Valkyrie Fall 2017 - Issue 1

Getting Your Fill?
Story and photos by Jeb Blount,
Health & Fitness Editor
Whether you are an athlete, a health enthusiast,
gym rat or trying to make yourself feel better,
everyone wonders about the impact that the food you eat
has on your body. Also, like most people on this campus,
you struggle with eating “right,” “healthy,” “nutritious”
or some combination of those variables. Let’s be honest.
While we might aspire to eat better, be healthy and have
a balanced diet, it doesn’t happen. Some days we forget
to eat--get too busy, then at the end of the day we’re
ravenous and can’t figure out why. Finding the right food
to eat can be extremely hard. The options on campus are
limited, but there are resources on campus that you can
use. We talked to one of the Recreation department’s
nutrition coaches. You can sign up for a consultation with
a quick and easy registration form on their site. It’s free,
easy and we are here to give you a little help. Whether
you are trying to gain weight, lose weight, maximize
your workout or just be a little healthier, the nutrition
coaches have a little bit of information for everyone.
After speaking with Breata Brock, a senior
soccer player and a member of the nutrition
coaching staff, they have some information to offer
those of you who are looking to make a change
in diet, or are looking for a little motivation.
Her job as a nutrition coach is to guide her clients
to a better tomorrow through regulated and systematic
eating strategies and workout schedules. She begins her
program with ease, making it a point that her clients strive
for some extra veggies at meals or making sure that breakfast
is eaten. Because, as Brock adequately claims, breakfast
truly is the most important meal of the day.
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The goal for a nutrition coach is not to force someone to
make a change, but to get them willing to make a change
themselves. The greatest accomplishment and end result,
she said, “...is seeing people actually perform, act and
feel better. Being able to see that change is amazing.”
So for the non-athlete, people who just want some
quick tips and for those who avoid the treadmills and
rowing machines like the plague, I asked Brock if there
was a special diet plan or if there was a certain way to eat.
“It is easy to get lost in the crap on the internet,
not everything is true, but it’s hard to know what is,”
Brock said. “It is certainly a struggle, one because it
all seems so complicated, and two, because it seems
really expensive and undoable. Eating balanced meals
for breakfast, lunch and dinner can greatly increase
your metabolism, wellbeing and performance in class,
clubs, homework and life.” Getting fancy is not needed,
just some regularity will do. If you want to make a
big change, that’s fantastic, but Brock says that it is
much more important if you begin small and work
your way up. If you would like to really take a step in
the right direction but can’t find the place to turn to,
check out the nutrition and personal training coaches
in Cage 201 and sign up for sessions on their website.
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