As a personal trainer, I often found the most resistance when talking to people about nutrition.
One of the first objections always sounds something like this: “How many meals…really?…how do you prepare all that food?…I’m really busy you know!”
I’ll never forget the time one woman just stood up in the middle of one of my first seminars and exclaimed, “I’ve got three kids all under 8 years old, where do I find the time for six meals every day?” And the rest of the audience cheered “yeah!”
Or, here’s another good one: “Well, I’ve got a life ya know, I don’t have time to obsess, I have to (insert excuses here, here and here)”
Why such staunch resistance?
Personal trainers often make the mistake of thinking that nutrition is knowing the right proteins, carbs, fats and marco-ratios, type it up on an excel spread sheet, don't forget the calories in calories out mantra, etc, etc.
However, the truth is nutrition is never really about any of these things.
What is it about then?
It’s about what a person has grown up with, their beliefs, emotional connections, prior perceptions and experiences about what is “good”, “bad”, “healthy” or “unhealthy”, what is comfortable or normal.
Trainers often don’t realize as soon as you start to mess around with any of these things, people get anxious, defensive or even aggressive.
What if you’re one of those people who are a little resistant to change?
Maybe at times you lack motivation or get overwhelmed with all that’s ahead of you?
Don’t worry, that’s normal.
However, there’s one invisible yet even more formidable roadblock trainers and clients need to be aware of right away…
Habits
Habits always beat intentions. What are the foods you know you should be eating more of? What foods are bad for you - you shouldn’t eat too much of? Most people would make a fair fist of getting these correct. The fact is, most people know what they should be eating more of and what they should be eating less of. So why don’t they do it?
Habits. Habits always beat intentions.
Here’s the truth; change is difficult. It’s very challenging. Our habits kill our intentions time and time again.
Our intention to workout more (“starting Monday…I promise”), to eat better, every day, (“starting Monday, promise!”), not to drink so much (“…after this weekend I promise”), to get to bed earlier (“…starting Sunday night”) …damn! Why don’t my good intentions stick?
A diet (or even an excel spreadsheet) doesn’t turn a good intention into a lifestyle.
A diet might tell you what to eat. An exercise program might show you what to do but neither creates a process for permanent change. Also, they do not provide the knowledge, tools and skills − solutions for any situations life throws at us.
Here's another thing, diets and exercise programs don’t construct an environment that yields the best possible chance for success.
This is probably why Metabolic Precision (MP) works where so many other products fail.
With MP, sure you get the latest, cutting-edge research and resources, however, you also get the systems, the knowledge, the tools and the skills - solutions for the situations you face every day.
MP really is a complete experience that turns “good intentions” into a fantastic lifestyle.
Know a lot about nutrition?
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