Simplicity always wins.

The whole idea of using a daily habit-based approach to create your Ideal Body (the leanest, strongest, most athletic version of you) is to start small and keep it simple.

Everything I'm suggesting is backed by research in the fields of psychology, nutrition and exercise science.

How to Be Mindful of Portion Sizes

If you eat 80-90% of your calories from mostly unprocessed foods, that means you have 10% to 20% of your calories remaining to "spend" any way you want.

This gives you flexibility for random snacks, holiday sweets, birthday cake, social-event foods and so on.

Just remember, when eating the 10% to 20% foods, be extra mindful of portion size.

Studies show that flexible dieters have higher long-term success rates than rigid dieters.

Do not follow restrictive diets that mandate you to cut out entire food groups.

Granted, some people need to avoid certain foods due to allergy or intolerance, but outside of those exceptions, no foods should be considered "bad" or "forbidden" from a fat-loss perspective.

Ice cream, pizza, and cookies don't make you fat.

🍕🍕🍕 Excess calories make you fat.

You can enjoy any food you want, as long as you don't exceed your calorie limits.

The main challenge is, processed foods make it easy to overeat and not even realize it.

If you're not counting or tracking calories, then you must make it a habit to be extra mindful when you eat those 10-20% flexible foods.

Put yourself on high alert when eating the flexible 10-20% foods and always serve yourself an appropriate and responsible portion size.

Something else.

Resolutions are great; however, they often lack substance and commitment.

And, it’s no wonder that they often don’t last.

It takes time to transform your habits.

And, to truly change your ways, you need a proven plan of attack. Accountability helps too.

But you probably already know this.

If you’re serious about transforming your life, don’t make half-hearted resolutions.

The only commitment you need to make is to start.

Just start.

"The most important conversation is the conversation you have with yourself each day."

- James Clear

You actually may have had a few of these in the last few days.

If you are not listening to yourself or just telling yourself lies, what's the point?

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The real truth is that nobody, other than fitness professionals, are talking about what you can do to take care of yourself and improve your resilience to disease as a whole.

Weird, right?

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I'm sure the answer is a resounding yes.

After 25+ years as a fitness-and-nutrition coach, I see one critical recurring theme.

Good health is your most valuable asset.

If your health declines, you'll spend everything you have, financially and emotionally, to get it back.

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To your success,

Coach Joe

Joseph Arangio helps 40+ men and women get leaner, stronger, and happier. He's delivered over 100,000 transformation programs to satisfied clients around the globe. If you want to lose weight from home, with the best online personal trainer, or you want to visit the best personal trainer in the Lehigh Valley, you can take a free 14-day trial.