Sep 15, 2020
You've done it, you know you have.
You decide you're going to lose weight so you start some sort of
challenge or commit to some sort of "new lifestyle" in which you
are expected to "stick to the plan" hell or high water so that you
can have a "good" weigh-in and have "good" progress photos.
But what happens after you drop out of diet culture?
Do you stop lifting?
Do you want to keep lifting but find that you're not as
"motivated"?
First, motivation is not a reliable source of get shit done.
Even when you thought you were motivated to workout in order to
lose weight... that wasn't motivation. That was FEAR.
That was shame.
That was guilt.
That is not motivation.
So, now that you've dropped out of the weight-loss rat race, are
you finding that you're more likely to skip your workouts because
there's no urgency?
You likely know that lifting is important. You probably know that
it's important to you. Yet, you might be finding you're having a
hard time staying committed.
Today's episode is straight from a Facebook live from inside The
Barbell Collective.
In this episode I talk about why lifting is non-negotiable for a
life well-lived as well as how your perfectionism and
all-or-nothing thinking is likely the thing that's holding you back
all together.