It’s beneficial to focus on one approach at a time, either breadth or depth, as you look to improve your healthy habits. Will you continue to improve a current habit, or add a different habit for a broader approach? Depth or breadth…you choose. Just remember to stay focused in your approach.
Improvement Beats the “Norm”
Do you tend to compare your progress to the “norm,” or some other published standard? Each of us is different. That’s why measuring your progress against your past beats comparing yourself to a standard. Remember that the norm does not necessarily mean normal for you. Improvement is a much better metric.
Why “Easy” is Dangerous
When you step on the scale, the number you see becomes a part of your feedback loop. Meaning you take that information in, and then make subsequent decisions based on that…then you weigh yourself again and continue to adjust based on actions you took from your previous measurement…and on and on. This can be dangerous, …
Driving Blind
If measuring our weight doesn’t tell the whole story, what should we measure? The answer is ANYthing. That’s right…anything that relates to performance, not outcomes. Your weight, blood pressure, waist circumference are outcomes that are determined by activity, nutrition, hydration, stress levels, genetics, gender, age and more. We don’t have control over many of these …
The Scale of Half-Truths
Measurement is feedback. When you step on the scale, what is it really telling you? We often mistake the number on the scale with feedback on what we should do to live healthier lives. But you cannot directly control your weight. You can’t control it and it’s not necessarily measuring what you think it is. …