Do you feel like you’re Bill Murray in Groundhog Day when it comes to your weight loss?

You decided to get super serious with your diet, you’re super strict, you don’t allow yourself any treats, and you get on a treadmill for an hour every day and you are 100% on point.

A week goes by, maybe a month, you’ve lost some weight and then…you get to work and there are 18 different pizzas in the breakroom.

You eat 3 slices and think you’re already eating pizza, you might as well have a coke to go with it.

You feel ashamed and guilty.

You get home and you’re craving a doughnut, you figure you already ruined the day so what the heck.

You scrounge around the coupords and find a bag of powdered doughnuts and before you know it, the whole bag is gone.

Now you think you’ve really screwed up your whole week. So you give up, say screw it and decide to start again next Monday.

Between now and next Monday, you eat all the things you won’t be allowed to eat once you go back on a diet.

You step on the scale and realize you’ve gained back all the weight you lost.

You feel bad. You feel bummed.

So you say to yourself it’s time to be serious and buckle down and this time you’ll just try harder.

And then the entire scenario repeats. Again. And again.

Why does this happen?

When it comes to sustainable, long term weight loss and fitness slow and steady wins the race.

All or nothing nearly always leads to falling off track.

Choose something small you know you can do and that will help you get to your goal.

Add a veggie to every meal. Take a 10 minute walk 3 days a week.

And stick with it. When that feels easy add a little bit more.

Eat a veggie at every meal AND have a lean protein at supper. Take a 10 minute walk 4 days a week instead of 3.

Fat loss, weight loss, getting fit, living healthy…it’s all just an accumulation of small behaviors that add up to amazing results. 

Small doable changes you can consistently do  are always better than doing everything for short bursts and then doing nothing.

Can you relate to this? What is one small action you can take today to get you a little bit closer to your goals?