Lack of Knowledge or Direction Holding You Back?
“I have tried OrangeTheory, Keto, you name it and nothing has worked for me. I’m not sure what I am doing wrong or what the answer is.”
“On Instagram I see one doctor say that the Carnivore Diet is the best and vegetables are poison, but then another doctor says that a fully plant based diet is the best and meat causes cancer. There is so much conflicting information out there that I don’t know what I should be doing.”
Lack of Knowledge or Direction holding you back from doing what you love?
Today we live in a world of information overload and misinformation. Most influencers on social media push a biased agenda, taking “facts” and “science” out of context to favor the products/services that they sell in order to make money. The Liver King is a good example of an influencer who tricked the social media world into thinking that his approach and specifically the supplements that he sells will get you to look like him… Turns out his looks were primarily the result of heavy steroid usage… Shocker… But he may a fortune selling supplements that don’t do what he claimed they would do, taking advantage of millions. Medical Doctors may be in school for a decade without taking a single course on exercise or nutrition. The carnivore diet guy is a doctor, but in psychiatry.
I try to take an unbiased approach to providing information and so much is context dependent. So many of the “facts” have detailed nuances that the general public doesn’t understand and context that completely changes how the “facts” translate to the point one is making. I have made continuing education a big part of my life and have made it a point to learn from the top domain experts in their respective fields. For things outside of my scope of practice I will refer you out to an expert in that respective field.
Take care of yourself so that you are better able to take care of others. Here are some steps you can take to overcome a lack of time.
First write down your top few priorities in life and stack rank them by order of importance to you. Maybe that’s Family, Health, Friends, Work, etc.
Now write down how you spend all 24 hours of your day and compare how your time spent ladders up to the priorities you listed out. You will always end up making time for the things that are important to you, so it may be that you need to reevaluate your priorities and time spent.
Start small with non-exercise based activity. If you are now looking at where you could possibly squeeze in exercise into your busy schedule, don’t worry about scheduling 1 hours training sessions right away. Start small by:
Parking at the back of the parking lot and walking to store.
Go for a 5 minute walk after a meal.
Take the stairs instead of the elevator/escalator.
Stretch out and do a few squats for 5 minutes when you wake up before you start your day.
Multipurpose your time. Zone 2 cardio is amazing for your health and gets a bad reputation for being very boring. Many people also may spend 3 hours or more per day watching Netflix on the couch. You don’t have to give up Netflix to workout, you could take 1 episode of a TV show and watch it while walking on a treadmill or riding a stationary bike. Find ways to multipurpose your time to maximize your tight schedule.
Just show up. You may have planned to go to the gym for an hour, but then your meeting ran 30 minutes over and now it feels like you no longer have enough time for your workout. Go anyways. If even if you only have 15 minutes to do your workout, the act of showing up is THE most important part. Sure an hour would be great, but you can still get a descent workout in 15 minutes and it will make a world of difference in your results. Something is ALWAYS going to be better than nothing. Don’t wait until tomorrow, because tomorrow will never come unless you show up.
Get back to doing what you love without apprehension! If you need help figuring out how to establish a routine or how to maximize your limited time, setup a free consultation with me.