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TRAINING TIP TUESDAY: nWe eat to live or live to eat. In a recent conversation about “going on a diet” to get healthy, I posed that question & the answers I got were, “I eat just enough so I won’t gain weight” or “I workout to eat what I want”. Neither of those responses benefit our overall health, wellbeing, or mindset. In fact, it will do just the opposite by putting us on a rollercoaster of mental ups & downs, exhausting workouts, and an unhealthy relationship with food. I discovered most of us tend to punish ourselves with a diet that restricts, makes us think we are starving at the mere mention of the word diet, & think that eating stripped down food will help improve our workouts. nHow do we create balance in our relationship with food? We do both, live to eat & eat to live. We need to fuel our bodies to move & have quality workouts & as we need food to add enjoyment to our lives. The mere act of sharing a meal & enjoying community together enhances not only our relationships but our minds as well. We should all take a more self-care approach to our relationship with food & realize we are making a lifestyle change.nOne of our members has cultivated a more self-care approach to the subject of this balanced relationship. Below is some of her commentary on the subject & a snapshot of what her day looks like with a healthy food relationship. Note her mandatory bedtime treat for a well thought out day that was well spent in mind, body & soul!n...