Good Enough is the New Great
You know why so many of us fail to achieve what we want?
We set the bar too high
Let’s say we are talking about losing weight. You want to lose 15kgs and the target weight you now have in your sights you haven’t weighed that for 6 years. So what do you do? You hire a personal trainer, you join a gym, or maybe you start jogging. Maybe you say “I’m going to get up at 5.30am every morning during the week and go the beach and swim and jog in the sand!” Then you look at your diet. “That’s it – no more drinking for 12 weeks, no carbs and no caffeine for a month” And away you go. Starts off well enough. You feel invigorated at 5.15 am when you wake up and you enjoy this magical time of the day – where it seems people are “on something” as they are happy, buzzing around doing their thing. At the end of the
Do you think they are still on track 100%?
Are they getting tired/ cranky with everything around them?
Fast-forward to week 5… The statistics tell me that they have fallen off the wagon and are no longer following this program.
Sadly, this person will free fall for the next 14-16 weeks with no direction or purpose in their eating or exercise strategy.
Then they will try something new/ different again.
Looking for another magic bullet.
Here is the magic bullet – – – Good Enough.
What if our friend above set their program up a little differently.
Instead of trying to be who they wanted to be the person who had lost the 15kgs, who was experienced in living the lifestyle needed for the 15kgs loss, what if they practiced/ planned to be the person who has lost 3Kgs.
If you are 15Kgs overweight – how much of your regular day to day life would you have to change to lose 3Kgs? Not too much.
So we make choices that are better than what we currently choose, but nowhere near the choices the person who has lost the 15Kgs makes.
So
Exercise plan:
Walk 2 times per week for 20 minutes
Park the car at the furthest point in the parking lot – on Mondays
Stairs to work x 1 day per week
Nutrition plan:
- 1
- 1 piece of fruit each day
- 2 vegetables each day
- Alcohol – 4 times per week (assuming they drink almost every day)
- Try not to eat packaged man-made foods
Duration: 4 weeks
Good Enough for you? It’s good enough for me!
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