Why People Keep Falling Off the Wagon

About this episode

This episode explores the common experience of falling off track in health and fitness routines and redefines the concept of consistency.

Send us Fan Mail If you have ever tried to change how you eat, how you train, or how you take care of yourself, there is a moment that almost always shows up where it feels like you have stopped or fallen off. In this episode, I look at that moment more closely. Most people interpret it as a break in consistency, but it is often not a break at all. It is part of the pattern. The expectation that consistency should feel smooth, continuous, and controlled does not match how routines actually un...

People in this episode

Host: Artis L Beatty, OD, MS

Topics covered

• consistency
• health
• fitness
• behavior change
• self-care

Keywords

• falling off the wagon
• health routines
• fitness consistency
• behavior change
• self-care

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