The Yo-Yo Effect
At some point we’ve all been there… Great exercise program (that we actually like and enjoy doing regularly) Great nutrition, and decent sleep. We’ve reached our goals, we’re impressed with our own work and diligence for sticking with it, then…
BOOM!!!
What the hell happened?
Three weeks has gone by and you just realized you’ve only been to the gym twice! You had bad take out at least once each week, and now you aren’t so impressed with yourself.
You’ve done it once so do it again, get right back on the path that took you to your impressed state. Whatever you do, do not wait until next week, or next Monday, or until this work dinner party is over. Start back on track. You know you can do it, you were just there a few weeks ago.
Back to what happened…
For some of us one slip leads to another, then another, then another. Don’t get me wrong we have to treat ourselves, I don’t think you can be 100% nutrition and 100% workouts 100% of the time…you’d likely go crazy!
The key word is moderation. Once you get to the place you want to be you need to pay close attention to the number of times you treat yourself (remember 90/10 is a good rule) and just because you’ve reached your fitness goals doesn’t mean you should stop going to the gym all together. Take a few days off, add in some active rest days, but keep following a program, keep setting goals and achieving them!