S L O W progression to the top

Are you an active member of the fat loss scene?
Are you trying to make a physical transformation for the better?
Or are you attempting to adopt a healthy lifestyle?

With so many health problems and feeble, deteriorating bodies floating around in today's world, it's very possible that you might be avoiding that by jumping on the track to a better you.

And ya know what?
If you're on that uphill track... it's better to pace yourself to the finish, rather than attempt to sprint the entire marathon.

Why?
Changing the body is a difficult process. Yes, it's a simple process. No, it's not easy. And it isn't easy because the body doesn't like to change. And because we are emotional creatures who do not want to change our old, comfortable, ingrained habits.

So, a transformation plan that brings on too much change, too quickly, will be rejected. Comforting habits will return. The plan will be thrown away.

Then, how do we work WITH the body, instead of fighting against it?

We move toward our goal with slow progressions.
We start making a few very small changes at a time.
We find what's necessary for us to make it to our goal... then we scale it back to something that is realistic for us right at this moment.


Remember: you do not have to go from where you are right now to "perfect".

Strict rules and perfectionism will only create stress and frustration when you make mistakes. And you WILL make mistakes...

To ultimately be successful, you've gotta implement slow progressions.
Small changes from where you are now to a little bit better,
then to a lot better,
then to even better,
then to optimal, "close to perfection", magnificence!

That step-by-step process will be more mentally comforting and doable than jumping up to the top of the mountain in one leap!


Do you have a story of any successful slow progressions you've made toward a goal?
Do you have stories of failure because you were trying to be too perfect and too strict?
Share 'em with us!

We can all benefit from the lessons others have learned...