Doing the Same & Expecting Different Results! (Are you Insane 🤪)

As Albert Einstein once said: “Doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.” And while it’s a bit blunt, I can tell you from years as a personal trainer—it’s also absolutely true when it comes to fitness, fat loss, and lifestyle change.

If someone wants to feel stronger, move better, or lose weight… but they’re still training the way they always have, eating the way they always have, and living the way they always have.

Then they wonder why nothing changes.

Most people don’t fail because they’re lazy or because they don’t care.

They fail because they underestimate one thing:

Change requires actual change.

Not a “health kick” for three days.

Not a new routine for a week.

Not a single healthy meal followed by four days of “I’ll restart Monday.”

Lasting results come from sustained, intentional effort—repeated over a long period of time.

If your goal is to truly transform your body, your strength, your energy, or your overall health, the truth is this:

You cannot live the same lifestyle and magically become a different person.

• If you want to get stronger, you must progressively challenge your body.

  
  

• If you want to lose body fat, you must consistently manage your nutrition.

  
  

• If you want to feel better in your daily life, you must move more, recover better, sleep well, and actually prioritise yourself.

Not for a few days.

Not only when it’s convenient.

But consistently, even on the days you’d rather not.

Change Takes Time And That’s Normal

One of the biggest mindset shifts I try to teach my clients is this:

Your old habits didn’t create your current results overnight.

Your new habits won’t change them overnight either.

But the longer you stick with meaningful changes, the more your body adapts, the easier the routine becomes, and the more natural it feels to live in alignment with your goals.

What You Can Start Doing Today

Here’s what I encourage clients to focus on:

• Pick a few key habits and commit to them—not just for a week, but for months.

  
  

• Be brutally honest about whether your actions align with the results you want.

  
  

• Stop relying on motivation and start relying on structure.

  
  

• Track your progress so you can see how small, consistent actions build momentum.

  
  

• Be patient—because the results will come, but only if you stay the course.

The Bottom Line

If you want something you’ve never had, you’ll have to do something you’ve never done—or at least do it with a level of consistency you’ve never achieved before.

Change is absolutely possible.

But it won’t come from shortcuts, quick fixes, or repeating the same routines that have kept you stuck.

It comes from committing to substantial changes for a long period of time—and trusting that the work you put in today is building the results you’ll see tomorrow.