And December creates the perfect storm: less routine, poorer sleep, colder weather, heavier food, more events, and far less structure.
Here’s the truth:
Go into December and January without a plan, and you can gain 3–5 pounds without realizing it. And once that pattern starts, your physiology adapts — hunger rises, energy drops, cravings increase, and your body gets better at storing fat.
And here’s the part no one wants to hear:
Fat loss doesn’t happen at the same speed as fat gain.
What you put on in a few weeks takes 4–10 weeks to lose.
So if you “take December off,” you won’t fix that until mid-February… maybe March. You spend the first part of next year just trying to get back to where you are today.
That’s why we don’t stop.
That’s why we don’t wait for January.
We stay consistent now — even if it’s not perfect — because staying in motion today saves you months tomorrow.