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🎙️ Episode Notes: The Habit Formation Curve — Why It Gets Hard Before It Gets Easy
In this episode, we break down why habits feel hardest right before they actually stick — and why so many people quit at exactly the wrong moment.
Most of the anxiety around goals, body composition, or behavior change doesn’t come from lack of effort. It comes from not understanding how habit formation actually works.
I introduce a concept known as the habit formation curve (sometimes called the power curve of habit building). Early on, effort is high, results are inconsistent, and every action requires conscious decision-making. This is normal. Your brain is actively overriding old patterns, which is metabolically expensive.
The confusion happens in the middle phase — when you’re still showing up, but the excitement has worn off and things don’t feel easier yet. This is where many people assume something is wrong. In reality, this phase is where stabilization begins.
Research shows that effort doesn’t gradually decline. Instead, it drops suddenly, very late in the process — often when you’re already 90–95% of the way through building the habit. Most people quit just before this point, not because they failed, but because things feel boring.
Boredom isn’t a warning sign. It’s a signal that routines are settling, blood sugar and energy are stabilizing, and the nervous system is adapting. This is the phase no one explains — and the one that matters most.
We also explore why the brain resists change, how repetition without renegotiation turns behavior into default, and why ease comes from consistency held long enough — not motivation, intensity, or trying harder.
This episode offers a preview of the deeper conversations we have inside Victory Vault, a once-a-year program designed to help you identify what’s keeping you stuck, clarify who you want to become, and build habits that no longer cost you energy.
🔓 Programs Mentioned
Victory Vault
🗓 Starts January 26 | 2-week program
👉 www.yourvictoryvault.com
5-Day Peak Week Shred January 12 -17
A short, strategic reset for body composition and momentum
👉 www.5dayshred.com
If things feel hard right now, you’re likely not failing — you’re just not finished.
[email protected]
In this episode, we break down why habits feel hardest right before they actually stick — and why so many people quit at exactly the wrong moment.
Most of the anxiety around goals, body composition, or behavior change doesn’t come from lack of effort. It comes from not understanding how habit formation actually works.
I introduce a concept known as the habit formation curve (sometimes called the power curve of habit building). Early on, effort is high, results are inconsistent, and every action requires conscious decision-making. This is normal. Your brain is actively overriding old patterns, which is metabolically expensive.
The confusion happens in the middle phase — when you’re still showing up, but the excitement has worn off and things don’t feel easier yet. This is where many people assume something is wrong. In reality, this phase is where stabilization begins.
Research shows that effort doesn’t gradually decline. Instead, it drops suddenly, very late in the process — often when you’re already 90–95% of the way through building the habit. Most people quit just before this point, not because they failed, but because things feel boring.
Boredom isn’t a warning sign. It’s a signal that routines are settling, blood sugar and energy are stabilizing, and the nervous system is adapting. This is the phase no one explains — and the one that matters most.
We also explore why the brain resists change, how repetition without renegotiation turns behavior into default, and why ease comes from consistency held long enough — not motivation, intensity, or trying harder.
This episode offers a preview of the deeper conversations we have inside Victory Vault, a once-a-year program designed to help you identify what’s keeping you stuck, clarify who you want to become, and build habits that no longer cost you energy.
🔓 Programs Mentioned
Victory Vault
🗓 Starts January 26 | 2-week program
👉 www.yourvictoryvault.com
5-Day Peak Week Shred January 12 -17
A short, strategic reset for body composition and momentum
👉 www.5dayshred.com
If things feel hard right now, you’re likely not failing — you’re just not finished.
[email protected]
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