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I still run 28-day challenges both at my studio and for my online kettlebell coaching business. However, their focus has shifted significantly in recent years.

It used to be all about the 28-day fat loss challenge. People would get excited, love them, and it could definitely be the start of positive changes.

However, time and time again I would watch people lose 7 pounds, 10 pounds, 15 pounds, even 20 pounds over 28 days — and whether I was working with them in person, in an online group, or one-on-one — I would also watch them spend the entire last week of the challenge talking about what their binge meal was going to be when it was over.

The point is, it can be effective, but it doesn’t address any of the underlying habits, patterns, or relationships with food. You’re basically white-knuckling it through 28 days to get some results, lose the weight, get into that swimsuit for the cruise — whatever — and then undo the whole thing.

So instead, for many of our 28-day challenges and for our programming at the studio and online, we focus on different targets.

Often, it’s about performance, strength, and confidence.

If you come to my studio, I’ll teach you kettlebells and the basics of barbells. You’re going to be stronger at 4, 8, and 12 weeks — no question — if you’re seeing me three times a week.

If you consistently follow our online kettlebell programming, you’ll get stronger and improve your performance over time. It’s been proven time and time again.

That’s why we’re taking a similar approach with our upcoming 6-week Mindful Eating Reset.

The problem with tracking weight is that it’s what we would call a lagging indicator. What you ate last night, how hydrated you are, how much sleep you got, hormonal shifts — 100 different variables affect your number on the scale on any given day.

What we track instead is patterns, behavior, and awareness around food. Because here’s what happens: if your behaviors change, the weight follows. We have different measurement tools we can use for that, and we’ll get into all of it in the challenge — I’m not going to cover every detail here. The point is to get you to a healthy weight, and what that looks like can be different for everybody, but you get there because something actually shifted underneath.

This is probably going to be different than what you’ve done before. We meet as a group, check in, talk about what’s coming up, and look at this from a totally different angle. Some of you have taken an approach like this to nutrition or other areas of your life before. A lot of you haven’t. That’s the whole point.

A few other things worth knowing:

• Each session will include a short talk at the beginning. I’ll record that and send you the transcript and key bullets.
• The individual conversation portion of each call will not be recorded — we need to respect everyone’s privacy.
• We’ll do individual weekly check-ins, in person or virtually, so I can see how you’re doing personally.
• You don’t have to make every single group meeting, but the more you show up, the more you’ll get out of it.

Click the link below to learn more and sign up. Spots are limited.

If you have questions, just reply directly to this email.

We start this Friday, and I look forward to working with you.

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— Forest and the FVT Team