Swimming Upstream

I’ve often described the process of losing fat as being very much like swimming up a raging river. The current is driving us towards fat gain, disease, and inactivity and when we become motivated to lose fat we must choose to swim against the violent current…forever.

That river is, what some have called, our “obesogenic environment”. By default, our culture sets us up for lives where we’re too busy, too stressed, too tired, too sedentary, too lonely, and a bunch of other “too’s” which leads to the consumption of poorer food choices, general lack of exercise, and altered physiological responses to those things.

If our motivation wanes and we simply “stop swimming” for a period of time we are swept back up by the river only to lose the forward progress we have made. Some people have done this numerous times which undoubtedly explains why so many people have become frustrated and discouraged.

I say this to let you know that we ALL struggle sometimes and changing your physique IS difficult. But I also want you to know that regardless of the number of times you’ve been swept backwards or how difficult it is at this specific moment, the only way to move forward is to KEEP SWIMMING.

So take a breath, put your head down, and swim.