138: Olympic Champion Talks Food + Body Image Concerns
Female Athlete Nutrition
English - July 13, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsNutrition Health & Fitness Sports Running education healthfitness medicine sports women female fitness nutrition running wellness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode of the Female Athlete Nutrition, I speak to the 2020 Olympic Champion in the pole vault, Katie Moon (née Nageotte). She touches on her bumpy build up to the Olympics, overcoming food poisoning and underperformance before winning gold. Katie details her steady progression in the pole vault from high school beginnings to NCAA D2 success and into her professional career. College was a big transition, and Katie opens up about the fear and anxiety that she’s dealt with for years. She explains how going back to the basics and focusing on the process allowed her to reach higher heights.
We dive deep into Katie’s relationship with food and body image, something she’s had to work on throughout her career. From unflattering pictures, social media comparisons, observing other athletes, and competing in a bikini, Katie talks about handling these triggers by focusing on her body’s strengths, feeling good in training and competition, and learning that lighter is not better: to reach higher heights, Katie has had to gain strength, and yes, that meant gaining weight! We can all learn from how Katie has improved her body image, by caring more on performance and what the body can do rather than on what it looks like. Katie now embraces weight fluctuations and body changes throughout the year, and enjoys eating without restrictions. We discuss the impact of coaches and culture on nutrition and mindset, advocating for a healthy environment and support team that cultivates good habits around food, weight and training.
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In this episode we talk about:
3:30 Winning an Olympic gold medal in the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics
9:00 Falling in love with pole vaulting
11:20 NCAA Division I vs II athletics experiences
12:30 Dealing with mental blocks and fear
19:30 Overcoming failures, underperformances, and unexpected challenges
23:00 Katie’s relationship with food and body weight
26:50 How body weight impacts pole vaulting
31:50 Body image insecurities and comparisons among elite athletes
41:55 Coaches’ and culture’s influence on nutrition and mindset
45:40 Improving body image; Embracing weight and body changes
53:20 End of the podcast questions