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This is the blog that I mentioned yesterday.
I’d started it the other week and then finished it off whilst waiting in the reception area of Wilmslow leisure centre whilst my youngest son Charlie was at TumbleTots upstairs
But the app crashed right at the end as it hadn’t had internet connection it hadn’t synchronised
And I lost all of Friday’s blog “Why it’s so hard to leave food on your plate” and lost that too 🙁
Anyway……………..
Imagine your friend has run up some debt.
A pretty substantial one.
And that bad boy needs paying off.
They tell you their plan.
“It’s probably a bit obsessive” they begin.
“But what I’ve done is started tracking how much I earn. And how much I spend. And it helps stop me overspending. And, on some days, I spend less than I earn and chip away at that debt.”
“That’s not obsessive” you might reply.
“That’s just common sense.”
Which it is.
But, somehow, we feel very differently about tracking our eating.
We have a debt of stored energy that needs repaying.
Tracking incoming and outgoings to create a deficit helps us get clarity, make tactical substitutions and question some of our ‘purchases’.
When done properly, it works 100% of the time.
A marginal ‘pain in the a£se’ perhaps.
But not much.
A minute or so per meal.
Probably saves time elsewhere through cancelled food choices elsewhere.
“Takes all the fun out of eating”?
All of it?
Really?
And, perhaps, it being a little ‘too much’ fun at times was part of the problem.
And it’ll add some more fun in elsewhere.
Ultimately, it doesn’t need to be done.
We don’t need to track our food.
But if we’re not tracking and not getting the result we want…………
If we’re spiralling into debt………….
Then, perhaps, keeping track of our ‘spends’ might be a good idea.
The easiest (from an actual physical effort perspective, the resistance is all in our heads) and biggest return on investment thing you can do.
Much love,
Jon ‘Compulsive Disorder’ Hall
P.S. Amongst many other things, we help our members learn how to track their food to get clarity and then how to, if desired, use that knowledge to transition into a more habit based approach. Check myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting to take the next step in discovering what we do down here and how we can help you get in the best shape of your life whilst still living a life you enjoy!
