Doing a weight loss challenge with friends may seem like the perfect solution to stick to your health goals. Yet in our experience, most weight loss challenges organized by friends aren’t actually successful at helping you achieve your goals. We’ll discuss why weight loss challenges with friends often
Counting calories is a good solution in theory, but manually logging food usually fails for a few reasons: 1. It requires effort and you quit. 2. It’s inaccurate as you’re often guestimating. 3. You omit “little” snacks and treats that add up. Instead of telling yourself to try
A weight loss accountability partner is a friend, family member, or coworker who can check in with you, provide support, and keep you motivated. It sounds like a perfect solution, but it can also have the opposite effect if they give up or don’t provide effective encouragement. However, a
You know how to lose weight. You just need accountability to consistently make better food choices. A weight loss accountability coach is a natural solution to this problem, but it’s not always a perfect solution. In this post, we’ll discuss why working with a weight loss accountability coach
The thought of starting a diet is often overwhelming for people, so diet challenges with a set end date can be a less daunting method to learn healthy eating habits. However, not all diet challenges are equally effective. Usually diet challenges are either too extreme and therefore aren’t sustainable.
Dietbet is a program where participants bet money to achieve a weight loss goal. It works for some, but there are some drawbacks to the program, and it doesn’t work for everyone. Here’s an overview of other Dietbet alternatives and why they might be better choices for you.
Entrepreneur Andy Frisella started the 75 Hard Challenge because he wanted to improve his own mental and physical strength. Today, over a million people have completed the 75 Hard Challenge, and while it’s highly effective at driving transformation, it’s also controversial. In this post, we’ll discuss what
Developed by Andy Frisella, the 75 Hard Challenge is designed to make you mentally stronger. However, 75 Hard has received plenty of criticism for its rigid and unsustainable structure from many health and fitness professionals. Here are a handful of more sustainable (or at least, approachable) 75 Hard alternatives you
There are plenty of people using CGMs for weight loss, but there is plenty of confusion as to what a CGM for weight loss is and how it works. In this post, we'll discuss: 1. What is a CGM? 2. Is a CGM an effective weight loss tool?
Not all nutrition challenges are equally effective or right for every lifestyle. Some nutrition challenges incentivize people to make extreme and unhealthy choices, whereas others don’t provide sufficient accountability to drive real change necessary to help you achieve your goals. In this post, we’ll first break down why
A keto coach can be a great solution to help you better understand and adhere to the keto diet, but choosing one can be difficult. Most of them appear to offer more or less the same coaching service. Yet after you get into the coaching relationship, you’ll find that
Downloading a weight loss accountability app won’t magically make you consistent with your diet and exercise. You’ll quickly realize that some are much more effective than others. The question is, what makes a weight loss accountability app effective? In this post, we’ll answer that question and then