Struggling to cut the junk food?

When you have a busy and what feels like a hectic lifestyle, it can be very easy to end up relying on convenience foods and junk foods in order to get by day to day. Now, of course, to a degree, many of us actually like these foods. We enjoy eating them, and in the moment, we of course feel good. The catch is, on the back end, we tend to feel shit, both because the food actually makes us physically feel like crap quite often, particularly if we overindulge, and it often gets followed up with this feeling of guilt because I shouldn't have had this thing. And of course, that's a problem because that's two problems for the one pleasure. But that's the, the, the pattern that we tend to get caught up in. Now, one of the first things I tend to recommend to my clients when they're struggling to give up on these foods, it's a real simple method. I recommend that you start tracking your food. Now, sounds boring, I know. It's not some fancy trick or super secret of the fit health and fitness industry, but it's a real simple method that anybody can do. Doesn't cost you a penny. All you need is a pen and a paper, and you literally just start tracking your foods. And then if you want to make that even better, what you will want to do is get somebody to hold you accountable to it. So you'll get a friend or a coach if you wanted to use a coach, but if not, get a friend or somebody and ask them to hold you accountable to tracking the food. Because what you will find will happen every time you have to write down the bad food or the thing that you shouldn't be eating, you're going to think twice about it. You're going to be like, oh, do I really want to let this person know that I'm still eating this crap that I said I'm trying to get rid of? And then as a result, you're more likely to now choose to have something different instead or just choose not to have that thing at all. Now, of course, it doesn't mean you're always going to do that, as in always going to make that choice. There will be times where you're just like, you know what, I don't give a shit, I'm going to have this food anyway. But we are much less likely to follow through with that bad behavior or thing that we feel like we shouldn't be doing if we know that someone is holding us accountable. And with that added self-accountability of us actually writing it down and having to see it written down, because many of us we tend to go through our day almost on autopilot, and as a result, we tend to just pick up and eat these things as snacks and so on, and we don't really— we're not conscious of the fact that we're doing it or of the quantity that we're consuming. And as a result, of course, over time we end up gaining weight, end up with a body that's achy, stiff, looks like shit, feels like shit, and we're unhappy with it. But it's because we've accumulated these habits and behaviors that we almost didn't even realize were happening. We know obviously if we sit and think about it, shit, I probably shouldn't be eating all this junk. But at the same time, it's part of our autonomy. It's part of what we just do on a day-to-day basis without even thinking about it really. There's no conscious effort involved. It just happens on an unconscious level and therefore tends to run away with us without us even realizing. So now by bringing our conscious mind to the party and saying, okay, well, I'm actually going to actively write down all of the foods I eat as I eat them. That way, as I mentioned, we get that self-accountability because we get the opportunity to say, oh, do I really want to eat this? And then if we have a friend or somebody involved who's going to offer to help and help to keep us accountable too, that gives us that double layer which will prevent us from, from continuing to sabotage ourselves. Because now we've got both ourselves and somebody else holding us accountable, checking in on us, making sure that we're not overeating this stuff. Too much and therefore continually moving away from our goals. Then, of course, once we've got the food nailed, if it's a case of, well, what are my next steps? Well, now we can look at introducing good foods and so on. But the one simple trick that I recommend for, for most of you when getting started, regardless of whether you're trying to completely change your diet or not, is just to start tracking your food. It will make a big difference in the choices you make and of course, the outcomes that you therefore get. As a result of the foods that you're eating on a consistent and regular basis. If you have any questions around this, or if you want actual tracking sheets that you can use, I have plenty of different ones for different types of goals and things that you might be, might be trying to reach. Reach out to me in the DMs, let me know, and I will get one of those sent over to you immediately. Take it easy, people. Thanks for watching. And if not, I look forward to seeing you in my next video. Take it easy.