When I embarked on a career in nutrition and nutrition counseling, one of the biggest factors I did not adequately considered is food psychology. Folks can get downright violent about someone threatening their belief systems around eating. Textures, politics, propaganda, and obsessions: these are just some of the topics that make changes challenging. Where the concepts of ‘good food’ and ‘bad food’ are more conscious thought processes, much of the food battle is entrenched in the subconscious. Facilitating change comes from understanding what is going on in your head first and foremost.
One of the more approachable hurdles in nutrition counseling stems from what I call, Food Rules. We all have them, and they can be in the conscious and the subconscious. Regardless of where your rules come from, the first step is to recognize and bring them into your awareness. The topic of breakfast is a great place to start considering your food rules, because most people seem to have a solid idea of what is acceptable breakfast food. Coffee, fruit, cereal grains, toast, eggs, donuts, ham, bacon, hash browns, and pancakes are all pretty standard breakfast food items. Try to add vegetables to your breakfast menu and things are suddenly difficult beyond scrambled eggs and omelets. Green beans, broccoli, and carrots are all perfectly good food that your body would have no trouble putting to use any time of the day, but most folks can’t seem to wrap their mind around dinner foods for breakfast. Fish is another perfect example. We all know that we could benefit from more fish in the diet, but even if you are one of the people who likes fish, I have yet to convince anyone to eat fish for breakfast.
As you embark on dietary changes, I challenge you to take inventory of your food rules to see if they are one of the factors standing between you and your health goals. It can be very enlightening, and who knows, you might develop an unusual food habit that really rocks your world. I mean, … who doesn’t remember how great cold pizza tasted the next morning back in the day?
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