TSS 002: Energy balance, Consequences of inaction, Two masters

ByDave Paczkowski

Build Your Body

Energy balance (fat loss and gain) occurs over weeks, months, and years – not in a 24 hour period.

If you need 2,000 calories to lose weight, you don’t start gaining weight at 2,001. You also don’t start losing it at 1,999. The body is smarter than that and plays on a longer timeline.

Similar to a budget, most people don’t get wealthy from a single day of saving or investing, and most people don’t become broke from a single day of spending.

One perfect day or week of eating matters a lot less than a consistent year of ‘pretty good’ days.

One bad day won’t ruin you. One bad week might be tougher to bounce back from. One bad month can take 3-6 months just to get back to baseline.

Sometimes avoiding the big slip up of bad eating is the best strategy there is.

Here’s the secret sauce: short-term discipline on a long-term timeline.

Master Your Mind

Most overestimate the consequences of action while underestimating the consequences of inaction.

When taking action, it’s easy to focus on what you need to give up and what you’ll miss out on right now.

When ignoring action, it’s easy to overlook what you will have to give up and what you’ll certainly miss out on down the road.

Strengthen Your Spirit

“Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.” Romans 8:5-8

When you learn that you have control over your body – and not the other way around – you stop living moment to moment, chasing the things you know aren’t serving you.

If you want all that God has for you, you must become a slave to the Spirit…not your body.

Most men live their life feeding their flesh and starving their spirit.

Flip the script and watch your life transform.

Dive Deeper

Set the standard,

Dave Paczkowski

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