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06/08/2025

Motivation Is Fleeting. Discipline Is the Game-Changer

We all start with motivation.

That spark you feel after watching a fitness video…
The rush of energy when you buy new workout gear…
The excitement of starting a new plan on Monday…

But let’s be real — motivation fades.

You won’t feel like working out after a long day.
You won’t feel like meal prepping when you’re tired.
You won’t feel like tracking your food when you’re stressed.

That’s where discipline takes over.

Discipline is showing up anyway.
It’s doing what needs to be done even when you don’t feel like it.
It’s staying committed to the long-term goal, not the short-term mood.

You don’t need to be perfect — but you do need to be consistent.
Motivation might get you started, but discipline is what gets results.

👉 What’s one thing you’re committed to doing this week — whether you feel like it or not? Drop it in the comments.

Let’s build the habit of showing up.

06/08/2025

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05/28/2025

What if you could spend fewer hours in the gym, stop restricting what you eat, and untether fat loss from the number on the scale? In recent decades, gym culture has seen a change in the winds: more and more women are taking up weight lifting, shattering the previously segregated ready image of “men sweating in the weight room, women glistening in the aerobics studio,” Lauren Michele Jackson writes. Emerging internet forums such as Reddit’s r/fitness—where women post snapshots of their weight-training progress and generous caloric intakes—were replacing the vacant perfection of editorial spreads with crowdsourced examples and instruction. The author Casey Johnston, a chronic dieter and reluctant long-distance runner, writes about this phenomenon in her new book, “A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting.” Lifting “toppled everything I knew about my body,” Johnston reports, ushering a physiological, as well as psychological, transformation that reads as nothing short of a revelation. But a preoccupation with strength can take many forms, Jackson suggests. Read Jackson’s full review. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lBxW8H

05/13/2025

Why Fad Diets Don’t Work (Even the Ones That “Worked” for a While)

Let’s talk about keto. Carnivore. Fasting. Detox teas. Low-fat. Paleo. HCG. Even “clean eating” when it turns obsessive.

Here’s the hard truth:
Most of these diets do work… at first.
But not because they’re magical — because they create a calorie deficit.

So why don’t they work long-term?
• Because they’re not sustainable.
• Because they don’t teach you how to eat in the real world.
• Because they rely on extremes, not habits.
• Because they create fear around food instead of freedom with food.
• Because eventually… you crave flexibility, and you “fall off.”

Then what? You regain the weight.
You feel like you failed — when in reality, the diet failed you.

Lasting fat loss isn’t about rules. It’s about strategy.
• Learning portion control
• Managing hunger
• Building strength
• Staying consistent
• Making small, permanent shifts

If you’re tired of yo-yo dieting and all-or-nothing plans…
you don’t need a new diet — you need a new approach.

Drop a comment if you’ve ever tried one of these fads (no judgment — most of us have).
Let’s talk about what actually works.

04/07/2025

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03/31/2025

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03/23/2025

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12/08/2024

I know it's been a while since my last post, but life has been very busy. Check out my newest article about strength training and weight loss. Let me know your thoughts in the comments 👇👇👇. I hope to make more time to produce more content.

If you’re trying to lose weight, the gym can feel like a battlefield. On one side, you have the cardio crowd pounding away on treadmills, and on the other, the strength training enthusiasts lifting…