 How do you stick to a diet? The answer is you don't because you shouldn't be on a diet in the first place The word diet implies that you've got this short amount of time where you're gonna lose a bunch of weight You're gonna feel really good, and then once you've achieved your goal You're just gonna go back to the old way. So stop using the word diet and substitute it for lifestyle Okay, so I don't go on diets. I have 80 80% of the time I eat really really well and 20% of the time I eat like crap I mean just last night I had a brownie after I was after I had a pretty nice meal I didn't like beat myself up over it, but 80% of the time I'm eating flawlessly, right? So the problem with diets is that most people who start them most people who who do them They might end up losing a bunch of weight They may end up feeling good for a time But like fast forward to 12 months and all the weight that you've lost has been put back on People don't stick to these things, right? It's too hard to sustain You don't want to starve yourself You don't want to like be on this strict regimented diet the whole time because it's non sustainable So how do you get around this? The answer is just have a lifestyle an 80 20 lifestyle 80% of the time eat Like maybe you would on a diet, but 20% of the time Have a King Cone ice cream from the local gas station eat a parrot packet of Doritos if you want I mean everything in moderation, right? This doesn't mean that you've now got permission to go out there and have crap food and eat processed foods and sugary foods Every night of the week. It doesn't even mean that you have permission to do it two nights of the week Maybe it's just one day. Maybe it's one meal. You have a cheat meal One time a week where you just eat whatever the hell you want But the problem with a diet and the word diet is that it implies that you're in this strict Terrible kind of like oh I've got a like only eat 21 and a half grams of protein and 17 grams of fat. No Just think of it as a lifestyle that means regular exercise regular Good nutrition and do that on a consistent basis. I know that I've tried to do diets before and Sure, I remember I was living in Bogota, Colombia. I got down to about a hundred and seventy nine pounds I was a hundred ninety. I got down a hundred and seventy nine in about four weeks and I did it because I work up in the morning I had a cold shower which starts to like get your metabolism going I went into the spinning class which is riding a bike at an indoor gym really quickly Then I had some breakfast then I went to the gym and I worked out then I ate falllessly and I've got to tell you I mean I was it was an interesting experiment was a kind of fun experiment But it was really prohibitive in terms of fun. It's like I couldn't really let go It was always like watching what I was eating and yeah, it was effective I lost the 10 or 11 pounds, but guess what? I put it right back on again because as soon as I finished I'm like, oh, I'm glad that's over and I'm starting eating the McDonald's and all the crap food. So Get rid of this word diet exchange it for lifestyle 80% of the time eat well 20% of the time Just you know eat whatever you want be always conscious of it. You know what's good and what's bad, right? You know what your limits are and if you do that then you're going to have long-term health If you like this video subscribe down below post a comment And share this with a friend and thank you for listening if you're watching a listening on the James Wanick show podcast And I'll catch you on the next one The savannah effect. Why do we love water greenery and open spaces? Do you know why?