Signature Talk: Nutrition Redefined
We believe in providing you with the skills and mindset to live your healthiest life. We know that unsustainable fad diets don’t support longevity, health or happiness, nor foster a healthy relationship with food. Our focus at Skyterra is wholesome and nourishing nutrition. We want to encourage you to find the connection between what you eat, how to feel, and living a life free of chronic disease.
Recognize that we are all affected by Diet Culture Disorder: the mentality that less is more, restricting certain food groups is “healthy,” and that our “weight is a behavioral problem.”
Weight is an outcome. Our behaviors (lifestyle, dietary choices, sleep patterns, stress management and genetics) are all significant influences on body weight, shape and size. Dieting in research continues to be the best predictor of weight gain. Chronic yo-yo cycling weight is actually damaging to our health long-term and increases risk of cardiovascular disease.
The Skyterra way is different, and it works.
1) Adequate nutrition is necessary to support metabolism, immunity and chronic disease prevention. Adequate nutrition looks like fueling the body with protein, carbs, fats, water, and vitamins/minerals from whole, minimally processed foods. At Skyterra, we provide you meals that meet your BMR and account for daily activity. You are always welcome to ask for adjustments!
2) Prioritize 150 minutes of movement weekly at minimum, with strength-based movement twice weekly, and quality sleep. These are both foundational health behaviors that can support preventing chronic disease development. Moving after meals helps to regulate blood glucose.
3) Relationship with food: ditch diet mentality, focus on the idea that ALL foods fit – but how do those foods serve my body? How do they make me feel?
4) Adjust/adapt food intake to meet goals. Is it muscle gain? Fat loss? Maintenance? A Registered Dietitian can help calculate these goal ranges for you.
5) Supplementation is required if we are deficient, or suspect significant deficiency will occur due to medication use or genetic components. It is best to get our micronutrients from food first, but supplementation can be helpful.
6) Sustainability and commitment to the basics. We are a product of our actions. If we want to be healthy people, practice healthy habits.
We can use this tool to help us become more in-tune with hunger and fullness and re-learn our nourishment cues. The sweet spot to sustain is eating when hunger is about a 3, and experiencing a level of fullness around 6-8. Everyone experiences these sensations a little differently in their body. Using this scale allows for the best chance of reducing under/over eating, or relying on a binge/restrict cycle with eating.
