TF4-The Fitness + Food Transformation Method

This program is geared towards the beginning stages of recovery from what I call "Female Food and Fitness Disorder," which describes any woman who struggles with constant unhealthy thoughts, ideas, and beliefs around fitness, food, exercise, body checking, and/or body image for the sole purpose of looking good or reaching a fitness goal or aesthetic.

This type of anxiety-related disorder leads to impaired relationships, distorted thinking, body dysmorphism, unhealthy behaviours, negative coping strategies, personal distress, and impaired social-occupational quality of life, particularly in relation to health and fitness.

When we neglect the mind-body connection, we might be eating the kale, rice, and chicken (“Doing all the right things,” some would say) but still feeling frustrated, defeated, and confused regarding our health and body goals. The body may then present us with a multitude of physical symptoms such as chronic headaches, mood issues, excessive weight gain/loss, hunched posture, pain, and digestive issues.

Interestingly, our highly complex brain can help us achieve anything from attaining a PhD to achieving sub-10% body fat, but it can also trick us into giving into negative thoughts, low expectations, and distorted perceptions of ourselves. Most women who have competed in fitness or “dieted down” for sports performance or photoshoots, understand the mental confusion I’m talking about. That's why you’re reading this.

Don’t get me wrong; this doesn’t mean you have no choice but to see a psychologist or psychiatrist. It does mean you will need to identify your self-limiting beliefs, thoughts, and behaviour patterns to understand how they are affecting your emotional functioning and physiology. Once you do, you will recognize the impact of unhealthy thought patterns in relation to eating, dieting, body, and fitness, and then you’ll start making healthier decisions about how to reach your true health goals.