So what should we measure? When it comes to healthier living, I’m always a proponent of measuring actions, not outcomes. The keyword in improving your health is to be healthIER. That means improving what you do, the things you can control…not what happens because of what you do. This is particularly applicable in nutrition because …
Measure What’s Important, Not What’s Easy
Why do we feel compelled to measure weight? One reason is that it’s an established norm. Another reason we measure weight is because we want some metric for comparison. Yet another reason we use weight to judge success is because it’s easy. But just because something is easy to measure doesn’t mean it’s the right …
Your Perspective on Success
Why do we measure what we measure? It’s because we need, or want to compare. When it comes to nutrition, we compare what we ate to what we were supposed to eat on a particular diet… We compare what we are eating now to what the friends next to us are eating… We compare that …
Better Nutrition Part 3 – A Process for Better Nutrition
Welcome back for episode 107 of the TD Fitness Podcast! This is part 3 of my four-part Better Nutrition Series. In this episode, we get into how to actually implement the action steps associated with improving our nutrition habits. We have to be clear about who we want to be to set the goals that …
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Consistency Through Accountability
One final approach or technique in making your attempts at healthier living and healthier eating more sustainable is to enlist outside help. This usually takes the form of an accountability mechanism or partner. Having an accountability mechanism is an effective way to make your habits sustainable and to increase your level of consistency.