Do your goals match who you really are, or who you truly want to become?
For any goal to take hold, it must be accompanied by an underlying change in identity.
Buying a racecar doesn't make you a good driver.
Hiring a financial planner doesn't automatically make you retire wealthy.
And paying for a coach, a gym membership, or a nutrition plan does not make you more fit.
Ego can present itself in many forms and for most, they don’t realize their ego is what is holding them back.
Or it might feel like it at first. But by the time your workout ends you will understand that they were just helping.
It takes a lot of effort to adjust your schedule and lifestyle to start working out anywhere from 3 to 5 days a week, so if you've done that then go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back.
In life and in training, it is easy to get caught chasing the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. So easy, in fact, that we often lose site of the wins we have every single day, no matter how small.
There are two misconceptions about losing weight and eating healthy in the long term that can be mentally challenging to overcome.
1. It is only hard at the beginning
2. Progress is a straight line
1. It is only hard at the beginning
2. Progress is a straight line
Nonexistent.
I'm sure if you're on social media you've seen it, too. Every week somebody has the next "best thing ever" that will transform your life and shred those 20lbs that you've been trying to lose forever.
I'm sure if you're on social media you've seen it, too. Every week somebody has the next "best thing ever" that will transform your life and shred those 20lbs that you've been trying to lose forever.
“I workout 3-5 times a week and I don’t understand why…” insert any of the following:
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“I haven’t lost any weight”
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“I haven’t much lost body fat”,
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