There is no try

Yesterday, one of my clients reminded me of a quote that I used to use when I coached baseball. The quote comes from Yoda and states "do or do not. There is no try." This quote is very true regarding body transformations. With body transformations you either have an excuse or a result. You either improved your body or you didn't. There will always be a reason to eat poorly or skip a workout and if you wait for the right time to make changes, the right time will never come. There will always be a reason to put things off. There will always be a party, friends coming into town, a birthday, a holiday, or a vacation right around the corner. If you try to find 12 weeks with no events coming up then you will never find those 12 weeks.

If you really want to change your body then you must commit yourself to following your plan no matter what. Your nutrition and your training must be non-negotiable. So if you are at a birthday party or social event and there is bad food being served then you may have to skip out on the food this one time. Will anybody really care? Probably not. Some people may give you a hard time because nobody likes to see others doing better than them but it will be worth it in the long run.

When you are trying to lose weight sticking to your nutrition is vital as well as showing up and performing your workouts. Losing weight is really not that hard it just requires consistently sticking to a good plan. The thing that most people lack is consistency. I think that for most people tracking what you are doing is very important because it allows you to see if you are making progress. There is a saying that those who keep records break records.