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Why Perfection is Secretly the Enemy of Progress

By Josh ·

Less of Us — progress, not perfection

Progress, not perfection. Less excuses. More us. 💙💪

Let’s be straight with you—this is not your typical weight loss website.

You’re not going to find perfectly lit progress photos here, or a guru telling you that discipline is just one “mindset shift” away. You won’t find a 12-step program promising to fix your life if you just believe hard enough. That stuff never worked for me, and I’m guessing it hasn’t worked for you either.

Shedding the Excuses Before Shedding the Weight

Less Of Us started because I got tired.

I was tired of starting over, and tired of doing it completely alone. Most of all, I was tired of pretending that “I’ll start Monday” was a real plan.

The idea was simple: you can’t shed weight without shedding the excuses first. But somewhere along the way, this mission turned into something bigger than a weight loss journey. People started showing up not just to drop pounds, but to drop the shame, the isolation, and the all-or-nothing thinking that kept them stuck for years.

Maybe that’s you. It was definitely me.


What is the Less Of Us Community?

Less of Us

So what is this place, actually? It’s a community. That’s it. No guru. No expensive program to buy. No pretending any of this is easy.

We check in every day. We tell the truth about how it’s going. We find people who are in the same mess and we keep each other moving—not because it’s always motivating, but because showing up is the whole job.

Progress, Not Perfection

That’s not just something that sounds good on a shirt. It’s genuinely the only thing that’s ever worked for me.


Honest Partnerships: Tools, Not Shortcuts

As this community grows, I want to be upfront about the partners I work with. I’m not putting my name on something just because someone slid into my DMs with a check.


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What’s Coming Next?

This blog is going to be filled with real stories, honest lessons, and practical tools. I’m glad you’re here. Genuinely.

Welcome to Less Of Us.

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