Often a coaching client will end a session by saying, “Wish me luck” after setting a goal and making a plan to achieve it.
In health coaching, this phrase is a huge red flag that the client is going to fail.
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Sometimes I hear from clients that they’ve done all they can, and they can’t move the needle. They’re stuck. They’ve hit a plateau.
And there’s simply nothing more to be done.
What do we do then?
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Say you want to stop eating junk food, or drinking soda, or watching porn, or whatever.
Maybe you’ve read a motivating article or seen a video, or gotten a scary medical result, or just got fed up at your current reality.
So you set an intention, and then… you end up doing the same thing again. And again.
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Lots of us are moving less during this stay-at-home time. But we’re often eating just as much, or more, or more frequently, or worse.
It’s easy to say, “Just eat less,” but it’s not that easy to do.
In this short episode, I share three strategies for reducing caloric intake without feeling deprived.
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In the Jewish tradition, we say “Blessed is the righteous judge” upon hearing of a death.
That’s pretty much the opposite of how we may feel at that moment. We’d rather lash out at the unfairness of it, rather than praising the deity that ordained the death.
So that incantation gives us the space to choose a response, rather than be jerked around by our default reactions.
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Now is not the time to indulge in crappy food choices, even though we may be stressed and cooped up and grieving.
We have an army inside us – our immune system – that does its best to keep us safe. Now’s the time to feed it well.
We have an opportunity to find new sources of dopamine, of joy, of connection.
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Don Larson died this month, at the age of 90.
He played baseball professionally from 1953 to 1967, and had a less than stellar career. As a pitcher, his lifetime record was 81 wins and 91 losses. He played five of those years with the powerhouse New York Yankees during their dynastic heyday in the 1950s; his record for lesser teams was a dismal 36 wins and 67 losses.
And yet he’s one of my favorite players of all time.
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Today is January 2, 2020. If you’re a resolutions kind of person, today is the second day to do the thing you’ve decided to do.
Are you still motivated? I certainly hope so!
What about tomorrow? Will you be motivated then as well? Fingers crossed…
And the day after tomorrow?
And the day after that?
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In this episode, I share a personal coaching session that I conducted with Ian Lawton, host of the Workshed Podcast.
Ian has lost around 150 pounds and turned himself into marathoner (3 marathons in December, 2019). And he’s training for his first ultra marathon in April 2020.
The problem is, he’s been sneaking in the vegan junk food, and his weight has plateaued and started creeping back up.
As a former fat guy, he’s terrified of slipping back to where he was.
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When I was in 11th grade, I came in 3rd in the New Jersey Science League Chemistry II competition.
Which was odd.
I wasn’t one of the best chemistry students in the state, by far. I wasn’t even close to being the best chemistry student in my high school. Hell, I wasn’t close to be the best chemistry student in my chemistry class.
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