Sometimes we just can’t see the things we should until they are staring at us directly in the face.

Using a mental mirror or self-reflection is an activity I have my clients do sometimes. It can help them see their mistakes, denial, roadblocks, positives, negatives, etc., that otherwise wouldn’t be visible to them. I don’t do this with just fat loss either. I expand this to anything in life and invite you to use it for work goals, love life, etc. The key is to be as honest as you can in a letter to yourself, to make each letter stick to that topic, and to not hold back, at all, about anything. You need to talk to this letter as if you are confessing the problem, not explaining it.

Since this is a fat loss blog I want your first letter to be about your body composition, your fat loss, your training, etc. This is what your letter should ask and answer…

• When did you start trying to lose fat?
• Why did you start trying to lose fat?
• What have you tried?
• Did it work?
• What has worked best for you?
• What hasn’t worked best for you?
• What keeps you trying?
• What makes you fail?
• Who and what do you blame?
• What have you accomplished?
• What is your ultimate dream?

Now don’t read the rest of this until you have written that letter.

Go away.

Seriously, you’re pissing me off.

Now read your letter to yourself and circle the areas of achievement.

Circle the times you lost weight.
Circle the times you were proud of your training.
Circle your dream you want to work towards.

Now are you doing those things?

Are you using your strengths?

If taking extra walks in the day and counting points worked for you then do it! Just learn this time WHY it worked for you so you don’t veer off track again.

If training body part splits and eating chicken and almonds everyday worked for you then do it! Just learn this time WHY so you aren’t just “getting lucky” with losing the fat.

Most of the time the answer is right there, you’re just mentally blocking yourself from seeing it. If you need a guide to help get past the blockage then what are you waiting for? X marks the spot.

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