How to exceed goals and track progress

The hardest part about getting in shape is the headspace. The default thought process most people have around exercising more and eating better, is they have to  go from doing very little up till now, to a regiment that's so specific & challenging it would make an Olympic athlete blush. Unless you're able to fit your life around a program "flipping the switch on" won't work. That's where minimum daily actions (MDA's)  come in.

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The why underneath

When someone’s trying to lose weight, they’re not only trying to create new habits and routines but more importantly, they have to be able to connect with themselves and work through everything that they have been carrying emotionally, in many cases their entire life.

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Two things a coach or trainer can help you with

The amount of knowledge fitness professionals have about eating for weight loss that long time dieters don't is much less then you might think. If you've been trying to lose weight for years, or even decades, you know the mechanics of most “if not all” of the popular diets. Plus, you have hands on experience on how each of the plans you’ve tried to follow have fit into your day-to-day life, which is most important.

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The relationship between your effort and the scale

Know what screws up everyone’s perception of how weight loss should go? Those magical first few months of starting back on a fitness routine. You know, where you can drop 10-20 lbs of weight a month for the first month or two. This is your body dropping water weight, getting acclimated to the new routine AND losing fat. The problem is we get driven by the drop on the scale.

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What I Learned from a Week of Andy Frisella’s Podcast

Hey there. Lately, I’ve been listening to Andy Frisella’s podcast. Not just casually here and there. I’ve gone all in. I’ve listened to dozens of episodes across nearly a decade of content. It started out as something I had playing in the background, but some moments pulled me in. And what kept me going was the realization that even if I didn’t agree with everything he said, there was still so much I could learn.

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Documenting Your Growth Changes Everything

Hey there. There’s a phrase I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. You are what you create. It sounds simple, but it really gets to the heart of how we live day-to-day. If you're not happy with where you are or how you're feeling, it's time to take a closer look at your habits, your environment, and your actions.

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