8 reasons we fall off the wagon: A MUST READ

This happens to a lot of us (including myself in the past) wherein we plan our New Year's resolution & are aggressive at the start of the year but come two weeks later where we tend to have amnesia & forgetting everything about our diet. And come February or March when we quit the gym & then only to be surprised later on when we realized that we just re-gained everything, sometimes even double.

Here are the 8 reasons why you fall off the wagon:

1. No focus: you didn't set goals, you didn't put your goals in writing, and or you didn't keep your goals in mind daily (by reading
them, affirming them, looking at a vision board, etc.)

2. No priorities: you may have set a goal, but you didn't put it on or near the top of your priorities list. For example, your goal
is six pack abs, but drinking beer and eating fast food on the weekend is higher on your priorities list than having a flat stomach.

3. No support system: you tried to go at it alone; no buddy system, training partners, family, spouse, friends, mentors or coaches to turn to for information and emotional support when the going got tough.

*MY SIDE NOTE: this is the main reason why we are all here & for this one, we already taken one step ahead

4. No Accountability: you didn't keep score for your own accountability - with a progress chart, weight record, measurements,
food journal, training journal, and you didn't set up external accountability (ie, report to someone else or show your results
to someone else)

*MY SIDE NOTE: also the main reason why we are all here, for accountability but unfortunately a lot of us are skeptical to log our food when we know we will be over calories & worse, there are some who just treat this site like facebook. If you had over 1,000 calories then for goodness sake, still log it & don't be shy when your MFP friends see that you had over calories. Just make it up on the next day.

5. No patience: you were only thinking short term and had unrealistic expectations. You expected 10 pounds a week or 5 pounds a week or 3 pounds a week, so the first week you lost "only" 1 or 2 pounds or hit a plateau, you gave up.

6. No planning: you winged it. You walked into the gym without having a workout in hand, on paper, you didn't plan your workouts into your weekly schedule; you didn't have a menu on paper, you didn't make time (so instead you made excuses, like "I'm too busy")

7. No balance: your diet or training program was too extreme. You went the all or nothing, "I want it now" route instead of the
moderate, slow-and-steady wins the race route.

8. No personalization: your nutrition or training program was the wrong one for you. It might have worked for someone else, but it didn't suit your schedule, personality, lifestyle, disposition or body type.

So there you have it - 8 mistakes that cause most people to fall off the wagon. Are you guilty of any of these transgressions? If so, the solutions are clear and simple:

Focus, prioritize, get support, be accountable, be patient, plan, balance and personalize.

(Courtesy of Burn the Fat Newsletter)

5. No patience: you were only thinking short term and had unrealistic expectations. You expected 10 pounds a week or 5 pounds a week or 3 pounds a week, so the first week you lost "only" 1 or 2 pounds or hit a plateau, you gave up.

6. No planning: you winged it. You walked into the gym without having a workout in hand, on paper, you didn't plan your workouts into your weekly schedule; you didn't have a menu on paper, you didn't make time (so instead you made excuses, like "I'm too busy")