EPISODE 32 | Tempted to give up on your goal of losing weight, eating healthier, working out more frequently, sleeping better, managing your stress, etc., cause you just aren't seeing results? Not so fast! Don't give up just yet!! In this quick "bite-sized" episode, you'll learn some simple, reinvigorating mindset shifts so that you can stay the course and see the success you deserve. Enjoy!!
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Hello, Health Investor!
Welcome back to another episode of The Health Investment Podcast!
You may have noticed this episode is quite short cause it’s another bite-sized one!
As you may remember, in addition to interviewing doctors, nutrition coaches, founders of health-promoting companies, etc., I also do solo episodes in which I answer YOUR questions (like I did in last week’s Q&A) and also bite-sized eps where I share helpful tips and insights relating to nutrition, sleep, stress management, movement, and mindset.
Today, I wanna chat about giving up—or, I guess about NOT giving up.
Throughout the episode, I’m gonna to use weight loss for my example since that’s what I help my 1:1 clients with, but really the things I’m gonna share can apply to any goal you’ve set for yourself.
In fact, let’s do this… Take a moment to think of a current goal you have—or even one you recently had that you gave up on. As I talk about weight loss as an example, you keep that goal in mind so that the ideas and quotes I share with you can really hit home!
Alright, now that you have that goal in mind, time travel back to the moment you set the goal in the first place.
Whenever we set a goal for ourselves, we feel super MOTIVATED and EXCITED, right?
Let’s say you’ve decided to lose weight. You’re sick of carrying those extra pounds around because they’re holding you back from looking and feeling your BEST, so you make a New Year’s Resolution.
This is YOUR year!
This is the year you’re going to lose 20 pounds—and actually keep ‘em off!
You’re ready to do whatever it takes.
Your newfound motivation to make this positive life change drives you to do all sorts of things!
You create a color-coded, healthy grocery list. And you sign up for a gym membership and start going every other day. Instead of buying your usual sandwich, you start packing salads for lunch. And you stop drinking soda. And when you’re out at restaurants with friends, you don’t eat the fried appetizers they order; you get deviled eggs instead.
At first, doing these things doesn’t even feel like a burden or sacrifice. Because, again—you’re excited to be doing them! This is YOUR year!
BUT, after doing allllll of the healthy things for a solid month, you weigh yourself. And you’ve only lost ONE pound.
Annoyed, you hop on Instagram—because Instagram is always the solution, amirite?
While scrolling the squares, you see your friend Becky. Becky made the SAME New Year’s Resolution you did—in fact, she’s your accountability buddy! You’ve both been working out 4-5x/week and ordering deviled eggs instead of nachos, but somehow Becky has lost 8 pounds.
What is even going on?!
Why does Becky get to have all of the success?
You feel frustrated beyond belief and decide that the sacrifices you’ve been making just aren’t working. So why keep at it? Why even try?
I don’t know about you,
