I’ve mentioned in here many times that, as a good coach (which I like to think I am), a big part of my job is asking better questions.
Because the same questions that people have asked before will probably lead to the same answers.
And it’s not that those answers are wrong……..
But if they are the answers that haven’t led to people achieving the results that they desire……….
Then it’s probably not the question and answer combo needed at that point.
It’s not uncommon that I ask people a question and they answer a different. question.
The sort of question they are used to asking themselves and answering.
One such question is the title to this blog.
One I often use when talking to people about their eating and drinking.
“What’s the most likely changes that you can make?”
And people nearly always initially answer that with something that is unlikely to happen.
“Stop going out”
“Stop drinking”
“Stop snacking”
“Eat better”
All perfectly valid intents..
All probably as equally likely to happen as they were the previous times when they didn’t.
If we’ve not been doing something, then the answer rarely is just to keep trying to do it.
Or, even worse, to set ourselves an even harder version to do in an attempt to “catch up”.
Looking at the more likely to happen things……….
Doing them…………
Building confidence and momentum………….
Ingraining them as new habits……….
Then, maybe, moving on to further steps……….
Is, from my experience, way more likely to lead us to results.
There’s no right or wrong, but here are a few plans that many people might find more likely to happen;
– Track what I’m eating for a few days, irrespective of what it is
– Specifying a set time on a Sunday evening to put some degree of plan together with regards to that week’s eating and maybe sourcing some of that (Click & Collect, etc)
– Have a look at the meal plan generator and recipes on the RISE app to create a plan that we’re just as likely to follow as what we normally eat
– Plate up meals and put the rest away rather than having food on the table we keep going back to
– Switch my drink of choice from beer or wine to spirit and low calorie mixer
– Make some tactical swaps to my snacks that I’m just as happy to have but are, say, half the calories
Again, no right or wrong.
But, maybe if the answer to the question of “what should I do?” hasn’t been getting the results that you’d like………….
Asking ourselves what are the most likely changes that we can make (and answering it properly) might be more beneficial.
Much love,
Jon ‘Turn and face the strange’ Hall
P.S. The thing that you can do that is most likely to lead to lasting changes and results is try us out –> www.myrise.co.uk/apply
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RISE in Macclesfield was established in 2012 and specialise in Group Personal Training weight loss programmes for those that don’t like the gym and find diets boring and restrictive!
