The ONE THING Our Most Successful Members Do to Lose Weight and KEEP it Off

It seems binary. Those who do it lose weight steadily and succeed in keeping it off, while those who resist it or give up on it scuffle.

The former bunch makes it a habit and seldom or never misses a meal or a day.

The latter group, the scufflers, succumb to tedium and abandon their efforts after a few meals or a few days, cursing the creators of the apps they were using.

What is “it” that separates the successful from the scufflers?

Meal tracking.

Huh? What is “meal tracking?”

It’s the process of recording everything we eat and drink. Most folks use an app, like ours or My Fitness Pal.

When I look at our cohort of Old Grad Strong members, and at the hundreds of clients we’ve coached over the past decade, that one behavior divides our group precisely - successful vs scufflers.

The scufflers typically make great progress in other areas like strength, conditioning, flexibility, and other critical areas of their fitness. But they seem perennially disappointed with their body composition changes (which always means they have more belly fat and less definition than they are happy about).

But why don’t/won’t they do that one simple daily action and track their meals?

Well, it’s tedious, takes time, and is often imprecise. Or they just forget.

I will somewhat bashfully admit that I identify as a scuffler.

The clarity we gain from carefully and consistently tracking our food is priceless. It informs and guides us to better choices. It also provides a record of our decisions and activities. That history allows us to make course corrections and adjustments.

What gets measured gets managed.

Knowing that their coach monitors their food log daily, our members also appreciate the inherent accountability that imposes on them.

Old Grads are wired not to disappoint. We HATE to let people down.

So the question looms: What’s keeping you or me from tracking our meals daily? My firm recommendation is to reflect on and answer that question. Then, correct it.

That is unless you’re perfectly happy with how you look and feel, in which case there is no need for change.

LMK if you need guidance and support with this.

You are stronger than your excuses. I’d like to help you live up to that.