Habits are hard to change, but not impossible.

It's a common held belief that it takes 21 days to change a habit.

My personal experience is that it has taken years to modify some habits and some have still not changed! In the years of coaching people in the area of diets and eating changes, I have often marveled how some could follow a diet to the "T" and others simply didn't; often creating a sense of "no will power" attitude.

Habits are hard to change, but not impossible. What I have realized is that you first need to understand what your natural behavior style is. This will help you understand what will work for you in the area of diets, exercise, eating records, and all the other solutions that traditional diet support companies tout.

There are no simple answers. Many of you have perhaps already discovered this just as I have in the past--trying every diet that gets popularized. Now its the low carbs diet, but do you also remember the food combining diets, the carbohydrate addict's diet, the mayo diet, the grapefruit diet etc., etc., etc.

Some diets do work to some extent. Many may actually get the results they are looking for. Unfortunately not for long. Some might have even been like myself, attempt one plan or two that makes sense, buy the food with great enthusiasm all to find myself eating a food that wasn't on the "plan". Regretfully later saying, "what a failure", "I'm too busy", or "I could do this is I had a private chef!" Sound familiar?

This same rationale applies to exercise as well. Was it worth joining a class, a gym or even purchasing equipment? The stories still have a familiar ring.

This was my life until recently. Several years ago, my work shifted and I began to work with others to build businesses for themselves as well as help business owners expand their business. I realized while coaching a private client, his behavioral style for business had a direct relationship to his ability to "follow a diet".

Wow, talk about a V-8 moment!

If this makes sense to you, and you have in the past been less successful with weight management goals, please don't decide that perhaps you were destined to be fat, drop me a line or call our office at 717-944-3922.