Why is it so hard to figure out this weight loss stuff long term?

You’ve tried it all and nothing seems to stick. 

Nothing keeps on working. 

You can’t keep up the effort. 

It doesn’t work with your real life. 

It doesn’t work for you.

You may feel like you KNOW exactly what you need to do and you STILL can’t do it.

Or that you absolutely, 100%, without question, believe you are in a calorie deficit… and yet…

The weight isn’t coming off or staying off.

Is there something wrong with you?

Your thyroid? Your metabolism? Your ability to keep yourself motivated?

Is it just YOU?

You’ve probably asked yourself some of these questions, or made some of these statements (maybe even all of them).

It starts to crush your soul. 

So I want to tell you that you are not a problem to be fixed.

You are not broken.

It is not you.

You are a real person, with a real life, who has real challenges to work through. 

That is all.

So, why is it so damn hard?

The principle of weight loss is in fact really easy. Use more calories than you eat and you will lose weight.

The reality is that weight loss is incredibly COMPLEX.

If you have been finding it hard to start, stick to or see results on your weight loss journey then you aren’t focusing on the ‘behind the scenes’ factors that underpin it all.

Here’s my TOP 3 reasons you can’t lose the weight and keep it off:

1. Your mindset
2. Your sleep
3. Your environment

Let’s dig into these shall we?!

1. Your mindset…

The way you think about everything, understandably impacts and influences everything.

Key points that you will benefit in addressing with your mindset are how you feel / think about:

Failure and success
Yourself and your identity
Your self-limiting beliefs

When you can create a new mindset you will create new results and a new future for yourself.

2. Your sleep…

I’m sure you’ve noticed how much harder it is to eat well and move your body when you are tired. Everything is SO much harder.

Studies suggest that people who sleep fewer than 6 hours per night gain almost twice as much weight over a 6-year period as people who sleep 7 to 8 hours per night.

When you don’t get enough sleep your hunger hormones could be getting out of whack (science word vomit… lower levels of leptin and higher levels of ghrelin – both stimulating hunger and appetite). 

With busy work schedules, social calendars and kids, our sleep health can feel really out of our control.

The truth is, there is still much within our control (my Coach Anna helped me see this even though I had a newborn that refused to sleep!).

In fact, most people lose sleep due to voluntary bedtime delay.  We cut back on sleep because we choose to.  We watch TV.  We browse the internet. I like to call this revenge procrastination.

We feel like we deserve it because we’ve given everything to everyone and we need a little ‘me-time’. Often, what we need most, is a good sleep!

Sleep well, live well.

3. Your environment…

Your environment plays a HUGE role in the habits you choose. And your habits ultimately create your results. 

Motivation holds little to no power in longterm change. Sure, it may get you started, but it’s your habits that keep you moving. And habits are much easier when the environment is right. Your habits and your environment are the same. 

Put boldy, your environment is the invisible hand that can shape your behaviour – and it is a hand we can manipulate.

Have you chosen a method of weight loss previously that helped you to figure out the 3 points covered in this email?

If not, why not?

Typical diets very, very rarely work long term, because they don’t address the real life challenges you face each day. They don’t touch on the topics we’ve just talked about. They simply tell you what to eat. I know you know that isn’t the root cause of your weight challenges.

The are temporary bandaids that expose the wound as soon as they are removed. That’s why you keep regaining the weight you managed to lose. Not because you aren’t dedicated, or didn’t try hard enough.

Imagine a life where it is just easy to be the weight you want! Because that life is possible and it is just a Body Smart Coach away for you.

Don’t wait another month, year or decade to make this change. You deserve to make it right now.

Book a FREE Fat Loss Consultation today HERE or reply to this email!