Your Biggest Nutrition Mistake

 

Way too often I see people either all in or all out, and

all out ends up in non stop gorging

 

All in ends up in too much restriction which leads

back to being all out

 

Lets look at it like this….

 

You’re in work & you’ve brought your packed food with you

so you can stay on track…..and because it’s cheaper

 

You had breakfast at home and brought a snack

for your break at 11

 

At break someone is passing around a few bags

of jellies, you politely refuse and have your

yogurt, berries and dark chocolate

 

Lunch goes by and you have your food & you’re

doing amazing & you should be thrilled…..

 

But you’re not…..you’re grumpy

 

Because you wanted some jellies too & it’s eating

away at you

 

3 o’clock and all of a sudden somebody whips

out a box of celebrations

 

You’re still annoyed about the jellies & next thing

you know you give in….i’ll just have a few

 

We’ve all been there

 

Let me be clear….eating a few celebrations isn’t going

to be ideal to lose body fat, but it isn’t going to

completely sabotage you either.

 

The problem is that usually they are just the beginning.

 

I’ve noticed something, most people have an

incredibly hard time failing on a small scale

 

When they slip up, it’s as if they’ve ruined

everything & they might as well keep going

 

Photo seems like the smart thing to do right?

 

But when it comes to nutrition a lot of people

just don’t think like that. When they have the sweets

or chocolate they think

 

“Oh well, the day is ruined now, I might as well

just eat whatever I want & start again tomorrow.”

 

As if that wasn’t enough to ruin your progress, if

this happens late in the week then I’ll start tomorrow

becomes I’ll start next Monday

 

This type of mindset is one of the biggest nutrition

mistakes I see happening, it makes you think that it’s

impossible to fix a small mistake & it encourages

giving up.

 

So how do you fix it?

 

1) Stop Refreshing Your Screen

 

You know the way when you’re waiting for something

to load on your computer you tend to click refresh if

it’s taking too long……you need to stop doing that with

your nutrition

 

There is nothing special about tomorrow or about

Monday, they are just normal days.

 

So if you make a mistake don’t hit refresh & start

again tomorrow or Monday

 

Just take a minute, accept what happened & get

back on track asap

 

2) Learn to Fail Small.

 

A lot of people find their biggest problem is that

they’re always cheating on their “diet”, whether it’s

a cheat day or just constantly messing up.

 

Learning how to fail small is going to be a huge key

for your success.

 

Everyone slips up, nobody is perfect despite people

portraying perfect lives on Instagram, so learning

how to be ok with that is important

 

Perfection is also insanely boring, who wants to live

a life without jellies & chocolate? Not me anyways

 

If you can understand & get comfortable with that

then it’ll make it easier

 

Think about this….

 

Lets say you go on holidays & you have €2000 spending

money, you’re carrying €500 to have some cash handy

but you lose it when you arrive…..

 

Would you go spend the rest of your cash that day? Or

would you dial it back & be a bit smarter about your

spending?

 

Nutrition is the same.

 

I am by no means saying this is easy because it

is most certainly not, but your first step is

awareness

 

Whether it’s getting rid of the temptation to start

again and/or the all-in attitude, your best bet towards

fixing the problem is cutting yourself a bit of slack.

 

Realise that messing up on one meal or snack isn’t the

end of the world…..

 

Master this & you will get the body, health & life you’re

looking for