It is said that perfect is the enemy of good.
And when it comes to maintaining or regaining our waistlines, there is a danger that if we strive to be 100% Slow Carb compliant all of the time (except for Cheat Days of course), we are setting ourselves up to fail.
It’s just part of human nature that if we aspire to perfection and then fail, there can be a temptation to pack it all in. To get discouraged and quit, rather than seeing the digression as just that.
So today I wanted to remind you that you’re more likely to achieve your goals if you take baby steps. Make one change at a time.
As Gretchen Reubin explains in the Happiness Project, ‘What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while”.
It’s important not to set your goals too high. 100% compliance is not essential to Slow Carb success.
Those of you who’ve read Tim Ferriss’ first book, The 4-Hour Work Week, will be familiar with the Pareto principle. It’s something we can also apply to the Slow Carb way of eating.
If you aim to follow the rules 80% of the time, you’re much more likely to meet your goals AND avoid the traps of trying to be perfect.
A little food for thought.
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