Your weight and your health are by-products of your habits.

When I have clients come on with goals of losing a large amount of weight, our focus is going to be on many things that are not the scale. The scale is never the main focus. The reason for this is that the scale reflects everything else that you’re doing in your life.

 

What does your eating look like?

What does your movement look like?

How’s the space between your ears? What does it look like up there? Is there work that needs to be done there? There’s a huge mental aspect that comes to play here – and this can be a difficult thing to navigate on your own.

 

Just focusing on the scale is almost always going to have your in a vicious cycle of trying to force yourself to eat less but, at the same time, doing tons of high-intensity cardio because most want the results as fast as possible. I find that when someone is focused on only the scale, they always want quick results.

Fast results ≠ sustainable results. Sustainable results happen over the long haul.

#DelayedGratification.

 

Instead of only focusing on the scale, focus on how you feel. Focus on your habits, and building new habits, better habits, stronger habits.

What can these habits look like?

• Walking 10,000 steps per day.
• 15-minute walks post-meals
• Making sure you eat 3 solid meals every day. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. Prioritize protein.
• Eat a fruit every day.
• Eat a few vegetables every day.
• Eat less processed foods.
• Eat more whole foods.
• Reduce/eliminate ultra-processed foods.
• Stop guessing and start tracking. Whether this be your food via an app (I like Cronometer), or tracking your steps via a watch (like FitBit, Apple, Garmin, etc), tracking how many alcoholic beverages you have in a week, tracking your workouts… You can track how many days you complete the things you said you were going to complete. The list is endless. But start tracking and stop trying to rely on memory. When you get this down on paper, you’ll pay far more attention.
• Opting to make your favourite take out meal at home. There are plenty of recipes all over the internet to make great alternatives at home.

These are just a few of the habits you can start to create a healthier life! You don’t have to do all of them at once, either! You can do one at a time.

If you’re struggling with weight loss, habits, or trying to live a healthier lifestyle in general and are looking for some help, considering looking into one of our programs and booking a free 15-minute consult!

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