Do I need to change my lifestyle?
‘Do I need to give up coffee?’
‘Do I need to change my diet?’
‘Do I need to change my exercise routine?’
There are many questions like those above that I am asked at the beginning of treatment.
I think that most often the question needs to be reflected back to the questioner…’What do you think?’ Even by having only a mild interest in any of the media focus on diet and exercise at the moment we can see that there are many inconsistencies and contradictions. One day it is bad for us. The next day it is the universal panacea, and can magically cure every problem under the sun.
I am not a dietician and rarely give any dietary or exercise advice. What I do say is have an awareness of what you need and what makes you feel better. If exercise makes you feel better then it is your responsibility to keep that up, likewise with diet and lifestyle. The awareness in itself if one of the best tools for health (I would even say its better than homoeopathy) but it isn’t easy and takes time. However, guilt over eating something bad for you or not exercising enough is much more harmful.
If you are honest with yourself then you are more than half way there.