Category: The More You Know

Articles I think you should read.

Dr. Trevor Kashey

I am listening to the book “The Comfort Crisis” by Michael Easter. In so doing, I’ve been introduced to Dr. Trevor Kashey. This bit, heard on my walk today, has given me much to think about: The Author; Michael Easter asked Kashey, “Don’t people think it’s abnormal to weigh and track every ounce of food?” He replied “I was born a scientist. I started gathering data through measuring because I was used to running experiments—that’s what you do when you’re trying to learn something. It never occurred to me that people would think it’s odd,” he said. “But consider this…everyone measures their food somehow. How else would you determine a portion? But they just do it subconsciously, without precision. OK, many people find it odd to measure things. Many people are also sick, fat, poor, slow, and ignorant as a result of nonmeasurement.”

I’m befuddled how someone (Dr. Trevor Kashey) who preaches what I have long practiced was not known to me before today.

Diets are Useless

Level One: Self accountability

Accountability is a massive leverage factor in achieving any kind of success, whether in business or in a fitness program, and here’s where it starts:

With yourself.

Self-accountability, also known as internal accountability, means you set a goal, map out a plan, make a commitment to it and then “keep score.”

You can become accountable to yourself by:

1. Setting written goals
2. Weighing yourself
3. Measuring body composition
4. Taking body (circumference) measurements
5. Tracking results on a weekly progress chart
6. Taking photographs
7. Creating meal plans or tracking nutritional intake in a journal
8. Creating workout schedules and tracking training performance in a journal

Anything you want to improve should be measured, and everything related to your nutrition, training and even lifestyle (hours and quality of sleep, etc) should be tracked in writing (or electronically).

If you aren’t keeping track and staying accountable by using at least 6 out of 8 items in the list above, then level one – SELF accountability – is where you begin.

Read the entire article by Tom Venuto HERE.

I would be happy to help you find a way to be accountable to yourself!