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Don’t Get Out of Your Comfort Zone — Stretch It
How to stick with healthier habits for good
“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.”
— Mark Twain
Looking back on my health journey, it was — and continues to be — a constant stretching of my comfort zone. It’s really been about learning how to do something just a little bit better, or trying to do just a little bit more of something positive.
The times that I have felt the most overwhelmed have been when I attempted tasks completely outside of my comfort zone.
I started to wonder why this occurs. Then I looked at the clients I have trained in the past and noticed similar patterns. The second myself, or my clients started to do something drastically different in their life — like ask for a meal plan when they didn’t even know how to plan or prep a meal — things got out of hand.
The answer eventually came to me through some trial and error. But also through a coaching certification program I went through years ago from Precision Nutrition.
It really came down to this concept of skills and systems.
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