Welcome to the Un-Fuck-Your-Fitness Podcast . I am your host , Christy Castillo , and I'm here to give you real talk and cut the BS so you can actually enjoy building a body you love . I'm a personal trainer obsessed with giving you simple action steps to take you from feeling stuck to feeling sexy . Let's go . Hey guys , what's up ? Welcome ?
Speaker 2to today's episode . Happy Friday if you're listening to this in real time on the day that it was launched and meant for you . I hope you have a great Friday . I hope you have a good weekend . I am popping in to talk to you today about being fully committed and how that helps you in your fitness journey . This was kind of I saw this on a reel and it was not talking about your fitness journey but I thought , wow , it was actually talking about business and which honestly finances Wow , it was actually talking about business and which honestly finances business fitness .
Speaker 2In my brain , they all very much work together . You need a plan , you need to commit , you need to stick with it , you need to execute and you need to wait a really long time . You will not see the fruits of your labor the day you plant the seeds right .
So I this was kind of said in a reel talking about business where if you fully commit to making however many reels or whatever it is , then this is gonna work and fully commit to your audience and who you wanna help that this is gonna work for you . But my brain immediately went to it's the same thing for fitness . So this is kind of the way that I want to put this it's only when you are fully committed to this new way of looking at fitness unfucking your fitness , if you will . Let's call everything that I kind of talk about on here we're unf your fitness . We're getting fit and we're making it simple . Right , we're cutting out the bs , but all of these things is is essentially I'm I'm unfucking it for you . I'm making it simple . You still have to do the things . You still have to believe in yourself . There's a lot of work , there's a lot of things that go into it , but but it is pretty simple when you think about it . It's only when you are committed , all in , ready to go , that you realize you're going to succeed . Like it's kind of as simple as that when you have all the bits and pieces , if you're like okay , christy is saying to me that if I start tracking my food , it won't help all of my food issues , but if I start tracking my food , I will then understand where the problem lies that I'm maybe overeating , even though I say I'm not .
Speaker 2If I'm tracking everything , I'm like , oh shit , I'm not really doing as good as I thought I was right , and if I start lifting weights , I will gain muscle , so I will look differently . My body composition will change . If so , I will look differently . My body composition will change . If I do drink enough water , I will feel better . I will be healthier . My body will be happy If I go to bed at a decent time and get a great amount of sleep instead of fucking around on my phone . I'll feel better . I'll be happy . My body will have more time to reset itself and do what it's supposed to do while it's sleeping . Right , if I give it more time to sleep .
Speaker 2I know none of this is really earth shattering , but we need it . So if Christy's saying this is the plan , this is what she did , this is what works for her clients , we're not messing around . I'm not lying to you . Right , like , all these things will work If you have a plan and you're like okay , I'm going to do this for as long as it takes . I'm not just going to like commit to this 30-day program . I'm going to do these things for as long as it takes , until I understand it . I'm going to track my macros until I can see how long I've been eating too much , or I'm going to lift weights for as long as it takes for me to see muscle growth . As long as it takes for me to see muscle growth , I'm gonna do as many banded pull-ups as it takes until one day I do my first non-assisted pull-up , right , whatever it is like , I'm just gonna fully commit to this workout program . I'm gonna fully commit to this lifestyle . I'm gonna fully commit to whatever this
fitness journey is . It doesn't even have to be a program . In fact , it should not be a program , it should just be all these habits . But when you fully commit to it , you realize you're going to succeed . You honestly have no choice because now you've committed to the habits , it's like me last week saying , okay , I'm not going to eat .
Speaker 2I did start tracking my food again , but it was more of a more of a way to figure out what I'm currently eating . Because currently , up until this week , I was saying yes to pretty much all the food which is great , fine , fantastic , and I kind of needed it after being sick and I needed to bulk up pretty quickly , I needed to grow some muscle , and then I'm at the point where I'm like , okay , I'm kind of ready to scale back . So for me it was like I'm going to commit to hitting 10,000 steps daily , whether that means I take the dog for a walk , whether that means I get on the walking pad , whether that means I do circles around my island in my kitchen , like walk around on my deck , get up and take coaching calls and move , whatever it takes , however long I have to stay up and not go to bed . I'm going to hit 10,000 steps , no matter what . I'm fully committed period .
Speaker 2And then also I was like well , I'm not going to buy Cadbury eggs this week . I'm going to cut out certain things . I'm just going to be more cautious of carbs , really , and say no to more of those and make them healthier . So , instead of eating Cadbury eggs , I'm eating blueberries . Instead of eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast that maybe has like seven grams of protein , I'm eating oatmeal that has 20 grams of protein . So just these little changes , right , but I'm committed to it . I know it's going to work , and by work I mean I know I'm going to feel better and I know I'm going to make these steps to getting back on track with my journey .
Speaker 2I don't have necessarily an end result . I mean , yes , I'm working towards cutting , but these simple actions that I committed to this week controlling my carbs and making healthier carb options and hitting 10,000 steps . I'm going to succeed because I freaking said that I would . I'm committed to it . It's not an option . I'm fully committed to getting 10,000 steps this week regardless . So I have no choice but to do that .
Speaker 2If I'm like , oh , I'm going to try to get 10,000 steps this week , I'm going to start trying to get 10,000 steps this week and I'm going to still buy Cadbury eggs , but I'm going to try not to eat them . Do you hear the difference in my voice and by what that means ? And if I'm saying to myself , well , I still have the Cadbury eggs in the house , but I'm going to , I'm not going to eat them , I'm going to eat blueberries . No , you're not . And I'm going to really try to get in 10,000 steps every day this week . But if it doesn't happen , it's fine . Like I have some busy days coming up , so000 steps in this week and I'm not buying Cadbury eggs and if I do want a Cadbury egg , I have to put a blueberry in my mouth . Like , do you hear the difference ? It's fully committed to the bit here . I'm fully committed to these actions .
Speaker 2It's only when we're trying to figure out what program I'm going to do no-transcript in this week . I think I can . I don't know . I might still need to like cut some carbs , keto . I might still need to do a little bit of like intermittent fasting . I don't . I understand . I've been there . I'm also telling you it's going to work for you . But I understand the difference between being locked in like nope , I'm not doing intermittent fasting again . I'm not worrying about keto . I'm not cutting carbs in a not healthy way because I can never have them again . I'm not cutting out processed food . I'm not doing a 30-day challenge . I'm committed to X , y and Z period . That's the difference . It's .
Speaker 2The disconnect is when you're like I just don't know if I can do it . This program doesn't . I'm not able to get it in . Like , I keep purchasing these programs and they're for five days a week and I can't do five days a week , okay , well then , delete two of them from your phone and do the other three . It's not a big deal . Or stop buying programs that are five days a week if you can't do them right . Stop committing to or saying you're going to or thinking about . Stop even considering 12,000 steps a day if you can't do it . I know I can hit 10,000 steps a day . I know that I can replace some snacking with healthier fruit options . That way it's still carbs . I'm really still getting the calories . I'm just cleaning it up . I know I can do that .
Speaker 2If I were to say I'm going to hit 10,000 steps , not eat any sugar , hit five of my workouts this week , five days a week and drink my water perfectly , if I were to say I'm going to do all of these things perfect this week , I would have failed and I would have been like , oh , I really
don't know if I can do that , but I'm going to try . Or I would have maybe even said to myself I'm going to , I'm going to , I'm going to , but I'm not really committed to , because in my head I'm thinking there's no way I'm going to get five workouts in this week . There's no .
Speaker 2If I just posted on my stories this morning , it was a video of me on the walking pad and I'm like it's a matter of when I'm going to get my steps in . I was walking before my client calls and stuff . I was doing podcast notes and I was doing them on my phone so that I could walk and because I know like right now I'm recording . I have to stand still . I know on my client calls I most of the time have to sit down and sit still . So I was like , okay , I have to get my workout in . That's going to be later , but I have to just hop on my treadmill , my walking pad , for 10 , 15 minutes at a time today , when I can , when I can , not if I can . Do you hear the difference ? Okay , it's when I can .
Speaker 2So start saying I'm committed to these two things this week . When I get them done X , y and Z right , I'll be proud of myself . I'll move on to something else . I'll add something into my routine , not if I'm not committing to things I can't achieve . It's a when . It's when I can do these things .
Speaker 2But I think there's so much power in that you will achieve success by committing to something and stop comparing and stop looking at your friends and wondering should I do intermittent fasting ? I mean , I did it again and I dropped a couple pounds , but I also gained head back afterwards . Right , it didn't really work for me , but it's working for her . Like , should I do that ? Should I do keto ? Should I do Weight Watchers ? Should I get on the shot ? Should I , should I , should I ? And you're , just God , always going around and around Like , if this doesn't work , then what's next ? What if this doesn't work ? What if this isn't for me ? What if I can't do this ? Stop doing that .
Speaker 2I know for myself I don't want to get on the shots , I don't want to do keto , I don't want to do Weight Watchers , I don't want to cut out carbs . I don't want to do those things ever , unless medically necessary . Even then , I don't want to do them . So I'm fully committed to this other way of doing it and unless something really drastically happens to me , it and unless something really drastically happens to me , I'm going to be committed to it forever . I committed to this bit , this unfucking your fitness way of doing things , the way that I do things I'm committed to and I've been committed to for a long time .
Speaker 2If someone comes up to me and says do you think this would work ? Would you ever try this gimmick ? Would you ever try this routine ? Would you ever try X , y and Z this app ? Do you ever ? No , no , I will not . I know exactly what workouts I like to do . I know I like to track my food on my fitness pal . I know I love my Oura ring . I know how much water I need to drink . I know the exact water bottle I like to drink it out of . I know what walking pad I like . I know what gym gloves I like . I know I know I'm committed to it . If someone , if a company , reaches out to me and says hey , would you like to rep our brand ? No , I don't want to rep your brand . I already have one that I love . Would you like to try out X , y and Z ? No , I don't . Would you like to ? Would you ever do intermittent fasting again ? No , unless it's medically necessary , I'm not doing that again
. I'm committed to what I'm doing .
Speaker 2A lot of you out there listening are not , and I need you to start committing to what you're doing . A lot of you were like oh , I did it for a couple of weeks and it's kind of working , but it's kind of not . And so I went off track for the weekend . Stop going off track Plan in your days so that you don't have to go quote , unquote off track . It's part of the plan . If you have to go off track from your calories and consume 300 extra calories every day of the weekend Friday , saturday , sunday you're just like fuck it having drinks and pizza , plan it in and if it matches with your calories then it's fine . If it's not matching within your calories , then give it up .
Speaker 2You're not committed . You're not committed , so it's like cut season . It's this fitness way of life . It's your lifestyle . Are you committed to it or are you not ? If you can't be committed to not drinking , not going out for pizza , not hanging out with your friends , things like that , you don't have to do it forever . But if you're not committed for a little bit , if you're like for 12 weeks , I'm in a cut phase . I can't have drinks , I can't go out for pizza , I can't hang out with my friends at the bar , because then I'll want to eat things that I said I wasn't going to eat . And I'm committed . You have to start committing to something . That's a lot of the problem Not committing to something and quitting .
Speaker 2They're linked Obviously . You see that If you're quitting something , you weren't committed to it . Those are the two main issues that lack of consistency . If you're committed and you're quitting something , you weren't committed to it . Those are the two main issues that lack of consistency . If you're committed and you're never going to quit , you'll find a way to make it work . You'll find a way to fit it in . You'll find a way to be consistent . If not , you're quit , and then you shouldn't have committed to it in the first place .
Speaker 2Because if you can't commit to doing 10,000 steps a day , commit to eight . Comm , commit to 6,000 . Commit to something that you can commit to because it feels good to say no , I'm doing this . And if I'm your coach and you're out there listening , you can text me and be like hey , I hit my step goal this week . I did such a good job . I said I was gonna do it and I did it . I pre-tracked my food this week . I said I was gonna track all my food for the week and my fitness pal , and you'll start to see results and you'll understand that that is where the magic happens .
Speaker 2But the longer you stay in this limbo of , I don't know if it's going to work for me and if it doesn't , I'll have this plan B . There needs to be no plan B . You're not going back to any of those things . Throw away the DVDs . Unfollow the people . Get rid of the gimmicky shit that you have in your house . Get rid of those supplements that don't work . You don't need them , right .
Speaker 2But if you are fully committed and you have no questions about it and you have a plan and you have a path , you have a podcast to listen to , you have a trainer to go to , you understand , you can just search in the Unfuck your Fitness search bar for motivation , for macros , for whatever you need to look for , you can search for it , you can stay locked in and there's no reason to sway because you've committed and you've got this . So that is my pep talk for you on this sweet , short , spicy episode . Because , yeah , I heard this and thought , yeah , I do need to do that for my business and I'm doing so much better at committing to that , because there are a lot of shiny objects out there in fitness , in a business and in life and parenting and in all the things . But I thought , yeah , I do need to do that in my business , for sure , and I did make lists and I went through things that I need to clean up .
Speaker 2But in your fitness , if you can commit and stay locked in , you will succeed because you have no other choice . There's no other way that you can't right , if you do this , then you do this , that's it . If you do this , it works . If you do it half-assed , it works half-assed . If you commit to it Monday through Thursday and then Friday , saturday , sunday , which that means you're only being good on track one day more than you're not , it's kind of a 50-50 . At that point it sucks . Stop doing that . So commit , commit , commit , commit , and then you won't quit . If you commit , you can't quit . So commit to something that you actually can stick to . You can tweak it , but make a commitment and get everything else out of your head .
Speaker 2That's where the confidence comes from . That's how you're like oh , I can't fail at this because I'm committed . I know exactly what I'm doing and I'm doing it and I'm gaining confidence Like I'm a badass . I finally committed to something . I finally am doing it . I'm doing it Keeping promises to myself . This is how it works . Then you're confident . You're like I don't need any of that other stuff . That's why , when people come to me and ask me if I can rep this or rep that , or if I'd like to try this , I can confidently say no , I don't need it .
I'm doing fine with what I'm doing . I don't need anything else to take my money , to take my time . I don't need it . I don't care . It's a no and that's what I want for you . So I hope you enjoyed this little pep talk . Figure out what you're going to commit to today and do it , and you have no other choice but to succeed . I'll talk to you in the next episode .
Speaker 1Thanks for listening to today's show . Go ahead and leave a rating and a review and , of course , follow the podcast so you don't miss out on any future episodes . And I would love it so much if you came to connect with me over on Instagram at ChristyCastilloFit . I will see you next time . Bye .