Many of us can relate to the “I’ll start on Monday”, “after my vacation” or “after the holidays”. What are we really waiting for? Other than setting ourselves up for failure and a yo yo cycle of being ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and constantly stressing ourselves about failing to meet our goals. Maybe our goals are not realistic: “I want to lose 20 lbs before my class reunion at in 3 weeks” or “I am going to the gym 7 days a week for 2 hours each and everyday“. Neither of these ideas are helpful in our strive to be healthier as individuals and as a society. We will constantly be making excuses why we should break our diet or skip our exercise.

I think many of us set ourselves up by listening to what society tells us we should look like or what we should eat. It is important to have reachable goals when working towards something. It may not be in your genes, even with balanced food choices and moderate exercise, to be a size 2. More likely than not, the ideal requires an unideal life style, and how long can we honestly live like that? In my experience in the fitness/ nutrition business I see the average ‘diet’ last 1, maybe 2 weeks…and burn out rate after joining a gym at 6 months. Read More »