Metronome. That needs to stop. Oh, oh, okay. Hello. Welcome to this solo episode of the ESG Fitness

podcast. I thought I'd just come on here, do a quick podcast. I have just been away with my family,

which was lovely, although I was ill the whole time. That was not so lovely. But I have been

working through check-ins and some really good check-in questions or topics have come in.

And we're about to do commit to six check-ins. So I know we're going to be inundated next week.

So I wanted to keep on top of this. So the first one is less a question, but something I was

discussing with someone and is useful to a lot of people. So this individual is taking food out of the

house and just buying single servings of things because that's what works to reduce her just

sort of like eating a whole bag of cookies for example. And I know this is a tool that a lot of

people use to avoid overeating, just not having something in the house. But really what you're

doing quite simply is avoiding the problem.

So the problem is you can't control yourself around X food. So you just don't have it around.

That is not a solution. This solution would be working out a way or working on your willpower

or working on your relationship with food so that you can

have cookies in the house and know that you're not going to eat the whole pack. Now, the key to that,

the absolute key is confidence. It's confidence in your own ability to do that. And that's kind of the

key to anything. Like you don't feel as stressed out if you are confident doing something. For example, even if I have a lot of work, I will always get it

done. So it's less stress. Like I might feel like I've got a lot to do. But I very rarely feel

stressed because I always, because I always deliver. Oh, that was pretty wanky.

That's definitely the wrong word for that situation. But hopefully you get my point there is that

if you can trust yourself, if you feel confident in your own ability to do something, then you

wouldn't feel stressed

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