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What should a pro dancer actually weigh? What should a Pro Dancer actually weigh? This question comes up a lot among dancers – whether you’re already dancing professionally or working towards that end, you’re not alone in  your desire for guidelines. After all, you’re still expected to list your weight on your professional resume

A few possible reasons why you might be feeling impassioned include: going a long period without a day off, lack of sleep, stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (especially during the winter months), and lack of self-care time. Use this time to talk about your in studio mental struggles, but also make sure to take a break from studio talk and have a good laugh. No one yoga class with serve your needs each day or week, so be open to trying different styles depending on your current needs. Go for a Walk or Hike Living in the city (New York City), I am definitely a creature of habit: I walk to work the same way every day, I take the same subway lines.

If you don’t address those things and instead put the focus on your body, food and weight, it’s likely that you’re ignoring the area that really needs attention. If you’re feeling genuinely happy and you’re approaching dance, life and your body with a positive mindset Trying to make body progress or achieve body goals becomes 1000x more challenging if you’re not attacking those things from a positive place. If you know you need support in getting to the happy, positive place where you’ll be able to make long term body changes, consider The Dancer’s Best Body Program.

Though studies show new habits can take longer than 30 days to form, I feel that you have to give any new lifestyle change at least a 30 day trial. You don’t want to buy so much food that it spoils before you eat it, but at the same time you don’t want to run out of staple items before your next trip. Examples of items that can be on your list of staples are: a variety of veggies of different colors such as peppers, broccoli, carrots, eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, and squash fruit that is easy to throw into your dance bag berries (if they are in season) a protein heavy grain such as quinoa or brown rice a nut butter that is good to add to fruits or veggies for a rehearsal snack (I’m personally a huge fan of Thug Kitchen, which I did a review of on The Whole Dancer blog: https://www.thewholedancer.com/thug-kitchen-101-cookbook/).