Rebooted Body – Healthy Eating, Functional Fitness & Behavior Psychology

I got an email from someone in our Walk+ Challenge and it prompted me to do a live broadcast in the challenge Facebook group. Well, some peeps in the group told me I should republish the audio on the podcast so that's what today's episode is. This recording addresses the "I always lose motivation" problem that's so rampant in the health and fitness industry. I'm going to tell you exactly why that happens to you and why you're not actually "losing" motivation 99% of the time (but rather, sabotaging your motivation). I also give you a new practice you can implement that will reverse this trend in your life, forever. Enjoy!

I got an email from someone in our Walk+ Challenge and it prompted me to do a live broadcast in the challenge Facebook group. Well, some peeps in the group told me I should republish the audio on the podcast so that's what today's episode is. This recording addresses the "I always lose motivation" problem that's so rampant in the health and fitness industry. I'm going to tell you exactly why that happens to you and why you're not actually "losing" motivation 99% of the time (but rather, sabotaging your motivation). I also give you a new practice you can implement that will reverse this trend in your life, forever. Enjoy!

In today's episode, Kevin discusses a huge surface-level reason that you struggle with inconsistency. This is one of those episodes that you can listen to and immediately implement the advice you're given, so don't miss it. Brought to you by the Rebooted Body Online Academy – world-class guided programs for getting and keeping a body and life you love. Learn more at https://rebootedbody.com/join/

In today's episode, Kevin discusses a huge surface-level reason that you struggle with inconsistency. This is one of those episodes that you can listen to and immediately implement the advice you're given, so don't miss it. Brought to you by the Rebooted Body Online Academy – world-class guided programs for getting and keeping a body and life you love. Learn more at http://rebootedbody.com/join/

I'm headed to Panama City for the weekend but I wanted to publish an episode before I leave. I tried to think of the most impactful episode I could create in the short time I have, so I decided to encourage you to execute on three core things. Listen in to this short, actionable episode and then execute on exactly what I say so you can start getting results. Mentioned... * #cb00ad9174 * #cbbb95d5df

I'm headed to Panama City for the weekend but I wanted to publish an episode before I leave. I tried to think of the most impactful episode I could create in the short time I have, so I decided to encourage you to execute on three core things. Listen in to this short, actionable episode and then execute on exactly what I say so you can start getting results. Mentioned... * http://realfoodplaybook.com * http://dailyfitnesspractice.com

You do so great during the week with your healthy habits only to completely fall apart and overeat on the weekends. You want to stop, but can't. You've tried and tried and nothing works long-term. Sound familiar? Let's fix it. There is a reason why you do great during the week and then fall off on the weekends. In fact, there's a set of reasons. Very specific reasons. And if you address these reasons, you can get back in control. You can find more consistency. You can be more successful. These aren't all the tips I have on this topic, mind you. But they're a great start. Here they are... 1. Stop depriving yourself during the week. When people struggle with overeating on the weekends I start by asking, "Tell me a little bit about what you're doing during the week. What is an average weekday look like for you?" It usually turns out that there's a lot of counting. There's a lot of tracking. There's a lot of weighing. Most of what they're doing is very antagonistic. If you're using willpower and discipline during the week, that requires a lot of physical, mental, and emotional resources. When the weekend comes around you don't have the resources you need. Furthermore, the routine of the week isn't there to save you anymore. When the week is stressful and depletes your resources, the weekend becomes a decompression period. You start to look forward to the decompression. For a lot of people, this means medicating with food and alcohol. While you can't put an immediate end to all the stress you're under during the week, you can stop depriving yourself immediately. You can end the deprivation relationship you have with food and you can orient your fitness toward intrinsically motivated activities. That's going to help you big time. Nobody has enough willpower or discipline to deprive consistently. You're creating weekend overeating by depriving during the week (on top of all the other stress you're under). 2. Do a better job protecting your physical, mental, and emotional resources. For most people, the workweek tends to drain physical mental and emotional resources. This is especially true if you don't make enough time for yourself. You're putting all this energy and effort into your work, your kids, your spouse, bills, and chores and there's not much left over for you. And the time you are investing in yourself is often spent doing exercise or other healthy habits that aren't intrinsically motivated. You don't find enjoyment in them, so even your attempts to be healthy and invest in yourself are a drain on resources. Take for example somebody who loves to play racquetball. They get recharged by that hour they invest in racquetball because they love racquetball and get to play it with their friends. That is recharging their physical mental and emotional resources. Now take somebody who is spending that hour with a personal trainer. Maybe they're in a mindset of losing weight. They've hired a trainer because they want to lose weight, not because they love going to the gym and working with a trainer. It's a means-to-an-end strategy. That mindset is a drain on resources. If you do a better job of protecting your physical, mental, and emotional resources, you'll see less of a need to medicate and decompress when the weekend rolls around. 3. Adopt the bank account philosophy. The bank philosophy says, "Make more deposits than withdrawals and stay out of debt." So your goal during the week is to make more deposits than withdrawals into your "health bank account." Very briefly, deposits are things like real food, great sleep, or an intrinsically motivated fitness practice that restores or even boosts your physical mental and emotional resources.

You do so great during the week with your healthy habits only to completely fall apart and overeat on the weekends. You want to stop, but can't. You've tried and tried and nothing works long-term. Sound familiar? Let's fix it. There is a reason why you do great during the week and then fall off on the weekends. In fact, there's a set of reasons. Very specific reasons. And if you address these reasons, you can get back in control. You can find more consistency. You can be more successful. These aren't all the tips I have on this topic, mind you. But they're a great start. Here they are... 1. Stop depriving yourself during the week. When people struggle with overeating on the weekends I start by asking, "Tell me a little bit about what you're doing during the week. What is an average weekday look like for you?" It usually turns out that there's a lot of counting. There's a lot of tracking. There's a lot of weighing. Most of what they're doing is very antagonistic. If you're using willpower and discipline during the week, that requires a lot of physical, mental, and emotional resources. When the weekend comes around you don't have the resources you need. Furthermore, the routine of the week isn't there to save you anymore. When the week is stressful and depletes your resources, the weekend becomes a decompression period. You start to look forward to the decompression. For a lot of people, this means medicating with food and alcohol. While you can't put an immediate end to all the stress you're under during the week, you can stop depriving yourself immediately. You can end the deprivation relationship you have with food and you can orient your fitness toward intrinsically motivated activities. That's going to help you big time. Nobody has enough willpower or discipline to deprive consistently. You're creating weekend overeating by depriving during the week (on top of all the other stress you're under). 2. Do a better job protecting your physical, mental, and emotional resources. For most people, the workweek tends to drain physical mental and emotional resources. This is especially true if you don't make enough time for yourself. You're putting all this energy and effort into your work, your kids, your spouse, bills, and chores and there's not much left over for you. And the time you are investing in yourself is often spent doing exercise or other healthy habits that aren't intrinsically motivated. You don't find enjoyment in them, so even your attempts to be healthy and invest in yourself are a drain on resources. Take for example somebody who loves to play racquetball. They get recharged by that hour they invest in racquetball because they love racquetball and get to play it with their friends. That is recharging their physical mental and emotional resources. Now take somebody who is spending that hour with a personal trainer. Maybe they're in a mindset of losing weight. They've hired a trainer because they want to lose weight, not because they love going to the gym and working with a trainer. It's a means-to-an-end strategy. That mindset is a drain on resources. If you do a better job of protecting your physical, mental, and emotional resources, you'll see less of a need to medicate and decompress when the weekend rolls around. 3. Adopt the bank account philosophy. The bank philosophy says, "Make more deposits than withdrawals and stay out of debt." So your goal during the week is to make more deposits than withdrawals into your "health bank account." Very briefly, deposits are things like real food, great sleep, or an intrinsically motivated fitness practice that restores or even boosts your physical mental and emotional r...

Out of all the causes of failure in health and fitness, the scale is one of the biggest. You might think it's serving you well and keeping you from being completely out of control but he truth is that the scale has enslaved you. It's manipulating your behavior, your happiness, and your potential for success every single day of your life. If you want to win long-term, the scale must go. In this episode, Kevin Michael Geary offers 10 compelling reasons to help you make the decision to ditch it once and for all. If you're ready to get a body and life you love, sans the scale, join the Rebooted Body Online Academy.

Out of all the causes of failure in health and fitness, the scale is one of the biggest. You might think it's serving you well and keeping you from being completely out of control but he truth is that the scale has enslaved you. It's manipulating your behavior, your happiness, and your potential for success every single day of your life. If you want to win long-term, the scale must go. In this episode, Kevin Michael Geary offers 10 compelling reasons to help you make the decision to ditch it once and for all. If you're ready to get a body and life you love, sans the scale, join the Rebooted Body Online Academy.

Earmuffs alert (just a couple choice words). We've helped thousands of men and women in over 35 countries around the world through the Rebooted Body Online Academy (https://academy.rebootedbody.com). Along the way, we've learned some very important lessons and in this podcast episode, Kevin covers 15 or 16 of these lessons. Whether you're about to start or have already started on your journey, you'll find a lot of insightful nuggets and lessons you can apply to your own journey in this episode.

Earmuffs alert (just a couple choice words). We've helped thousands of men and women in over 35 countries around the world through the Rebooted Body Online Academy (https://academy.rebootedbody.com). Along the way, we've learned some very important lessons and in this podcast episode, Kevin covers 15 or 16 of these lessons. Whether you're about to start or have already started on your journey, you'll find a lot of insightful nuggets and lessons you can apply to your own journey in this episode.

This one is sure to rustle some jimmies. Today on the show I've got 13 weight loss strategies that you should never consider trying ever again. Before we get to the list, I've got an update for you on the recent AHA podcast and article I published that's been seeing massive traction. Mentioned in the Show * Rebooted Body Academy * Health Bank Account Philosophy * Naked Juice Won't Help You Look Good Naked * Truth About Calories * Stop Using MyFitnessPal * Truth About Weight Watchers * There Are No Addictive Foods * Truth About Ideal Protein * Daniel Vitalis – Why I'm Not A Vegan * Daily Fitness Practice

This one is sure to rustle some jimmies. Today on the show I've got 13 weight loss strategies that you should never consider trying ever again. Before we get to the list, I've got an update for you on the recent AHA podcast and article I published that's been seeing massive traction. Mentioned in the Show * Rebooted Body Academy * Health Bank Account Philosophy * Naked Juice Won't Help You Look Good Naked * Truth About Calories * Stop Using MyFitnessPal * Truth About Weight Watchers * There Are No Addictive Foods * Truth About Ideal Protein * Daniel Vitalis – Why I'm Not A Vegan * Daily Fitness Practice

I recently came across a viral video by social psychologist Melanie Joy called, "The Secret Reason We Eat Meat." I was appalled. Not just by what I saw and heard, but by the fact that it came from someone who has a PhD. I knew immediately that I needed to do a full rebuttal. This episode is the audio of that rebuttal. There is also a video rebuttal if you'd prefer to watch (so you can see the original video and the animated slides). Original video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao2GL3NAWQU&t=972s My rebuttal... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bvgBDWV87s&t=3201s If you want to weigh in on this, leave your comments on my YouTube rebuttal video. Also, make sure to thumbs up and subscribe to our channel on YouTube while you're there.