Here in a couple of days people all over the country (maybe world?) will set their New Year’s resolution of losing weight and getting healthy!
It’s a love-hate time for me as a coach.
I love it because I love seeing everyone trying to better themselves. We are all trying to lower the statistic of 73+% of Americans who are overweight.
I hate it because 80-90% of these resolutions fail within a couple months. That’s crazy!
I think there are many reasons for this, but the one I am going to touch on today is the “all-in” resolution.
Going all-in is great when the conditions are perfect. You will see fast results (maybe.. if done correctly).
But when life happens (vacation, party, work outing, kids tournament, illness, working late hours, etc. ) and you can’t be perfect on your diet, we fail ourselves and throw the towel in.
I’ve got news for ya… you will not be strict to your diet for very long. It just won’t happen.
More news for ya… you can’t sustanin this the rest of your life. You will end up somewhere with no healthy options to choose from at some point. Then what?
Even more news for ya (with all this news I have, Mike Bush better watch out! KSDK is going to offer me his job. ), you don’t want to be a bump on the log when you are celbrating your kids birthday party. I’m not saying to go nose deep in a giant bunt cake, but for the love of god, you can have a small sliver of cake. 🙂
Last bit of news.. I’ll admit, I had to google who a famous news anchor is and that’s how I came up with Mike Bush. haha
If you are needing to lose weight really fast, then yes, all-in might be the way to go. If you do this, you need a plan in place for when (not if) you fall off. You don’t want to lose 12 pounds and then gain 15 back. An accounbility buddy or a coach can help here.
If you are looking for long term success, then habit stacking is the way to go.
Start off with two things to work on.. maybe getting 4-6 cups of produce per day and 25-30g of protein at every meal. Then after a week or two of doing that, add something like half your body weight in ounces of water. Then the next week, track your calories.
You have to build small habits one or two at a time. As those build, they will become easier and you will be more successful.
If you have questions on this, shoot me a message.
-Drew