Dieting doesn’t work, so, what does? (3/3)

Written By Nicole Hagen

Step 3: Think in terms of YEARS, not DAYS or WEEKS

Dieting teaches you how to transform your life in 30 days FOR 30 days, but after the diet ends so do the results you worked hard for. 

Instead of asking, “How can I lose weight fast?” you need to ask, “How can I lose weight in a way that will LAST?” 

#hardtruth, it’s going to take longer than you want it to, 

you won’t reach your goal in days or weeks. 

But when you take your time and build skills and habits you can maintain through even the toughest seasons, you’re never at risk of “falling off the wagon” and gaining all the weight back. 

Think of the version of you who has reached her goals. 

  • What does she do consistently? 

  • What does she NOT do consistently? 

  • How does she show up when stress is high and life feels hard? 

  • What skills and habits does she have that allow her to live healthy and happy?

Write ✍️ those down and then list them out in order from least to most challenging.

Start by building the skill that feels the least challenging (even if it seems too easy) and once you’ve mastered it 80% of the time, add a new focus. 

Not only does this build your proficiency over time, it also builds your confidence as you realize what a capable badass you are.

If you want to successfully lose weight without dieting this year, don’t miss our FREE Nutrition Audit Challenge where my team and I will help you identify the skills and habits you need to reach your sustainable weight loss goals. 

Starting January 20th in the Nutrition Coaching with Nicole Facebook Group. 

I can’t wait to see you inside!

Nicole Hagen

A Nutrition Coach, adoptive mom, dog mom, and mint chocolate chip ice cream lover.

I didn’t always have this business: the Masters degree in Nutrition Science and Public Health, the passion, the clients... in fact, years ago you could have found me endlessly counting calories and trying to find my worth on the scale and at spin class, exhausted in my pursuit of (what I thought was) health and happiness.

In my early twenties, I struggled with crash dieting and disordered eating. Little did I know, those circumstances would be my one-way ticket out of my restrictive relationship with food & fitness. Those experiences led me here: to the life-giving, sustainable, habit-based nutrition philosophy I embody today. Today you can find me living life without a calorie counting app and spending time with my husband, one year old son, and our two crazy golden retriever pups.

I enjoy spending my free time reading, sipping on matcha lattes, and dreaming of ways I can help other women create healthy, confident relationships with food without selling their souls to food rules and calorie counting apps.

Because nothing lights me up more than helping women live full and vibrant lives without food fear, rules, or restriction. I want to be that permission granter in your life that whispers: “you really can do this” while the rest of the world continues to settle for short-term satisfaction.

https://nutritioncoachingwithnicole.com/
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