This is rather a great video and there is a possibly epiphany inducing part just a few minutes in. He's talking about how the brain kind of just takes in little pieces of information, and fills in the gaps with what it EXPECTS to come up with the big picture. Often enough, what it comes up with isn't accurate or correct.
Relative to us people trying...
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Too disorganised to train and eat right?
How many people out there are failing on their diet / training / weight loss plan because they're too disorganised?
I was thinking about this. Its a common complaint.
i think people... well... some people are pretty fkn hopeless. I'm thinking of a few people I know (and have kinda filtered out of my life) who are 20 minutes late to anything...
The more they tell me I am wrong, the more I know I am right.
Sometimes I get annoyed.
The same way the public gets sold a new diet, exercise program or gadget every few months... it's the same for me in the business. Every few months, all of a sudden "we know better now" and we're supposed to make everyone go low carb, or low GI, or gluten free, or fructose free, or paleo, or fast a few days a week, or whatever.
And...
When you're not getting results through restrictive means
according to conventional wisdom
you’re still eating too much
you’re not eating clean enough
you’re not burning enough calories at exercise
then if you’ve seen too much fitspo you can start to believe a lack of results means something about who you are as a person. Because if you’re dedicated and disciplined you earn results. Therefore if you’re...