This Is Why Your Health Resolutions Are Not Happening (Part 1 – The Plan, or lack there of)
Let’s cut through the BS, shall we? Every January, millions of people declare “This is MY year!” while signing up for gym memberships they’ll forget about faster than their ex’s birthday. And you know what the fitness cynics say: “Resolutions are stupid – you’ll fail anyway.”
Want to know what’s really stupid? Listening to people whose only qualification is failing at their own resolutions.
Here’s the real tea: When I dig into why these naysayers failed, it usually boils down to one embarrassingly simple truth – they had no actual plan. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Just a wish wrapped in spandex and sprinkled with hope.
“But I had a goal!” you might protest. Cool story, bro. Having a goal is like having a destination – it’s great, but without a map, you’re just wandering around looking lost and hangry.
Let’s get scientific for a hot second. You can’t beat the laws of thermodynamics (trust me, smarter people than us have tried). Eat more than you burn = gain weight. Eat less = lose weight. Simple, right? Well, yes and no. It’s like saying “to get rich, earn more than you spend.” Thanks, Captain Obvious, but HOW?
This is where tracking comes in, and no, not the “I think I ate healthy today” kind of tracking. Real tracking. Because let’s be honest – you can’t improve what you don’t measure. It’s like trying to drive somewhere with a blindfold on. Sure, you’re moving, but are you getting anywhere useful?
Thankfully, we live in the future, and there’s an app for literally everything:
For Calorie Counting (aka “Why did nobody tell me olive oil had THAT many calories?”):
For the “Just Tell Me What to Eat” crowd: (ya, I’m in this crowd too!)
For Workout Tracking (because “I did some stuff at the gym” isn’t a measurement):
Here’s the truth bomb: Piss Poor Planning Prevents Perfect Performance. Yeah, you might stumble into success without a plan, just like you might find your soulmate while drunk at 2 AM in a Waffle House. But why leave it to chance?
You wouldn’t start a road trip without GPS, so why start your fitness journey without a map? Stop treating your health like a game of darts played blindfolded, and start treating it like the mission it is.
Stay tuned for Part 2, where we’ll dive into why “eating clean” doesn’t mean surviving on lettuce and sadness.
Remember: Your resolution isn’t stupid – but trying to achieve it without a plan? That’s a different story.
P.S. If you’re still reading this while eating chips on the couch, that’s fine – but open one of those tracking apps while you’re at it. Baby steps, friend. Baby steps.
https://amzn.to/4jjMvs3Oh, one last thing, a bunch of people have asked what the scale is that I use to track all of my body measurements. If you need one too it’s the Renpho Solar Smart Scale
