PropanePodcast #208 | Formula for turning around bad days and weeks

PropaneFitness Podcast

In today's episode, Jonny shares some strategies for generally improving your progress by focussing on the bad days rather than the good ones. We all spend our time aiming and hoping for a home run. We want perfect days, perfect weeks and a perfect diet - getting frustrated when that doesn't happen. If we look at most professionals, they are the standard they are because when they do slip up...the fallout isn't ACTUALLY that bad. In other words, a MISS only creates a small setback rather than a total derailment. In the Protocol, we teach our clients to grade their days as "green", "amber" and "red". A Green Day is one where everything goes perfectly to plan. More than likley, these days will only happen 1-3 days per week. An Amber Day is one that starts with no plans that would affect your ability to hit your fitness and nutrition targets...but something crops up that you must deal with and limit the damage of. A Red Day is one where the you have plans later in the week which will be impossible to avoid or work around on the day - they need preparation in advance in order to mitigate the damage caused. In the weekly review process within our programmes, we encourage our clients to work through and look at their week upcoming - mapping out days that are set to be green amber and red. For example, if you typically lose motivation on a Friday afternoon, that may typically be a green day that turns amber. Or you may go out for dinner every Sunday lunchtime with a few drinks as a tradition - that may be a red day. The goal is then simple - what can you do NEXT WEEK to turn red days into amber days and amber days into green days. Focus on making the "bad" days into "ok" days. Reduce the size of the fallout and remain realistic that you're always going to slip up, overeat and give into cravings - all that matters is what you do about it.