Last week I started the story of How I Changed, so this week I will pick it up where I left off.
…All that I needed to do was burn more calories than I eat. So, how many calories do I eat?
I realized that I did not know how many calories were in food. I was completely ignorant to how many calories I ate in a day. So I implemented a system; to have success with almost anything you should look for good systems to support you. Technically most diets are pre-designed systems but very hard to live within those systems for the rest of your life, there-in lies the problem. A winning system needs to be simple, easy to do, repeatable and manageable as a life-style change. My system was simply to track the number of calories that I consumed against the calories that I burned; there’s an app for that (I used and highly recommend MyFitnessPal.) And I needed to run at a deficit, burn 300 to 500 calories more than I ate each day, to lose weight. No food was off limits, vegetables & lean protein are less calories, sweets & sugary drinks cost more calories and are not filling and I could earn more calories with physical activity.
Great, now I knew how much I was taking in, and for the first month I got a free guest membership at a local gym and I did the typical thing and went to the gym three days a week. I knew the days that I went to the gym that I had more flexibility in my food choices, I essentially earned calories that I could spend on food. But I hated the gym, it was not fun, after a long day of work I did not want to be there and I definitely did not want to pay a monthly fee for something that I did not enjoy. I knew I needed something different, I needed to find some physical activity that I WANTED TO DO, that regardless of what happened at work or how tired I was, I would be excited. So I turned to an old hobby: disc golf, and picked up a new one: jiu-jitsu.
Both of these options gave me something that I didn’t get at the gym, excitement and discipline. I was so excited that I couldn’t wait until I could go have fun. I found myself planning my day so that I could fit in one of these physical activities.
Tune in next week to see my results and get an outline of the process for How I Changed!!!
Hope you enjoy the story of my most recent biggest change, the process of change can be applied to many components of your life, both business and personal. Subscribe here to get your FREE copy of 25 Spray Foam Insulation Frequently Asked Questions from Spray Foam Advisor.
