13 Reasons Why You're Not Seeing Results
/“Why am I not losing weight?”
“How long after starting to workout does it take to see results?”
“Why am I not seeing results from my workouts?”
“But, I’ve been doing everything right! I’ve been working out for years, but I haven’t gotten any results!”
“This doesn’t work, I give up.”
These are just a few of the phrases I’ve heard over the years. I’ve heard them by working with my clients and students, from potential new clients, and in by being the locker room at the right time. To be completely transparent, I probably said them (or something like them) myself in the past.
Transformation is hard. Changing your body is hard. And anyone who tells you it’s not has either won the genetic lottery or is lying. It takes hard work to make healthy lifestyle changes. You’ve spent your whole life living one way, and all the sudden you’re supposed to change everything in an instant? This isn’t Harry Potter, we can’t transfigure our bodies instantly with the right spells. It just doesn’t work that way.
And it’s not just weight loss that’s hard. Maintaining weight can be challenging. So is gaining weight (or lean muscle), lowering your A1C to no longer be pre-diabetic, and increasing mobility or flexibility.
But you’re trying, you’re doing the things. So what’s not working?
Back in January of 2017 I started a series that I called 11 Reasons why you’re Not Seeing Results. Great idea, right? We’ve all been in that annoying place where we’re not seeing progress. Whether it’s right from the onset, or we’re stuck in an annoying plateau. Either way, not seeing results is infuriating!
The problem I ran into back 2017 was that I wasn’t as consistent about publishing a weekly blog. I can give you excuses about the fact that I was only two years into owning and running my own business and I had a million other things on my plate, but the fact of the matter is that I didn’t do a great job of organizing my time.
Fast forward two years and time organizing has become my jam. Seriously. With all the craziness and changes that have happened this year, I would be going insane without a proven system to help get my schedule under control and find the time I need in the hours I have (we all have 168 hours in a week, even Oprah).
***Side note, have you started using my system yet? It’s super easy to use and you can get it totally free by clicking here. You can thank me later***
Okay, Erin. Get back to the point.
My point is this; it’s time I finished this series.
So that’s what I’m going to do. Over the next several weeks/months I’ll be doing deeper dives into these 11 reasons that I originally identified. Those reasons were and are:
You "don't eat" carbs
You believe fat makes you fat
You don't eat enough
You follow the same diet your [sister, daughter, bestie, bikini competition friend] does
You'll sleep when you're dead
You don't practice self-care
I’m also going to add:
Your relationships are a mess
You’re only focused on fitness and nutrition
As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, I started writing these articles over two years ago (insert embarrassed face here). If you’re dying for the answers I’ve already given and don’t want to wait for the new installations, you can click here to find the links to the original posts. Otherwise, I’ll be linking each of the new articles on this post so you’ll easily be able to find the new posts as they arrive.
And, bonus! I’m way smarter now. It’s amazing what a couple of years will do to your knowledge base.
Not only have I had the opportunity to work with more clients one on one (and therefore work through these issues), but I’ve also had time to do countless hours of research, take more classes, and get certified in a variety of different areas relating to health and well-being (I’m currently working on my Behavior Change Specialization, and I can’t WAIT to put more letters behind my name ;-)
So what does this mean? This means you’re not only going to get the articles that I intended to write for you two years ago, but you’re going to get BETTER articles. Articles with more information, more examples, and more ways to help you figure out what you need to do to get the results you want.
Win-Win.
Maybe it’s not such a bad thing that I took some time off? Okay… now I’m making excuses again. No more excuses. We’re busting those up and figuring out what’s holding us back. Let’s do this.
