Some in the wellness industry give tracking a lousy name. Some firms even want you to buy prepackaged foods, mixes, and pills so you can avoid what they consider the mundane practice of tracking. Buy our food, lose weight, and leave the monitoring to us! Do our specific exercise routine and watch your muscles grow and your stomach shrink. Better yet, take this pill or shot, and you don’t have to exercise or watch what you eat.

Let me debunk these claims of the wellness industry. First and foremost, people like to choose their food and want variety. You should feel liberated in your food choices, not restricted. Also, what you gain in convenience from prepacked food, you lose in knowing how to eat nutritionally for your body type. Lastly, when you run out of money for the next shot or order of prepacked food, you have no habits to fall back on and gain weight back. Trust me. I am the guy who tried every prepackaged diet and exercise routine until I went old-school and decided to take matters into my own hands.

Today, I track the food I eat, my daily exercise routines, and even the beneficial habits I want to adopt and the bad habits I want to limit. It may seem like a lot of work, but trust me, it's worth it. Like a science experiment, you must track all variables in your wellness journey. And just like in business, you can only improve what you track. This is not just a personal journey but a proven method that I urge you to consider for your wellness journey.

Our podcast today provides six tips on tracking and why to do it. The associated blog is currently on our blog site.

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