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This is one of the biggest myths people tell themselves about dieting.
Are you?
The Big Picture 🏞️
Explain It To Me It Like I’m 5 🧒
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Rewriting Your Story 📝
Parting Zen 🧘♂️
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“I’ll just go back to what worked before.”
“I lost 20 pounds doing this, so I know I can do it again.”
“This time, I’ll do it and keep it off.”
I wish those were true, but the evidence says otherwise.
Most people who choose a quick-fix diet don’t stick to it long-term.
Most people who resolve to lose weight on New Year’s Eve don’t.
Most people fail to see there's another choice:
Health.
The myth isn’t that you’re not trying to achieve health; you are.
The myth is that the diet you’re choosing is not healthy.
But you can choose health instead.
Explain It To Me Like I’m 5 👦
Today’s topic, as simply as possible:
“Diets come and go, but your health is here to stay.”
4️⃣ Versus 4️⃣
Four reasons diets don't stick:
The four main reasons most diets don’t stick.
My four-step process to reverse that trend:
My four-step process to make health stick.
I follow several evidence-based nutritional principles, yet every program I do is entirely personalized. Click here to book a call with me to learn more.
Rewriting Your Story 📝
You can choose health over dieting.
Let’s begin with that.
You may need multiple dietary changes.
Some will resemble other diets.
However, they are likely to stick only when made with long-term adherence in mind.
A few examples:
Any caloric restriction should be temporary, and a plan should be in place for non-restrictive phases - intentional plateaus.
Removing an entire group of foods is extremely unlikely to be sustained, nor likely to be healthy.
Time-restricted eating is helpful for some, but not all, people.
You can approach these as follows:
I will eat a little less most days this month, then practice holding steady next month.
I will focus on adding more protein and fiber to ‘crowd out’ my carb-dense intake.
I’ll practice intermittent fasting reasonably, but not at the cost of my family meals or social life.
Hopefully, you can see how each of these embraces a forward-thinking viewpoint of how you will be able to sustain this … not ‘how much weight will I lose this week.’
Parting Zen 🧘♂️
A simple word, phrase, or thought to take with you:
Don’t give away your future happiness for a few pounds this week.
Be well,
Coach Matt
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