May 10, 2018
Well, hello there, and welcome to another episode of the Pursue Your Spark podcast. I'm your host, Heike Yates, and today, in episode #18, we talk about how to never diet again and get lasting results.
Every season, there's a new diet on the market
that seems so good, you just have to try it. But there are better
ways to a healthy lifestyle. Today's episode has an exceptional
bonus, so stick around until the end, and I tell you what it
is.
My approach may not be for everyone, and that's
okay, but if you are the woman that fits my training philosophy of
sustainable nutrition and fitness programs, and not a quick fix,
then you my friend are at the right place.
Many diets are so rigid. Eat this, not that.
Eat at this time, and eat these specific amounts. It's time that we
talk about how to never diet again and get lasting results, no
matter what happens in your life. And a lot can happen that changes
everything.
Currently, we are in the sexy bikini season.
You see enticing ads pop up everywhere, promising you flat abs, a
perky butt, or a thigh gap. It seems that you can get very specific
results in only 3 or 7 or 21 days.
Thinking of the bikini season, you may roll
your eyes secretly, thinking, "Oh my God, I can't even think about
a bikini. I'm still trying to lose the weight from the last diet I
tried." So you see, the bikini diet is then followed by the
Thanksgiving diet and other holiday diets.
It's exhausting to think about that rollercoaster that we subject ourselves to. The guilt of why we can't reject eating all the foods we are not supposed to eat. The shame of having to admit that we failed a diet again. But results don't happen overnight, even if we wish they would.
Many women are looking for real and lasting
results. They're tired of the roller coaster diets and the constant
worry that all the weight will come back faster than they lose it,
leaving them exhausted and hopeless with the frustration that
nothing ever works. Does that sound familiar?
These are the women that want something
different, something that will last, not the quick fixes for each
season. You see, in my programs, I'm showing my clients how to gain
the confidence they need to make the right choices to lead a
healthy lifestyle and how those choices will last well beyond our
training together. My programs are not for elite athletes or
high-level fitness competitors.
They're also not for people that have all the accountability they need. They got it together; they know what they do, what to do, and how to change things around. And my programs are not for those that never struggle with nutrition and exercise in their life.
Let me take a moment to tell you
about Anne.
When I first met Anne, she was interviewing me quite specifically. She told me, "I don't want to be on another diet. I have been on many diets. I need motivation to exercise. I have no energy. I have a very stressful job, and a long commute and I'm not sure if I really make the right choices, because I've relied on the diets that I'd been going through and I don't want to be a skinny thing. I just want to be strong and healthy."
Before Anne came to me, she already had lost
quite a bit of weight on her on, but was stuck and didn't know what
to do. She had to get up at five in the morning, drive to work for
an hour, work all day, and then was home by about 7:00 or 8:00, and
sometimes, worked even later because of the stress at work. Her
stress was out of the roof! She had made no time for herself. No
time to actually think about food, so drive-thrus were a regular
occurrence for her, but she was so determined to get healthy and
fit.
As we started working together, I got to know
Anne better, and I could learn about her preferences. I learned
that she hates skim milk in her coffee, so we had to make some
changes that allowed for her to lose the weight gradually as she
had planned, but in a way that was not eating yucky foods or
drinking her coffee without her whole milk, but enjoying life and
fitting it in her crazy work schedule.
Anne was so determined and enthusiastic about
her program and working with me. We both knew we would reach the
goal because we held her accountable for all her actions. We made
sure that she filled out her nutrition blog, that she followed the
guidelines that fit into her crazy lifestyle.
Slowly but surely, she started walking. Her
cardio before was non-existent, and she started walking one block,
then two blocks. It was really exhausting at first, and she felt
like, initially, she wasn't getting enough food, based on the
portion sizes she had initially eaten, or the foods that she had
chosen that didn't give her energy. But as time went by, the
program designed for her helped her lose weight, start getting
fitter, putting on some muscle mass, losing fat, and started, to
run, which was impossible in her mind.
She ended up running a 5K, and truth be told,
we actually ran it together! It was so rewarding for me as a coach
to see one of my clients thrive and gain the confidence in fitness
and nutrition.
She now has the tools to live a healthy lifestyle. She knows how to work with her diet and her exercise to reach the goals that she had set out to do. I just love telling that story.
So you see, my mission is to really understand
your needs and deliver methods that work for you. I'm not here to
stand next to you, holding your hand while you workout or showing
you how to cook your meals. My programs keep your lifestyle in
mind, and what you can realistically achieve, so it's doable and
not confusing and hard.
An excellent place to start to get to know me
and most importantly, where I can begin to get to know you, is by
joining our private Facebook group, The Art of Igniting Your Spark.
You will meet other supportive and positive women just like you
that want to kick ass in their life.
So you may say, "But Heike! How long might a
program like this take? I have all these other obligations. I don't
lose weight as fast as the other XYZ Program? My life is way too
crazy to cook and shop for food. The drive-through is so much
easier. I don't have hours to spend working out. I have to get in
shape first to start your program!"
You know what? My programs are about taking small, actionable steps. Repeating those steps will lead to changing your habits, and those habits will last. Instead of another diet, start with making the change a lifelong habit and not a seasonal approach.
You see, my programs are for women who want
lasting results and for women that will not put their life on hold
for another diet.
Why not start with my 7 day “Pursue Your Spark”
planner? In this program I focus on accountability, measurable
results, maintaining your lifestyle and overcoming
obstacles.
The women in my programs are gaining confidence in their fitness abilities, they are getting stronger and feeling healthier in their bodies, and they are starting to understand nutrition and how to eat for a healthy body. Ditch the diets and never look back.
It all starts with simple, actionable steps
leading to lasting results that you can do no matter what the
circumstances in your life are. So there you have it. How to never
diet again and get lasting results.
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