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—————- The next find out more meeting for our March programme is on Tuesday 23rd February which is in [cntdwn todate=”28 May 2019 23:59″ timeoff=”0″ showhours=”0″ showmins=”0″ pretext=””] Check myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting to find out more, see what the meeting involves and, potentially, take that next step to transforming your life and body

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Any of you who have kids will know how quick they can be to point out perceived injustices and / or bad behaviour from their siblings or other kids.
Mine can be seen to watch each other like hawks, then report back any minor indiscretions.
“S/he’s lying!” is something we hear a lot.
They’re often not though.
They’ve got something a bit wrong.
Maybe miss-remembered something.
“They’re not lying, they’re mistaken” I will often reply.
And that’s something that continues with us into adulthood.
Rarely do we outright lie.
Knowingly say something we know to not be true.
But we can be mistaken.
And frequently are.
We can turn something we feel to be true, into a cold hard fact when it’s just our opinion.
We can misinterpret situations and get things a bit wrong.
And………..
We can ‘under report’ what we eat.
It doesn’t mean we’re lying.
We’re just mistaken.
And it happens to us all.
One study showed compared two group who kept a self reported food diary and had their energy input and expenditure accurately measured.
Both groups (on average) under-reported compared to what had actually happened.
The ‘none-dieticians’ group by 429 calories.
The dieticians by 223.
So, sure, the experts were ‘better’.
But they all did it.
This study and other have shown the same kind of results over and over.
——————— And no study ever has ever found a single human who doesn’t lose weight when in a controlled, accurate, average calorie deficit ————–
We, on average, under estimate how much we consume.
Human nature.
No emotion attached to that.
No accusations of lying, concealing the truth, being dishonest, etc.
Just what we do.
We are mistaken.
But, realising that is empowering.
Recognising that when we think we’re in a calorie deficit and we’re not losing weight……………..
We’re not actually in a calorie deficit……………
And it’s not our “metabolism”……………
Means we can start to figure out where we are mistaken.
Are we missing certain ‘areas’ of intake?
Drinks, snacks, condiments, grazing, finishing the kids’ meals, etc.
Are we under estimating portion size?
Is the method for working our what is a deficit for us not accurate enough (none are 100% accurate but some more than others)?
Are the numbers we’re working off (MyFitnessPal, google, labels, etc) accurate enough?
Are we over-estimating our energy expenditure?
Or some combination of the above?
If we’re not losing weight and think we’re in an average calorie deficit, there will be some or all of the above at play.
Doesn’t mean we have to have to start tracking with the accuracy of a science lab.
Or at all.
Just accept that it isn’t our metabolism.
We’re not lying………….
But we are mistaken.
And so something about those mistakes 🙂
Much love,
Jon ‘Pants on fire’ Hall and Matt ‘Half way up the telephone wire’ Nicholson
P.S. The May Group Transformation Programme sold out at the meeting on Tuesday, but details are up for the next meeting for those of you who might be ready to take the next step in June. myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting.
