Dr. Allan Bacon
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to take the things that you can control such as nutrition activity through movements sleep the stress management techniques that you use you know put those into play multiple times per week and set it in your calendar like you would a job if you start to do these things those habits and routines will start to build and it'll start to change your identity and changing your identity from the person that you were to the person that you want to become is a very very powerful thing
to take the things that you can control such as nutrition activity through movements sleep the stress management techniques that you use you know put those into play multiple times per week and set it in your calendar like you would a job if you start to do these things those habits and routines will start to build and it'll start to change your identity and changing your identity from the person that you were to the person that you want to become is a very very powerful thing
And it's essentially fake it until you become it if you don't truly believe it. And one of the simplest things that I recommend to my clients, I recommend to everybody that asks these questions is if you have anxiety about what you should do, ask yourself, what would a healthy person do in my situation? And I say that because I think that most everybody generally knows what they should be doing.
And it's essentially fake it until you become it if you don't truly believe it. And one of the simplest things that I recommend to my clients, I recommend to everybody that asks these questions is if you have anxiety about what you should do, ask yourself, what would a healthy person do in my situation? And I say that because I think that most everybody generally knows what they should be doing.
And it's essentially fake it until you become it if you don't truly believe it. And one of the simplest things that I recommend to my clients, I recommend to everybody that asks these questions is if you have anxiety about what you should do, ask yourself, what would a healthy person do in my situation? And I say that because I think that most everybody generally knows what they should be doing.
And so if you're out at a restaurant and you don't know what to get, what would a healthy person get in my situation? If you have some anxiety about going to the gym or you just don't feel like going today and, you know, you're really trying to build that habit of going two or three times per week, ask yourself what a gym rat would do.
And so if you're out at a restaurant and you don't know what to get, what would a healthy person get in my situation? If you have some anxiety about going to the gym or you just don't feel like going today and, you know, you're really trying to build that habit of going two or three times per week, ask yourself what a gym rat would do.
And so if you're out at a restaurant and you don't know what to get, what would a healthy person get in my situation? If you have some anxiety about going to the gym or you just don't feel like going today and, you know, you're really trying to build that habit of going two or three times per week, ask yourself what a gym rat would do.
the fact that we're asking ourselves these questions allows us to cut through the noise because if we don't think about this from what would somebody that has those values do we will often procrastinate and the most important thing is taking that first step so by pretending that you are that person or putting yourself in the mindset of that person it helps you become that and it really helps with long-term sustainability you know a lot of our audience feels that
the fact that we're asking ourselves these questions allows us to cut through the noise because if we don't think about this from what would somebody that has those values do we will often procrastinate and the most important thing is taking that first step so by pretending that you are that person or putting yourself in the mindset of that person it helps you become that and it really helps with long-term sustainability you know a lot of our audience feels that
the fact that we're asking ourselves these questions allows us to cut through the noise because if we don't think about this from what would somebody that has those values do we will often procrastinate and the most important thing is taking that first step so by pretending that you are that person or putting yourself in the mindset of that person it helps you become that and it really helps with long-term sustainability you know a lot of our audience feels that
This is a great question because it's one of those things that I think becomes a hangup for a lot of people because they don't know what's going on and that makes them feel powerless. So by educating people in this realm, we can actually give them the ability to make the choices that can actually get them through this.
This is a great question because it's one of those things that I think becomes a hangup for a lot of people because they don't know what's going on and that makes them feel powerless. So by educating people in this realm, we can actually give them the ability to make the choices that can actually get them through this.
This is a great question because it's one of those things that I think becomes a hangup for a lot of people because they don't know what's going on and that makes them feel powerless. So by educating people in this realm, we can actually give them the ability to make the choices that can actually get them through this.
And so the first thing that ends up happening, this is, for some reason, it's always your 30s. It's like I turned 30 and then this happened and now all of a sudden I've gained 10 pounds and I don't know what, you know, where did I go wrong during this period? When we look at the research, there was a researcher called Ponser and his colleagues did a very well-run study, very large sample.
And so the first thing that ends up happening, this is, for some reason, it's always your 30s. It's like I turned 30 and then this happened and now all of a sudden I've gained 10 pounds and I don't know what, you know, where did I go wrong during this period? When we look at the research, there was a researcher called Ponser and his colleagues did a very well-run study, very large sample.
And so the first thing that ends up happening, this is, for some reason, it's always your 30s. It's like I turned 30 and then this happened and now all of a sudden I've gained 10 pounds and I don't know what, you know, where did I go wrong during this period? When we look at the research, there was a researcher called Ponser and his colleagues did a very well-run study, very large sample.
I think it was 6,400 people, men and women, looking at resting metabolic rates over time. And they checked ages everywhere from 18 to about 80, I believe. Don't quote me on the exact ages, but it's somewhere within there. They found from 20 to 60, resting metabolic rate does not change. Flat out doesn't change as long as we account for lean muscle mass, activity levels, all those types of things.
I think it was 6,400 people, men and women, looking at resting metabolic rates over time. And they checked ages everywhere from 18 to about 80, I believe. Don't quote me on the exact ages, but it's somewhere within there. They found from 20 to 60, resting metabolic rate does not change. Flat out doesn't change as long as we account for lean muscle mass, activity levels, all those types of things.
I think it was 6,400 people, men and women, looking at resting metabolic rates over time. And they checked ages everywhere from 18 to about 80, I believe. Don't quote me on the exact ages, but it's somewhere within there. They found from 20 to 60, resting metabolic rate does not change. Flat out doesn't change as long as we account for lean muscle mass, activity levels, all those types of things.