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5 Popular Health Goals You Should NOT Set in 2024
As a trainer, let me save you countless hours of pain and frustration!
January is here which means our goal-setting obsession is in full swing for the new year. While intentions are good and hopes are high, it’s hard not to be realistic and expect fad diets to fade and gym attendance to flop. As a personal trainer, I’ve seen the same cycle year after year. It goes a little something like…
You set high goals, because this year is going to be different.
The first few weeks go great.
Life gets in the way and discipline starts to fade.
You miss multiple days in a row.
You get discouraged and eventually give up.
You feel shame about giving up and slip into even worse habits.
If this sounds all too familiar, don’t be discouraged. I’ve been there myself. Most of us have. This is so common it’s almost as if it’s part of our human condition. While I could go into all of the reasons why we’re comically bad at New Year’s resolutions, I believe it’s important to start by exposing the most overlooked mistake we’re constantly making.
We overestimate how far motivation will take us and underestimate the power of the goal…
