The book behind the question
The Quitting Point
Why You Stop Eating Well and Training.
The Six Reasons, and How to Find Yours.
Navid Moravej, MSc
Fitness and Human Performance Educator, Author and Founder of Booty Center
You know what to do. Understand what keeps getting in the way, and explore a way forward that fits your life.
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Does this feel familiar?
You start with a plan.
Then life gets in the way.
Hunger gets louder. Your schedule changes. One missed day becomes a week. The useful question is: what made continuing difficult?
A fresh startA new plan brings early enthusiasm.
Real-life frictionYour routine meets hunger, competing demands or an unexpected setback.
The turning pointStart over, or understand the obstacle and adjust the approach.
A conceptual illustration, not a measured curve. Real routines vary; continuing is rarely a straight line.
Six drivers. Different ways forward.
Find the pattern behind the stopping.
The book explores six mechanisms that can interrupt eating and training routines. Open a driver to see what its chapter covers.
01Cravings & food noise
When food keeps pulling your attention, even when you intended to eat differently.
Explore this driver +
Chapter: The Fridge That Talks
Explore reward-driven eating and why the pull of food is not always the same as hunger.
02Your body pushes back
When eating less becomes harder, rather than easier, over time.
Explore this driver +
Chapter: The Body Fights Back
Explore the biological responses that can make weight-loss efforts difficult to sustain.
03The all-or-nothing spiral
When one missed workout or unplanned meal becomes a reason to abandon the week.
Explore this driver +
Chapter: Start Again Monday
Explore the emotional patterns behind the familiar cycle of slipping, blaming yourself and restarting.
04Old wiring, modern life
When your surroundings make the easiest choice different from the one you planned.
Explore this driver +
Chapter: Stone Age Software
Explore the mismatch between inherited tendencies and a modern food and activity environment.
05The environment around you
When work, travel, social plans and other people keep changing the conditions.
Explore this driver +
Chapter: The Away Game
Explore how context shapes what you do, and how to make a routine work beyond an ideal day.
06Now versus later
When what feels good now wins over what you wanted for your future.
Explore this driver +
Chapter: The Committee of You
Explore the trade-offs behind everyday decisions and ways to make the next useful action easier.
From reading to reflection
A profile to help you find
your place in the book.
Chapter 8 brings the six drivers together in a 30-question Adherence Profile. Use it to reflect on the patterns you recognise and find the sections most relevant to you.
The profile is a self-reflection tool. It is not a diagnosis or a formally validated psychological test.
- 01Recognise your patterns
Reflect on what happens when your routine becomes difficult.
- 02Find the relevant chapters
Use the profile’s routing map to revisit the drivers that stand out.
- 03Build something workable
Explore practical approaches to eating, training and maintaining your routine.
Inside the book
Understand the problem.
Then build your approach.
Begin with familiar claims about dieting, explore the six drivers, reflect on your own patterns, and move into practical eating and training strategies.
Chapter titles from the manuscript.
The setup
- Introduction · You Are Not the Problem
- 1 · The Lies That Set You Up
The six drivers
- 2 · The Fridge That Talks
- 3 · The Body Fights Back
- 4 · Start Again Monday
- 5 · Stone Age Software
- 6 · The Away Game
- 7 · The Committee of You
Your profile
- 8 · Your Adherence Profile
Make it workable
- 9 · Eating You Can Live With
- 10 · Training You Will Actually Keep
- 11 · The Long Game
- Conclusion · Plans Fail People
In the author’s words
“what is actually happening when a person who wants something, and knows how to get it, stops doing the thing?”
From the introduction to The Quitting Point.
About the author
Navid Moravej, MSc
Before you buy
A few useful answers.
Is this a workout plan or an Academy course?
It is a standalone book about eating, training and consistency. It explores practical approaches, but does not include a personalised training plan, coaching, course enrolment, CEUs or a certificate.
Do I need to be a trainer to read it?
No. The book is relevant to readers reflecting on their own eating and training habits, as well as coaches interested in these patterns.
Can I buy it outside the United States?
The purchase buttons open Amazon.com. Available formats, prices and delivery depend on your location. Check the listing with your delivery address or look for the title in your local Amazon store.
Where do I complete the 30-question profile?
The profile is part of Chapter 8 in the book. This page does not include a separate online assessment.
The Quitting Point
Before you start over,
understand what made you stop.
Explore the six drivers and practical ways to make eating and training more workable in your life.
PDF: instant download from Booty Center. Paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon; price and availability vary by country.