation.

So what’s the perfect diet? It’s what gets your body to proper wellness to optimally function not weight loss. If you dig into what all of these weight loss programs are promoting, it comes down to whole foods. If the issue is amount of time to cook or portion control, a lot of these food services are really nice but it’s not a magic formula, it’s just real food.

How do we create and environment to maintain healthy lifestyles. In Sandy’s research and Master’s she researched why kids were gaining weight once they were school age – whether it was processed foods, less exercise, birthday parties or extra calories. Creating an environment is more important than being on a diet. Our culture is set up to over consume. Looking at triggers, psychological profile, emotional baggage and the way life supports or inhibits your ability to get healthy food.

You don’t have to be a certain size, you need wellness. Even if you see someone that may look like they have weight to lose, their body may actually be functioning at an optimal weight – good energy, good sleep, good organ function, good heart function – they don’t have to be at “fighting weight” to be healthy.

Having positive accountability and some plan to follow can be super helpful but lasting caloric deficits can be difficult. Set up your environment to be successful.