It’s not Failure, it’s Feedback
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you are still failing to reach your goals, do you find yourself
frustrated and at your wits ends wondering what you are supposed to
do?
First of all, take a deep breath… you have just produced a result,
it’s not failure, even if it’s not the result you were hoping for.
Your result is your feedback, good or bad.
If you were a tennis player and every time you hit the ball it goes
into the net… you have just produced a result. You have learned
that you have to change your swing to get that ball high enough to
clear the net.
Anytime you need to troubleshoot why you are not getting the result
you want you must have a way to track and evaluate what you have
been doing.
When it comes to reaching your ideal body weight, using a food log
is one of the most PROVEN and powerful tools you can use… yet
nobody wants to take the time to do it.
I have to say, hands down, the people I have coached who are
successful have logged their food.
Here is an example of a day of eating from someone who thought they
were eating healthy. The truth is, the food was healthy, but the
amount of calories can still add up.
Let’s check it out:
BREAKFAST
1 Wheat bran bagel
2 tbsp. Lite cream cheese
12 oz orange juice
511 C
SNACK
Odawalla bar
Apple
302 C
LUNCH
1 Chicken Breast, baked
1 Slice sprouted wheat bread
1 Cup Green beans
415 C
SNACK
1/2 Cup raw almonds
1/4 Cup raisins
519 C
DINNER
Salad with 2 cups spinach, 1/4″ slice of med. tomato, 1/2 cup
cauliflower, 1 hard-boiled egg, 4 raw baby carrots, 1 Tbsp.
Low-calorie salad dressing
1-cup brown and wild rice
6 oz. Baked salmon
1-cup cooked fresh broccoli with pat of butter
722 C
SNACK
Pear
96 C
Total C 2578
Fat 34% (858 C)
Protein 24% (611 C)
Carbohydrate 43% (1088 C)
If this person needed to loose weight on 1600 Calories a day, they
would be almost 1000 Calories over! You may be surprised how
quickly the amounts added up, even though the food choices were
healthy.
Continuing at this rate, the “result” would obviously be weight
gain… probably about a pound every 2-3 weeks!
It is important to have some form of accountability lined up, at
the very least to yourself. Taking personal responsibility to track
and measure your results is the first step.
There is also PROVEN power in social support and external
accountability. It doesn’t remove taking your own responsibility
but it does enforce the accountability beyond yourself.
If you need the ultimate accountability partner, there are still
coaching times available with a limited time offer of daily food
journal accountability at no additional cost.
http://www.bestbodymakeover.com/coaching/
Be well,
Lauren
PS: Watch your email for details about the next tele-seminar with
Mark Preisman on supplements, May 6th!
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