“I’ll start after Bank Holiday”
Have you ever had that ‘one’ last blowout on all the foods you love before starting a new health kick?
You’re not alone.
In fact, I can guarantee many of us will be thinking that this weekend with Bank Holiday here already.
It’s also the time we will be opening up our next programme for Women 40+ who pretty much know what to do already but want the personalised support, accountability and step by step plan to get fit, tone up and feel great
I get it.
It seems like a good time with school going back (in fact, can’t believe my daughter is starting school)..
It’s easy to think “I Will start on Monday” (or Tuesday with Bank Holiday)
But researchers have found something really interesting.
In fact, when I was doing my postgraduate research into low calorie diets and Type 2 diabetes,
We found this too.
What happens is that when people know what’s about to happen:
“I’m going to give up all of my foods and detox from Monday”
We eat more of it NOW.
They show this with animal studies too…
When you give sugar to mice and take it away…
They want more of it.
They show addictive-like behaviours.
Which means we gain weight now
And then have more to lose next week.
So why does this matter?
Well, sometimes we assume that if we do nothing …
Nothing changes.
But what we forget is that just like small positive habits can lead to long term transformation (like the ladies here https://frucifit.com/who-else-wants-results-like-this/)
It can also work the other way.
There will always be Bank Holidays
Birthdays
BBQs
Christmas (can I say that, yet?)
Lovely, tempting food…
And the only way to manage this and ditch the yo-yo dieting cycle?
Is to learn how to manage your relationship with food
And exercise…
Knowing that you don’t have to do it all to get results (in fact, imagine if we were consistent with 70% of what we set out to do?)
Otherwise
We just end up doing the same thing (binge and restrict)
And expect different results.
There is a better way
Matt
