What is an Expert Food Coach?

If you're looking to start your clean eating journey but don't know where to begin, then perhaps it’s time to start working under the guidance of an expert food coach to help you get started with the process. Simply put, a food coach is someone who's knowledgeable about reading ingredients. Not to be confused, our food coaches at Wake Up and Read the Labels are not nutritionists or dieticians. Our experts help their clients find food made with real ingredients through courses and other tools. 

Food coaches can be incredibly valuable resources for anyone trying to create a healthy lifestyle and feel their best. Keep reading to learn more about expert food coaches and how they can help you on your clean eating journey.

What to Look for In an Expert Food Coach

If you're interested in working with a food coach, there are a few things to consider before you commit to one.

First, find someone who has experience and expertise in the realm of your goals. Expert food coaches don't have to be registered dietitians, but they should have a good understanding of different ingredients.

Second, find someone you feel comfortable with. Everyone's personalities are different and even the best coach won't be a good fit for everyone. If you don't click with your food coach, they won't be able to provide the right tools to  support you, which could make it harder for you to stay on track. 

Finally, you should make sure that your food coach is someone you can trust. This person will be helping you make major changes to your lifestyle, so it's important that you feel like you can rely on them to give you accurate information and honest feedback. 

As you research your potential food coach candidates, don’t forget to take a look at past clients and their testimonials. What works for some, may not work for others, but at Wake Up and Read the Labels™, we understand that carb, calorie and sugar counting make people lose their minds. We don’t want to restrict our clients from their favorite foods, but simply guide them to find cleaner swaps and feel better with our courses and guides.

Benefits of a Wake Up Food Coach

The best part of the clean eating journey is the many benefits that come along with it, starting with having an awesome food coach to help you kickstart the process. A food coach can help you do the following:

Find Clean Swaps For Your Favorite Foods

If you're new to clean eating, the world of nutrition can be confusing. Naturally, most of us want to read the nutrition label. At Wake Up and Read the Labels™, our eyes go to the ingredients list instead. Our courses and guides provided by our expert food coaches can help you understand the best and worst ingredients for your body. We can help you find better alternatives for your favorite foods that cause nothing but bloating and cravings. Lastly, you won’t have to spend hours in the supermarket reading the labels because our tools will teach you how to do it quickly and even give you recommendations of our favorite clean goodies! An expert food coach and their resources can be extra beneficial if you are struggling to make clean decisions on your own and need some guidance.

Create a Plan

One of the most crucial factors for making positive changes and committing to a clean lifestyle is having a plan. It's one thing to understand which ingredients are good and bad for you, but if you're new to reading the labels, it can feel overwhelming to try and implement all of these changes at once.

This is where an expert can help. A food coach can provide you with the information on clean foods for your lifestyle and your goals. Your food coach, along with a community of like-minded clean eaters, will offer you clean recipes, grocery lists and meal ideas that work for you so you can eat better, not less.

Stay on Track

Another difficult part of committing to a healthy lifestyle is staying on track once you've made a plan. It can be easy to fall off the wagon and go back to old habits. But when you are provided a foundation to help guide the process, it makes it easier to stick with your plan.

A food coach, the food coaching community and our resources at Wake Up and Read the Labels™ provide support and accountability to help you stay on track with your healthy eating plan. We offer tools to make sure you eat good, feel good, and always bounce back from a slip-up.

Reach Your Goals

A major key to success is having a solid support system in place to help you keep going when you want to give up. Your clean eating expert can do more than just provide the necessary support and motivation that you need on your clean eating journey, they will also help you find solutions when you inevitably run into roadblocks along the way.

Changing your lifestyle is often not a simple, linear process. A great food coach will offer the resources to  help you troubleshoot any issues that come up and make sure you're on track to reach your healthy eating goals. This way, you're never alone on your clean eating journey and you always have someone to motivate you out of a slump.

Are You Ready to Start Your Clean Eating Journey?

If you're looking to make a change and improve your ability to read the labels, guidance and the right tools from an expert food coach can help you towards eating simple, clean ingredients to feel and look your best. With years of experience, Wake Up and Read the Labels™ has helped thousands of people just like you learn to  find foods made with real ingredients. 

We're expert food coaches who specialize in offering tools to assist people start and stick to a label reading lifestyle. After all, real food changes lives. Check out our Instagram for tips and recipe ideas that can help you start your healthy eating journey.