What is going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Eric Roberts Fitness podcast.

I hope that you were having a great day thus far. I'm really excited for this podcast because I think it's something most people struggle with and most people have a hard time drawing the line between discipline and restriction.

So in this podcast, we're going to talk about how to set rules without hating your life.

Because I think for most people, it's not that you have a discipline issue. You have a restriction problem disguised

as discipline. So versus you thinking you need more discipline, it's more so that you need to have

less restriction. Because most people start off strong.

You go all in.

You cut out the bad foods.

You don't have fun on the weekends.

You last five days, ten days.

And then it all crashes.

I don't think you need more rules.

I think you need better rules.

And I think you need more rules that are going to allow you to stick within a structure while still be flexible.

And in this episode, I'll teach you how to build that structure that actually sets you free.

Because that's what good structure should do.

It should allow you to be fluid, to be flexible, and to feel like

it's something that's not shackles on or handcuffs on you. So the first segment I want to dive into

is discipline versus restriction. What's the real difference? And I think the core concept here is

discipline is chosen, restriction is forced. Discipline empowers, restriction exhaust. And you can think of

this like a budget. A disciplined budget means you're planning for

fun money and bills. So you're planning to go out to eat for a date night. You're planning for a

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