Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Athletes! Go get a treat!

19 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief motivational segment, the speaker addresses high‑level athletes who tend toward nutritional perfectionism. He recounts his own past fear that any indulgence would sabotage performance, leading him to demonize food. Countering that mindset, he assigns a weekly “homework” to enjoy a treat—such as cookies, ice cream, or a visit to In‑NOut—arguing that an occasional indulgence will not harm performance. Instead, it will improve athletes’ relationship with food, reduce fear, and make it easier to stick to a structured fueling plan for the rest of the week.

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Athletes, once a week I need you to go get some cookies, get some ice cream, go hang out with your friends at In-N-Out, go get a treat. High-level athletes are very good at being perfectionists, and sometimes you take it even too far. At points in my career, I began to believe that any treat was going to sabotage me. I began to fear food, I began to demonize it, and that's just not the case. Food is fun, food is your friend. And so I am giving you guys the homework assignment to go and have a treat and loosen up a little bit because it is not going to sabotage your performance, and it's going to actually help you with your relationship with food and help you stick to your fueling plan the rest of the week so much better.