Want to Lose Weight, Get Fit, Be Healthy?

Unleash your superpower — find your “WHY”

Me, Before & After Pics

I will eat better, or less, or stop snacking… I will start an exercise routine, or exercise more often, or walk more every day… I will go on a diet, or lose weight, or get fit…

Sound familiar? If not in your voice, your husband’s or wife’s, your child’s or friend’s, patient’s or co-worker’s or favorite TV character’s… We are forever making commitments, setting goals, striving to change our behavior, to achieve better health, makeover our body, or make someone else happy.

But most people don’t get where they set out to go. They run out of steam, or time, or emotional capacity to manage the psychological aspects of behavior change. The brightly-colored produce molds in the fridge, the running shoes sit lonely in the closet, and the scale gets shoved behind the door under the toilet paper.

I am NOT trying to shame you, that was my voice you heard in the first sentence too! I have been here more times than I can count, and as an exercise scientist and wellness professional, I know that most people who set these kinds of goals have abandoned them within six weeks. It is so disheartening to set out with a tingle of excitement and shortly thereafter watch as your drive disappears around a corner, leaving you with the feeling of…