Live Now Nutrition! A Local Resource

As most of you know, my scope of practice as a personal trainer limits my nutritional and eating guidance. Though I’m able to provide exercise guidance and instruction, you may ultimately need more to reach your health and wellness goals. With that in mind, I’d like to share a resource for nutrition and eating therapy: Heather Henniger and Live Now Nutrition.

Heather and I have been friends for many years since first meeting at the YMCA.  As an eating and nutrition coach and practitioner, her approach is different from that of a dietician or nutritionist because it focuses on one’s relationship with food and the emotions involved. I asked Heather a few questions about her services to which she elaborated:

If one tends to eat out and/or buy prepared foods frequently, which service would benefit them the most and why?

One-on-one sessions would be most beneficial for those who are wanting to get healthier, lose weight, struggling with digestive issues, or binge eating/overeating and are eating out frequently or consuming mostly prepackaged food.  One-on-one sessions would allow us to explore your life and discover areas where we can begin to tweak your diet as well as your lifestyle. Just a few small changes can make a positive shift in one’s health and wellness and can help to transform one’s metabolism.

I see you offer kitchen cooking sessions, pantry makeovers and grocery shopping tours. What can one expect to learn from each of these?

Cooking Session: I love to cook nutritious food, but only if it tastes good, otherwise, what’s the point?  In my cooking sessions, you can expect to learn healthy cooking techniques that can help you transform your unhealthy or boring meals into nutritious and delicious delights. Depending on your needs, we can work on knife skills, explore kitchen equipment, and ways to prepare healthy meals and snacks easier and tastier than you may think possible.

Pantry Makeover: Good health starts in the kitchen. A Pantry Makeover is a great way to set yourself up for success. We will be cleansing your kitchen from ingredients that keep you stuck in addictive patterns and don’t serve to properly fuel your body. You will also receive a list of foods and spices that you need to have in your kitchen to support your health. Please note that if you have family members who are not on board with your desire to make healthy lifestyle changes that I will not throw out the foods they want to keep. Instead, we will find a way for them to not feel deprived of what they want while leaving you with a kitchen that supports the changes you’re ready to make in your health and life.

Grocery Shopping Tour: There is a common misperception that shopping at health food stores will significantly increase your grocery bill. In fact, depending on what you purchase, you might even save money. Regardless on where you choose to do your food shopping, there is a way to shop at the grocery store that will be easier on your wallet, and help you get healthier. I can help you discover foods you haven’t tried, how to purchase the freshest produce, as well as how to store and ideas to prepare them.

How is your style or approach different from that of a nutritionist or dietician?

Most dieticians and nutritionists focus solely on the foods you consume, calorie content, and macronutrient balance. While these are important components of health, they are only part of a healthy life. As a Certified Nutrition Therapy Practitioner, I look at foods and their nourishing properties. However, I also use my training as a Mind Body Eating Coach to work with the whole person: body, mind, spirit, emotion. Together we will examine your past as well as your current lifestyle to gain a better understanding of where you are in your health journey and why. From there we will work together to help you build the skills and confidence to overcome eating challenges, health challenges, and life challenges so that you can become your best self.

Do you create meal plans? Why or why not?

I don’t create meal plans for my clients. I have found that many people follow a meal plan for a time and then stop following it completely when life makes it difficult to follow that meal plan perfectly. I work with my clients to see that an “all or nothing approach” is not the way to lasting health. My clients learn to trust the wisdom of their bodies in deciding what to eat and make their food choices from a place of love and respect to their bodies.

What would your clients say has been their greatest discovery through working with you?

Most people put a lot of stress and energy into negative thoughts and worrying about food. I think the greatest discovery people have had, after working with me, has been the peace and confidence in their lives.

Need or want guidance in this area? I encourage you to reach out to Heather!

Live Now Nutrition – Heather Henniger Certified Mind Body Eating Coach and Certified Nutrition Therapy Practitioner

Phone: 719-308-1160

Email: info@livenownutrition.com

Location: 422 E. Vermijo, Ste. 216 Colorado Springs CO 80903

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