WHY DIETS WILL NEVER WORK

How do you achieve permanent transformation? Consistency. (Thanks Captain Obvious) But, really, how do you stay consistent? You do something that you can stick with, not just in the good times, but when things are really tough. Make it as simple and as easy as possible. I’ve never seen extreme and rapid methods produce lasting results. In order for transformation to be permanent, it requires a permanent change of lifestyle. This is why so few people actually lose weight and keep it off. ​Why is it so incredibly difficult?  And what can we do about it? It’s because it requires a…

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“JUST BREATHE” … NO THANKS, RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE PUNCHING SOMEONE IN THE FACE

Being told to “calm down” or “just breathe” can be absolutely infuriating and make the situation worse.  This is because it completely invalidates what you’re feeling right now, when in fact, your feelings are perfectly valid (even though your thoughts might not be rational). Often, calming down isn’t the best option right away. Maybe you’ve just had a stressful encounter with a co-worker, and you’ve built up some nervous energy.  Maybe now you want to scream and punch things.  You’re not a bad person, you just need an outlet for all that pent up stressful energy.  What can you do,…

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“YOUR HEAD LOOKS SO SKINNY!!”

“Your head looks so SKINNY” my wife exclaimed, when she saw the photo … (below) I didn’t realize how stark the contrast until I saw this photo from 2 years ago … I was nearly 290lbs, suffering from major stress, high blood pressure, and in pain most days It was also just after that first picture was taken, that I swallowed my ego, and hired a coach to help me. It turned out to be a life-changing decision.   I thought he was going to tell me what a fat loser I was, and prescribe me a meal plan, and…

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WHY CAN’T I STOP SNACKING AT NIGHT?

Let’s touch on what goes on in the brain.  I like analogies.   To keep it simple, we’ll say you have 2 “brains”. A small logical “thinky” brain, and a big powerful emotional brain. In the book, The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathon Hardt suggests we imagine it like an elephant with a rider. Your logical brain (the rider) has a flyswatter to steer the emotional brain (the elephant). When everything is going just fine, it’s pretty easy to steer the elephant. But when the elephant gets annoyed, bored, startled etc … it completely overrides any instructions from the rider. Over the course of a…

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STACIE IS FREE FROM NUTRITION PRISON

I approached Coach Jon because I wanted to learn what I was doing to contribute to my weight concerns and to figure out how to change that so that I could lose weight more easily without all of the confining ‘rules’. I was tired of dieting. It always felt so restrictive, and I remember saying to Coach Jon: “I just want to be free from nutrition prison!” I knew I needed some help with accountability and really just to make better choices. I had felt so defeated with my struggles and poor food choices, and I just couldn’t seem to…

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WADE DROPPED 52LBS AND GOT ABS

2.5 Years ago, I was finishing my first year apprenticeship at College, and at that age of 36, with the college lifestyle of beer and pub food after class, it didn’t take long to be tipping the scale near 240lbs. When I got back to work I realized that I was holding my breath as I was trying to tie my boots in the morning. Things needed to change! Working with Coach Jon was by far the most important thing I’ve ever done to support my goal. It started out with just wanting to lose weight.  I met Jon a few…

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