Thinking about the long-term is essential for overall happiness. I have a client who’s 89 years old and we still talk, and plan for what she will accomplish in the future – incredible! (And I know she wouldn’t have it any other way.)

I believe everything we do is for happiness, or more so to be happier. Even if you’re a saint and act completely altruistically. Because when we do good, we feel good.

I also believe ACHIEVING is a key to happiness. Whether it’s losing 300 pounds or 30, actually losing the weight, and achieving THE goal (whatever the goal is), is well worth the effort in the happiness pay off.

To achieve we must not only focus on today but also not lose sight of the goal. That means we have to make decisions with the long term in mind.

Asking ourselves the question, “What benefits my future self?” when we’re faced with a tough choice helps to focus us. It helps us to think with our long term, rational mind as opposed to our short term, irrational mind.

But even still, that requires discipline…

And a key to discipline is the ability to make sacrifices.

So that means —> Achievement is a key to happiness. Discipline is a key to achievement. And sacrifices are the key to discipline.

Making decisions with the long term in mind often implies sacrifice or what feels like sacrifice or deprivation.

Like moderation though, “sacrifice” is a misunderstood word. (Aww. Poor sacrifice!)

Many people think sacrifice means deprivation or giving something up.

What sacrifice really means is giving up something of a lower value in the present to receive something of a higher value in the future.

It’s easy to live only for today and shrug off the long term consequences. We’re so talented at rationalizing and justifying our poor choices.

But if we know that achieving goals will make us happier – and sacrifices are a key component of that – why don’t we indulge more in making sacrifices?

My overall argument isn’t that it’s not fun to give in and listen to our short term self every now and then. I’m not saying eating pizza and ice cream isn’t fun. Because it is.

What I’m saying is working towards our goals – as uncomfortable as it might feel in the moment – is WAY MORE fun!

And that requires sacrifices which isn’t anything but the equivalent of passing up what might feel like a thousand dollars today for a million dollars in the (not so) distant future.

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The challenge, of course, is that consistency is hard. After all, if it was so easy to stay consistent, we’d all do it! That’s where MBT comes in. We help you actually stay consistent with daily and personal accountability, motivation, maniacal support, and lots of guidance.

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In one of my favorite business books, Good to Great by Jim Collins, there is a quote that I read every day. It’s on my wall so I can’t help but read it.

Here’s the quote: “Good is the enemy of great.”

Meaning it’s so easy to settle for good. But good is not good enough in business. We must strive for great.

On the other hand, many clients always say things like, “I ate perfectly until xyz so I said screw it. It doesn’t matter anymore. I already messed up!”

I must admit.

I am a recovering perfectionist. And being a perfectionist is not a good thing.

I still have tendencies but I’m getting better. I’m progressing.

Having the attitude of, “I ate really well all day but for dinner I had something that’s not MBT approved, so now I’ll eat unhealthy for the rest of the night,” isn’t rational.

In fact, it’s highly irrational.

Because we’re so upset with ourselves for not taking the actions (eating healthfullly) we really want to take unhappiness ensues. So instead of dealing with these uncomfortable feelings, we remove ourselves from the game altogether.

Instead of remembering that this journey is about 1000’s of meals, and focusing on making the next one a healthy meal, we focus on the uncomfortable feelings.

Instead of focusing on the question of “How quickly can I recover?” and accepting that the milk already spilled, we focus on the past – instead of the future.

If we play the all or nothing game, we always end up with nothing. Always and forever.

It’s why I don’t like making absolute statements such as, “I’ll never do xyz again!”

Instead, focus on doing xyz less.

There is no such thing as perfection…

There is only progress!

And that’s what life is about. Moving forward, growing, and evolving.

In fact, being a perfectionist is a childlike way of living.

We are not children. We are powerful adults in control. We are more powerful than we think. (I know. I know. I sound like a corny motivational speaker but it’s the truth!)

Being a perfectionist and having the “If I can’t be perfect, I’d rather be fat” attitude suggests that the only position worth having in life is being the winner.

No one likes playing games with a sore loser.

So, if we can’t be the winner, we shouldn’t bother playing the game?!?!

When my my nephew eventually starts beating my butt in sports, am I going to say, “Nah buddy, I’m good. I don’t want to play because I don’t want to lose?!?!”

That is a childlike way of thinking. It means that any small improvements in our weight, shape, mobility, and breathing are unimportant.

No one created the company of their dreams overnight. And no one created the body of their dreams overnight.

Day by day. Meal by meal. Workout by workout. Improvement by improvement. Daily Feedback by Daily Feedback.

Progress. NOT perfection.

I repeat:

Progress. NOT perfection.

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What good is any diet or exercise plan if we can’t stick to it? MBT is a highly personal program that helps you actually stick to it! And that’s how we’re able to offer a 100% money back guarantee.

MBT addresses the critical psychological part of losing weight. It’s not just about following tactic after tactic – or else we all would! Summer is rapidly approaching. Let’s get beach ready together!

Whenever a new client joins MBT, I always ask them a bunch of questions so I can learn more about them. One of the questions I ask is, “What have been your biggest obstacles in the past when trying to reach your goals?”

And, by far, the most common response is some sort of variation of: “I’m my own biggest obstacle. I’m constantly sabotaging my own success, and I don’t know why.”

Well, I do know why.

And it’s why I’ve been able to help 100’s and 100’s of people of all ages, shapes and sizes throughout the US and world get the body they’ve always wanted – and most importantly, keep that body.

It’s also why MBT has been featured on Good Morning America, Conde’ Nast, Shape, Thrillist, Fox, and countless other national media.

MBT doesn’t just focus on the tactical part of losing weight. It focuses on the critically important mental side of losing weight.

I love experiments. And I’m going to try something new today…

If you’re interested in knowing why you constantly sabotage your weight loss efforts – and what you can do about it, I’m going to ask that you email me —> adam at mybodytutor dot com with the subject line, “I want to know why I sabotage my weight loss efforts.”

Why?

Because I’m obsessed with getting my clients results. And if you can’t take the time to email me then I’m fairly certain, you’re not going to follow the actions I prescribe. And of course, someone who essentially raises their hand and says, I want to know why I sabotage my weight loss efforts – is worth more to me than someone who doesn’t, because they’re more likely to take action. And action = results which is what I live for.

So, if you’d like to know why 95% of this world is amazing at starting…and stopping diets…and how you can overcome your self-sabotage email me.

In an effort to reduce the amount of food that’s wasted many colleges have
gone trayless. Amazingly, this small nudge has resulted in 20-25% less food
being wasted.

It makes sense right?

Without a tray to pile food on, the amount of food people can carry isn’t
nearly as much. And if people want more food, they’re forced to get back up
again – often enough of a barrier that makes us think “Do I really need xyz?”

While scientists haven’t researched the affect of trays on our eating
behaviors, they have researched the affects of plate sizes. They’ve proven, for
example, that changing the size of the plate we serve food on, changes the
amount of food that we eat before feeling full. Smaller plates lead to smaller
portions and interestingly – people believe they’ve eaten more.

Larger plates can make a serving of food appear smaller, and smaller plates can lead us to misjudge that very same quantity of food as being significantly larger.

For example, in a study conducted at a health and fitness camp, campers who
were given larger bowls served and consumed 16% more cereal than those given smaller bowls. Despite the fact that those campers were eating more, their estimates of their cereal consumption were 7% lower than the estimates of the group eating from the smaller bowls.

This means that not only could large plates and bowls cause us to serve and eat
more; it can do so without us noticing and trick us into believing we have
eaten less.

What if we ate healthier foods such as veggies and salad in larger plates and
served less healthy foods in smaller plates to trick ourselves into feeling
satisfied with less?

You might find that you’re eating less, and wasting less, without really
noticing it.

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Tricks and tips like this certainly can help you eat less. But losing weight isn’t as simple as just, “Eating less and exercising more,” or else we’d all do it.

Let’s face it. It were easy to change, people would do it.

It’s the pushing and the coaching and the guidance and the inspiration and the daily expectations and the support and the accountability that help the change occur along with our proven program and system.

Are you ready to change? Join today!