Fit for Purpose

The scale is a useful tool for both accountability and tracking progress, but it's certainly not perfect!

For some weighing themselves is a horrible experience, and imo the whole point in trying to lose weight isn't to make you feel worse, it's to make you feel better. So if you really really hate the scale you don't have to use it.

So while it's useful it's definitely not mandatory.

But I do believe some people could benefit from using it on a regular consistent basis.

Something I've changed my tune on is whether or not you should cut out certain foods when trying to lose fat.

As I am an "everything in moderation" type of guy, I usually say you shouldn't cut out foods as I think it's unnecessary and can lead to a bad relationship with food.

With that said, I think there may be a time and place to cut out certain foods, or at the very least limit them as much as possible.

Listen for more info and reach out with any questions!

Today I want to talk about something that is very common after returning from holiday - struggling to feel motivated, push yourself and get back into a good routine.

I want you to know that this is fine and completely normal and not to beat yourself about it.

I try to warn clients that it'll probably take some time to get back into the swing of things after their holiday, and it's ok to take a few weeks to settle back in.

Stop beating yourself up over enjoying yourself at the weekends.

The whole point of doing all this fitness stuff is to help you enjoy life more, not to make you stressed! Or make you feel guilty about enjoying yourself.

I read a book called "How big things get done" which looked at how different projects do well, reach deadlines and stay under budget, and how other projects do the exact opposite lol.

I thought the book made a few points that could easily be related to fat loss, and that's what I've tried to cover in this podcast episode.

When measuring your progress, it's really important to zoom out and look at the bigger picture.

For example, just because you haven't lost weight this week doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong, especially if you have been losing weight consistently over the last month or so!

Also, there's millions of ways to measure your progress, so try not to get caught up on just one.

Let me know your own thoughts on this.

"Start now, optimise later" is a quote from James Clear's book Atomic Habits.

In this episode I discuss the idea that something that works for you might not work for someone else, and vice versa.

Which is why it's important to not have a "one size fits all" mentality to fitness and to instead take a flexible approach.

No recorded a podcast in ages so thought I'd do one just to get back into the swing of things, looking forward to doing them more regularly again