Comments on: Choices, Goals and Life in General http://www.raecattach.com/2009/11/19/choices-goals-and-life-in-general/ Australian Natural Figure Bodybuilding Athlete Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:44:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lindy olsen http://www.raecattach.com/2009/11/19/choices-goals-and-life-in-general/comment-page-1/#comment-6160 Lindy olsen Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:41:56 +0000 http://www.raecattach.com/?p=1303#comment-6160 Totally agree, intuitive eating is GREAT as long as you stick within the plans you have for your fitness goals.. eg, I always make sure i have lean protein and fibrous carbs with every meal, intuitively speaking I will decide at the time what those fibrous carbs will be, but it still fits withing my plan. It's no use eating icecream when you feel like it, as it's just NOT part of a successful body composition goal! surely people don't think that they can do both! Great post, we need more REAL people out there like you Miss Rae. Kudo's to you for speaking up!!! Lindy xx Totally agree, intuitive eating is GREAT as long as you stick within the plans you have for your fitness goals.. eg, I always make sure i have lean protein and fibrous carbs with every meal, intuitively speaking I will decide at the time what those fibrous carbs will be, but it still fits withing my plan. It’s no use eating icecream when you feel like it, as it’s just NOT part of a successful body composition goal! surely people don’t think that they can do both! Great post, we need more REAL people out there like you Miss Rae. Kudo’s to you for speaking up!!!
Lindy xx

]]> By: Rae http://www.raecattach.com/2009/11/19/choices-goals-and-life-in-general/comment-page-1/#comment-6153 Rae Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:25:55 +0000 http://www.raecattach.com/?p=1303#comment-6153 Thanks Liz and I enjoyed reading your blog. I'm not sure I would call it intuitive, more common sense, but then I am not sure the two are mutually exclusive. I do believe there is a place for intuitive eating also. That is why I stated that I am not ready to take in onboard <strong>yet</strong>. I am not saying I would never take it on, but there are things I want to achieve before I settle into that sort of a lifestyle. I may make what appears to be intuitive decisions, but I would actually say they are more a learned action and decision based on the nutrition plan I have been given by my coach. Due to this nutrition plan I know what I should be eating and when. A lot of people may call that being intuitive, I would perhaps think it is more like I have been trained in making the right choices. One of the reasons I wouldn't eat cake before my show is not just because it would be insanity after the hard work, but because I would get my butt kicked by my coach, and I would also be kicking my own butt, for not sticking to the diet he instructed me to be on. What my coach tells me to eat in the leadup to comp is by the very definition on all the intuitive eating websites as a strict diet... the kind they advocate throwing away. But it is something that needs to be done in order to achieve my goals. It would be very rare to find any athlete at elite level not on a diet presribed by either a nutitionist or their coach. Swimmers, marathon runners, cyclists, etc. Every single competitor under my coach's tuition is on a diet to fuel their performance. We are instructed what to eat and when. I think that rightly or wrongly we would be very hard pressed to find intuitive eating instructions given to any elite athlete, except for perhaps in the off-season. I am pretty sure they would all be on a diet, especially in the leadup to a competition or event. I agree there is a place for intuitive eating, and that would be in the off-season or once your competing career was over. I don't think there is a place for it when trying to achieve an athletic goal, especially when it is to do with bodybuilding. Thank you for your comment and blog, it has really given me pause for thought xxx Thanks Liz and I enjoyed reading your blog.

I’m not sure I would call it intuitive, more common sense, but then I am not sure the two are mutually exclusive. I do believe there is a place for intuitive eating also. That is why I stated that I am not ready to take in onboard yet. I am not saying I would never take it on, but there are things I want to achieve before I settle into that sort of a lifestyle. I may make what appears to be intuitive decisions, but I would actually say they are more a learned action and decision based on the nutrition plan I have been given by my coach. Due to this nutrition plan I know what I should be eating and when. A lot of people may call that being intuitive, I would perhaps think it is more like I have been trained in making the right choices.

One of the reasons I wouldn’t eat cake before my show is not just because it would be insanity after the hard work, but because I would get my butt kicked by my coach, and I would also be kicking my own butt, for not sticking to the diet he instructed me to be on. What my coach tells me to eat in the leadup to comp is by the very definition on all the intuitive eating websites as a strict diet… the kind they advocate throwing away. But it is something that needs to be done in order to achieve my goals.

It would be very rare to find any athlete at elite level not on a diet presribed by either a nutitionist or their coach. Swimmers, marathon runners, cyclists, etc. Every single competitor under my coach’s tuition is on a diet to fuel their performance. We are instructed what to eat and when. I think that rightly or wrongly we would be very hard pressed to find intuitive eating instructions given to any elite athlete, except for perhaps in the off-season. I am pretty sure they would all be on a diet, especially in the leadup to a competition or event.

I agree there is a place for intuitive eating, and that would be in the off-season or once your competing career was over. I don’t think there is a place for it when trying to achieve an athletic goal, especially when it is to do with bodybuilding.

Thank you for your comment and blog, it has really given me pause for thought xxx

]]> By: Rae http://www.raecattach.com/2009/11/19/choices-goals-and-life-in-general/comment-page-1/#comment-6152 Rae Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:03:39 +0000 http://www.raecattach.com/?p=1303#comment-6152 I am absolutely wrapped that you are taking control and learning about what works for you Rene. There will come a day when you won't have to keep counting the calories because you will begin to be able to eyeball the portion sizes. I love that you have taken teaching yourself about nutrition onboard... AWESOME stuff!! I am absolutely wrapped that you are taking control and learning about what works for you Rene. There will come a day when you won’t have to keep counting the calories because you will begin to be able to eyeball the portion sizes. I love that you have taken teaching yourself about nutrition onboard… AWESOME stuff!!

]]> By: Rae http://www.raecattach.com/2009/11/19/choices-goals-and-life-in-general/comment-page-1/#comment-6151 Rae Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:02:26 +0000 http://www.raecattach.com/?p=1303#comment-6151 You are one of the people in my life who inspire me and challenges me to think outside the box and at others' points of views Matt. I really enjoy reading comments like the one you left... no matter how long it is ;) You are one of the people in my life who inspire me and challenges me to think outside the box and at others’ points of views Matt. I really enjoy reading comments like the one you left… no matter how long it is ;)

]]> By: Liz N http://www.raecattach.com/2009/11/19/choices-goals-and-life-in-general/comment-page-1/#comment-6150 Liz N Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:30:12 +0000 http://www.raecattach.com/?p=1303#comment-6150 Rae, I hope you don't mind but I used this blog post to illustrate that you just may be a little bit more intuitive than you think ie you know intuitively it doesn't make sense to eat chocolate cake 2 days before a show... and that eating whole foods is essential to good athletic performance. see my blog There is a place for intuitive eating. It depends entirely on the context in which you view it. I did enjoy the bits of your post about following your own dreams and standing up for your goals. Enjoyed that a lot! Cheers liz N Rae, I hope you don’t mind but I used this blog post to illustrate that you just may be a little bit more intuitive than you think ie you know intuitively it doesn’t make sense to eat chocolate cake 2 days before a show… and that eating whole foods is essential to good athletic performance. see my blog

There is a place for intuitive eating. It depends entirely on the context in which you view it.

I did enjoy the bits of your post about following your own dreams and standing up for your goals. Enjoyed that a lot!
Cheers
liz N

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