In anything you do in life whether it be your career, learning a new skill, or fitness or body
transformation goals, if you succeed or not, is almost all mental. What's up dudes and what is
up beautiful ladies out there, Bryan here, and in this video we are gonna discuss why everything
in life is mental, all right, let's roll. Many people start up a new diet or fitness routine to improve
their health or to lose weight, but actually in most cases, they only want to look better.
And that's not a knock, looking better makes you feel better, it improves your confidence, which in
most cases improves your overall health. So what do most people do, when it comes to fitness and
nutrition, is look for keywords. The main keywords being secrets, shortcuts, and small number values.
For instance, secrets to getting great glutes, or shortcuts to building muscle and losing fat. As far
as small number values go, which of these would you choose? "Three weeks to three pack abs" or "Lose 20
pounds in 20 weeks". Come on now, three weeks versus 20 weeks, three weeks it is. The problem is that
when it comes to fitness and nutrition, there are really no shortcuts or secrets, as with anything
you want to accomplish in life, even looking better and improving your health, it takes time, a lot of
hard work, and a mental shift. We often focus on the foods we're eating and the exercises we are
performing, and while both of these are important, we really don't focus any attention to our mental
state. You see changing how you eat and what you eat is easy for a short period of time, sticking
to a consistent exercise program is also easy for a short period of time. When you're first starting
out your brain is laser focused on changing the way you look, and at first you can see the changes
happen fast. Weight comes flying off and you're feeling a mental high quite a bit, dropping sizes
in the clothes you wear, everyone telling you how great you look, people asking you for your secrets,
shortcuts, and any advice you can give to them. Your change in physical appearance and all of
this attention you're getting is just pleasuring your brain with mental stimulation, but there comes
a point where all of this kind of levels off, maybe you've transformed your body quite a bit, reached
a point where it is much more difficult to see any more physical changes, and people are used
to your new physical appearance. So that attention you were getting, just isn't there anymore. This is
where it can all go bad. Slowly, you start to get back to the way you lived your life before all
your changes. Rather than working out four times a week, you cut back to twice a week, so you can watch
all of the new shows on all the streaming devices that everyone else is watching. Eating healthier and
smaller portions, yeah, that was great and all, but man I miss binge watching TV and downing a whole pan
of cinnamon rolls. You know what, I'll get back to my healthy routine next week. Before you know it
you're back to living your life the way you did before your transformation, sitting most of the
day, binge watching shows, eating like a garbage disposer, and getting mental stimulation from
media sources and high-calorie non nutrient-dense foods. You see what happens in cases like this, is
that while you went through a physical appearance transformation and a slight brain transformation,
but you didn't go through a complete mental transformation. Usually we get focused on a goal,
maybe to lose weight and look better, along that journey, the immediate physical changes we see,
and the attention we get from other people, fuel us to continue the journey. But then BAM, we've reached
that goal, physical changes aren't as noticeable, and the attention has completely disappeared.
The motivation goes away and we slowly go back to living how we did before our massive change.
Ultimately this is why fitness and nutrition are mostly mental, you have to change the way you live
your life, change the way you think, change the way you make decisions, basically change the way your
brain is programmed. And folks that is flipping hard, because we've lived our whole life one
way, and along the way, our brain gets programmed. See a box of donuts on the counter, eat a donut,
regardless of if we are hungry. So in this instance, our brain is programmed that if we see food that
we like, eat it. Got a reprogram the brain to think, am I actually hungry, and how much have I already
eaten today? If you're someone that's struggling to stay consistent with fitness and nutrition, you
have to work on the mental aspect of both of these. As far as nutrition goes, you have to put in the
hard work to change the way you think about food. A great first step is to educate yourself about
serving sizes and portion sizes, educate yourself about nutrient-dense foods versus calorically
dense foods, and learn about moderation. It's impossible to go through life and not eat foods
that you love, even if they're not nutritious, you just have to learn to eat them in moderation. That
sweet you love, cut it in half and eat half now, and half later in the day. That way you satisfied
your sweet craving twice in one day. As far as exercise goes, make it a priority in your life.
Most of us every day, make ourselves go to work, even though we don't want to, we still go. If you
have to, make yourself go and exercise, no excuses. If you can find a workout partner even better,
when you have a workout partner, now it becomes a social thing and also a commitment to that other
person. Folks, staying consistent in fitness and nutrition really is more mental than anything
else, it's about changing your brain, and the way you think. All right my friends, hopefully you got
something out of this video, and you need to make sure you're doing everything you can, to make today
better than yesterday. I've got more videos right there for you, till next time, I am out of here.