1. No two clients are on the same path because no two clients are the same. I’ve talked at length about how I approach every client that joins #Commit2Fit as an individual.
You have your own body, genetics, goals, time constraints, lifestyle, dietary needs, wants, needs, desires.. Why would your plan fo reaching your goals be the same as someone else’s?
When a new client joins we discuss all of these things to see her up on a plan that will help her succeed. I may have one client who works from home and wants to eat five times a day. Her meal plan will look different from someone who works all day and can’t snack all day. Someone with a dairy sensitivity cannot eat the same snacks as someone without. Someone who plans to run a 10k will have a different training protocol from someone who hates running. And someone who loves the gym and wants to go six days a week will have a different workout program from someone who is lucky to make it three days a week.
No two plans are the same.
2. We will be in regular contact. I check in with my clients every single day in our Facebook group where I actually interact. And I check in with my clients in more details and privately, via email, every single week. For me to help you I have to get to know you well.
I need to know your habits, your coping mechanisms, your attitude, your time constraints, the things you do when you aren’t working out and meal prepping, your values, your frustrations, your insecurities.. when I get to know these things I can help you make the best decisions to help you achieve your goals in spite of everything else going on in your life.
Communication is KEY to this working. I do not give a client a plan and let them go. I am always looking for feedback, for how things are going, for what is working and what isn’t because it’s my job to meet every client where she is to help her achieve what she wants.
For example, I have a client who recently told me she doesn’t like meal prepping. Well, she wasn’t making good food decisions, so we created a plan for her to eat out for lunch and get prepped foods to make for dinner and now she’s on the right track.
I also have another client who recently set a goal to join a group of ladies that ride their bikes 50 miles on weekends. She was doing strength and conditioning workouts with the goal of fat loss 5-6 days a week, but now she wants to be able to ride with the ladies, keep up and feel good after, so not only did we change her meal plan, but we changed when she trains and the kind of workouts she does to honor this goal. So not only do you have a different workout plan from others, your plans can change with your goals.
3. It’s like like coaching but for health and fitness. We look at what you are doing and how you are feeling so when you get off track, we understand why and how to get you back on.
It’s easy to get excited about a new workout program, follow it for a couple of weeks, then the excitement wears off, your life continues to be crazy and you stop prioritizing your daily workouts. Same with food. It’s easy to hire a new coach or have someone write macros for you but then you get off track because you had a tough day emotionally, or things come up.
What I do with clients is I stop them in their tracks when they self sabotage. It’s not about me holding you accountable by asking you if you ate 100g of protein yesterday. It’s about me asking you if you ate the 100g of protein, and if you didn’t, find out why.
Where are you at mentally? What are you prioritizing? Why are you prioritizing something else over your goals? How can you get back to prioritizing yourself and your goals?
For example, I’m working with a client who had an expected long term house guest and she stopped paying close attention to what she was eating and her progress stopped. We talked about why her progress stopped, determined that she not only let the house guest make the decisions on their dinners and foods kept in the house, but also that she has become emotionally exhausted by this guest. From there she determined a boundary she would need to set with her guest is to let her know that she is going to be choosing dinners again that align with her goals. She also began making the conscious decision to take time to herself each day so she can fill her cup so she isn’t on E everyday, just saying yes to whatever food is easiest.
We have to look at that. We have to look at your habits, the things you do to cope, the things you do and/ or don’t do to fill your cup so you can stop self sabotaging and actually make decisions that serve your body, your mind and your goals.
That’s why #Commit2Fit is such a small group – it’s only 30 women each round so I can have lots of hands on time with you. That’s why I only offer this four times a year.
So if you are ready to reach your goals and work with someone who will look deeper than just “did you hit your macros today?” so you can make big changes LONG TERM, join #Commit2Fit at commit2fitcoaching.com
Your Coach,
Kyra