ERF 1,010: Why You Can’t Stay Consistent With Diet and Exercise (It’s Not Willpower)

Eric Roberts Fitness

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Fitness

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🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Join my Clubhouse App - https://ericrobertsfitness.com/clubhouse-page.html On today's episode I sit down with Sophie to break down why most people can't stay consistent with their fitness — and it has nothing to do with willpower, discipline, or motivation. I walk through why the plans people try to follow are actually set up to fail them, how all-or-nothing thinking sounds like discipline but is the thing that wrecks people every time, and what it actually looks like to build a plan around your worst, busiest days instead of your best ones. We also get into accountability, self-efficacy, and why doing two workouts a week you never miss will always beat six workouts a week you quit by Wednesday. Work With Me 1:1 Coaching - https://ericrobertsfitness.com/erf-1on1.html Free Calorie Calculator https://ericrobertsfitness.com/free-calorie-calculator/ 20% Off Legion Athletic Supplements Code “ERIC” HERE https://legionathletics.rfrl.co/qj2dy Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@ericrobertsfitness Video Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@EricRobertsFitnessPodcast

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0:00.0	we are talking about consistency and not the motivational poster kind of consistency.
0:08.9	Most people listening to this podcast, you know what to do.
0:13.0	You just don't stick with it long enough to actually see the results and create a long lasting change. So that is what we're going to fix in this episode
0:24.3	of the Eric Robert's Fitness podcast. Before we do, we will introduce our co-host for today,
0:30.3	newly 27-year-old, 28-year-old, 26. I don't know I wish he was 26 how old are you
0:40.6	28 oh you're only so you're two years younger than me okay fair enough yeah no I'm very
0:46.4	close to 30 which is kind of crazy it's just crazy I think about I what does that mean
0:51.5	I don't know I just yeah you're 30 that's crazy I don't know. I just, yeah, you're 30. That's crazy. I don't know. I just feel like I feel stuck at 21. Like I'm still 22, 21, I think. I feel like I'm, sometimes I feel like I'm very young. Like I'm a kid. What do you mean? I'm about to be 30. That's crazy. My mom had already had me and my sister at this age. Right.
1:12.4	Right. Right. I think one could argue 30 is young though. I feel like 30 is still
1:19.1	kid. Yeah, no, it is. No, it is. I feel like that's for sure. I'm trying to remind myself that
1:24.9	that I'm still very young. But I don't know.
1:44.5	It just feels kind of surreal to be in my late 20s. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That's cool. How was your birthday? Everyone listening. It's like, oh, my God. Like, they're so young. What are they talking about? What was you? What did you ask? How was your birthday? It was good. It was good, yeah.
1:46.4	I went to dinner.
1:49.8	And... What was you? What did you ask? How was your birthday? It was good. It was good, yeah. I went to dinner, and I had brunch.
1:54.7	Yeah, I hung out with my mom in the afternoon.
1:57.4	And, yeah, it was a good birthday. I had the best food of all time.
2:00.4	I went out to brunch. I had dinner. I had the best food of all time. I went out to brunch.
2:02.9	I had dinner.
2:04.0	I had a glass of wine.
2:05.6	I had tiramisu cake.
2:07.1	I had an orange juice.
2:08.4	And my weight didn't spike up this morning.
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