What is your strategy...for NOT doing that thing?

Several years ago I coached a woman who was making some fantastic progress toward her weight loss goal but eventually she seemed to get stuck.

She was committed to her workout program and diligent in tracking her food intake. As the weeks went by, I racked my brain about what tweaks we could make to her system - but I was totally stumped! Finally we sat down and took a hard look at her food journal. It was then that I learned about the 3-4+ glasses of wine she had been consuming every evening that weren’t being recorded. She had fully convinced herself that the impact of the behavior was irrelevant and not part of the big picture.

She had a great system to improve her health - but another, very complex strategy to prevent her own progress.

The food journal, the gym membership, the Fitbit... we set up mechanisms to keep on track - but often we manipulate them to keep ourselves comfortable. Cognitively we know what we’re doing - but the tools have no idea they’re being played. Though “smart” our devices don’t recognize the intricate emotional and psychological complexities of the process.

Pushing outside your comfort zone is terrifying and you may have developed techniques to keep yourself safe within the zone of familiarity. How finely tuned is your strategy for NOT doing that thing?

Maybe you're not even aware of what you're doing to prevent your own progress, but you know this: you have health or fitness or happiness goals that you think you're working towards, but you just don't seem to be getting there....

If so, ask for help. Reach out with a quick message - I would love to have a conversation with you.