Having trouble sticking to a habit?\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
You\u2019re not alone, most people have trouble sticking to a new habit no matter if it\u2019s diet, exercise, education, or anything else you can think of. Habit\u2019s take mental energy and they\u2019re usually something you don\u2019t really want to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So, let\u2019s fix that problem and make habits easier to handle.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n
You\u2019re going to follow the 100% rule. This means you\u2019re going to do whatever you set as a goal 100% of the time. There are no exceptions.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n
Long day at work? You\u2019re doing it<\/p><\/div>\n
Weekend? You\u2019re doing it<\/p><\/div>\n
Vacation? Guess what, you\u2019re doing it<\/p><\/div>\n
The easiest example for this is nutrition. At GST, we often tell clients to follow a 80\/20 rule or 90\/10 rule. What that means is that you follow your diet 80-90% of the time, and then relax a little bit 10-20% of the time.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n
The problem for some people is that the 10% slowly turns into 12%, then 14%, and it just slowly increases until you are basically back to where you started, but you just have a salad at lunch.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n
Now, I kinda hate saying this because I\u2019m a big proponent of saying \u201cit depends,\u201d but sometimes you need to make things black-and-white to keep you on the path moving forward.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n
The 100% rule doesn\u2019t allow for deviations.<\/p><\/div>\n
Now, some of you can make a big change and it does not really affect you, but most people should start with something small.<\/p><\/div>\n
A good example would be to eat 100 grams of protein everyday. You 100% have to make that every single day. Another good example would be to eat vegetables at every meal (yes, that includes breakfast).\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n
If you need to bump it up a notch, a great rule starting out would be \u201cI don\u2019t eat bread\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n
Can you make bread work in a diet? YES! But sometimes cutting out bread and bread products (pasta, cake, tortillas, sweets using flour, etc) helps cut out those foods that are easy to overeat.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n
Other examples of the 100% rule include: carnivore diet (no plants), veganism\/vegetarian diet (no\/ limited animal products), paleo (no grains). These diets work for some people because they make black-and-white rules.<\/p><\/div>\n
Examples with exercise? Make it something so easy that even on your busiest day you can do it<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0– 10 minute walk everyday<\/p><\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0– 5-10 minutes of yoga\/ foam rolling everyday<\/p><\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0– 10 push ups upon waking or before bed<\/p><\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0– Wake up and run 1 mile everyday<\/p><\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0– 10 minute workout<\/p><\/div>\n
Now, before someone says that the 100% rule will create a bad mentality around food, this method should be temporary for someone who is struggling and\/or new to diet and exercise (or whatever you\u2019re trying to get better at).\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n
It might take someone 3, 6, or 12 months using this method to get a handle on things, but after that, then the 80\/20 or 90\/10 rule can be used. So don\u2019t feel like \u201cI don\u2019t eat bread\u201d will last forever, that\u2019s until you can get to a point of \u201cI only eat a normal portion of bread as my starch of a meal\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n
So, pick something simple and do it seven days a week until it becomes a habit for 3, 6, or 12+ months.<\/p><\/div>\n
Need help getting started? Come to our gym in West Chester, PA to figure out the right method for you to choose!\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Having trouble sticking to a habit?\u00a0 You\u2019re not alone, most people have trouble sticking to a new habit no matter if it\u2019s diet, exercise, education, or anything else you can think of. Habit\u2019s take mental energy and they\u2019re usually something you don\u2019t really want to do.\u00a0 So, let\u2019s fix that problem and make habits easier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_wp_attached_file":null,"_wp_attachment_backup_sizes":null,"_wp_attachment_metadata":null,"_elementor_code":null,"_elementor_location":null,"_elementor_priority":null,"import_errors":null,"import_feed_limit":null,"import_info":null,"import_post_content":null,"import_post_status":null,"import_post_title":null,"import_post_type":null,"imported_items_count":null,"imported_items_hash":null,"last_run":null,"last_run_id":null,"source":null,"_menu_item_classes":null,"_menu_item_menu_item_parent":null,"_menu_item_object":null,"_menu_item_object_id":null,"_menu_item_target":null,"_menu_item_type":null,"_menu_item_url":null,"_menu_item_xfn":null,"_wp_old_date":null,"_has_fluentform":null,"_encloseme":null,"_oembed_0adae7e862bca11131c6787f8be710b3":null,"_oembed_1ac191dbaa745b6d2afe1f9df8974842":null,"_oembed_22bf6e6fc6bbe1cb9b3f46587b2d284e":null,"_oembed_400e0583f10c9af064d1d27d296af1ac":null,"_oembed_67135f6a2a81f6972572b7b9daf5de41":null,"_oembed_af23f4638c415d32b8ddb54cdfc7eb43":null,"_oembed_c91bb95746f43b53cfc236318dcde2f3":null,"_oembed_ed5df8101219fab1e558a75871d8bcf8":null,"_oembed_fbe77649558e75c65ee10fe60e8e9b36":null,"_oembed_time_0adae7e862bca11131c6787f8be710b3":null,"_oembed_time_1ac191dbaa745b6d2afe1f9df8974842":null,"_oembed_time_22bf6e6fc6bbe1cb9b3f46587b2d284e":null,"_oembed_time_400e0583f10c9af064d1d27d296af1ac":null,"_oembed_time_67135f6a2a81f6972572b7b9daf5de41":null,"_oembed_time_af23f4638c415d32b8ddb54cdfc7eb43":null,"_oembed_time_c91bb95746f43b53cfc236318dcde2f3":null,"_oembed_time_ed5df8101219fab1e558a75871d8bcf8":null,"_pingme":null,"_wp_old_slug":null,"feedzy":"1","feedzy_item_author":"devin@gagestrengthtraining.com","feedzy_item_url":"http:\/\/www.gagestrengthtraining.com\/weight-loss-hack-the-100-rulee6a20da8","feedzy_job":"1510","feedzy_job_time":"1618373138","_elementor_screenshot":null,"wprss_feed_image":null,"wprss_feed_is_updating":null,"wprss_last_update":null,"wprss_last_update_items":null,"wprss_limit":null,"wprss_site_url":null,"wprss_url":null,"wprss_best_image":null,"wprss_feed_id":null,"wprss_images":null,"wprss_item_author":null,"wprss_item_author_email":null,"wprss_item_author_link":null,"wprss_item_date":null,"wprss_item_enclosure":null,"wprss_item_enclosure_type":null,"wprss_item_permalink":null,"wprss_item_source_name":null,"wprss_item_source_url":null,"wprss_template_type":null,"_edit_last":null,"_edit_lock":null,"_wp_trash_meta_status":null,"_wp_trash_meta_time":null,"_elementor_conditions":null,"_elementor_controls_usage":null,"_elementor_css":null,"_elementor_data":null,"_elementor_edit_mode":null,"_elementor_global_widget_included_posts":null,"_elementor_page_settings":null,"_elementor_pro_version":null,"_elementor_screenshot_failed":null,"_elementor_template_type":null,"_elementor_template_widget_type":null,"_elementor_version":null,"_wp_page_template":null,"_wp_desired_post_slug":null,"rank_math_analytic_object_id":"135","rank_math_internal_links_processed":"1","rank_math_seo_score":null,"_thumbnail_id":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gagestrengthtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gagestrengthtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gagestrengthtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gagestrengthtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gagestrengthtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gagestrengthtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gagestrengthtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gagestrengthtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gagestrengthtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}