Are you making one or more of these mistakes?

After coaching women for 10+ years I have a little insight for you if you’re trying to lose fat or improve body composition.

Most common things I see:

1. 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩

Did you know that in a certain study regarding intake reporting that even registered dieticians underreported their food by over 20%?  

Sometimes it’s a true error but sometimes it’s simply denial.  

That also being said, unless you’re weighing your food or you have a lot of prior knowledge there is a lot of wiggle room for “guestimation” even if you are inputting foods into a tracker.  

I also think some people compare days of being “on point” vs days being “off track” and think “Well I eat healthy MOST of the time”… 

The reality though is that if you’re only eating in a slight deficit during the week and you go crazy on the weekends (especially if it includes alcohol) then it’s not hard to make up for all those calories putting you over on a weekly average.

2. 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 “𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁” 𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲

Work out twice a day, 6 days a week, drink a gallon of water, no carbs, no sugar, juice cleanse, etc.  

There’s no system. 

There’s no habit change/creation.

It’s just a barrage of lengthy and difficult to-do lists that won’t stick once your early motivation wears off.

Your mind is elastic, but it doesn’t change overnight.  

Once the hard things come up and throw you off track most people will bail on it ALL instead of finding what they CAN do through the non-ideal times.

3. 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀

If you’re not taking pictures or body or body fat measurements… 

Not paying attention to energy levels or strength gains…

Not thinking about how your clothes are fitting and so many more non-scale improvements that should be seen when implementing a GOOD training & nutrition program…

You’re likely actually making progress and just not seeing the forest through the trees.  

This is a non-exhaustive list with a lot of caveats, but it may be a starting point to helping you identify one or 3 things you can start to dial in a little bit more in your quest for health!