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How to Keep Losing When Its Boring


31 Oct

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Ah the two week slump.

Anyone who is a trainer or works with clients knows all to well about the two week slump. The first week of dieting down and training was exciting. You lost weight almost everyday, you felt great, you felt inspired and like you could take on the world! Global warming? Chump change! Problems with your Mother-in-Law? No fly’s on you! That new co-worker that you wanted to beat with a shovel? The two of you are the best of friends now! Yes, it is safe to say that in week one you were conquering the world!

Week two…not so much.You hate your Mother-In-Law again, you don’t have the time nor the energy for recycling your bottles, and your “new best friend” not only deserves a shovel in the face but you are thinking of joining a support group for murderous thoughts. Did I mention the diet and training? Your montage just couldn’t hold up and you are about to buckle big time, if you haven’t already. What to do? How do you get past this rut, this slump, this dip!?

The Top 4 ways to get through the Two Week Slump!

#1 Keep it real

The biggest problem for most people is they expect the same results they had the first week to happen in the second week. Sure this can happen sometimes, especially with those who have a larger amount of fat to lose. However, you have to be realistic!

Did you really burn 12,000 excess calories than what you ate this week? If so than fantastic for you but for most of the world it looks more like 3000-5000 even with the best of dieting down efforts. Take into account the water loss and glycogen depletion you already had in the first week and you should be at a break even or slight loss the second week.

Did you know though that if you can hang on there is usually a fantastic drop and rev up the third and fourth week if you stay perfect on track? Trust me, the course may be a little slower, but it comes. Even if you watch shows like the Biggest Loser where they are burning loads of calories a week and eating a few pudding cups, they have a great first week and a crap second week.

Don’t get so caught up in the scale, it is the trend that matters. Trust the process and don’t let the doubt of “this doesn’t work” set in. It works, it is what it is. Trust it and keep it up.

#2 Keep motivated

This is the time to pull out all the inspirational stops.  Here are a few ideas/items to stock in your inspire box…

  • Music: I don’t care if it is New Kids or New Order. If it pumps you up listen to it and often.
  • Clothes: Women AND guys find an outfit, bathing suit, etc and keep it in your constant view.
  • Books/Audio Inspiration: Don’t be ashamed of a self-help section, sometimes you are all you have. Inspiration can come in many forms and text.
  • Message Board/Support groups: Find people that are on the same journey and use them for help during the tough moments.

#3 Go do something you wouldn’t

You want to change? You want to be a different person or more so a better you? How exactly are you going to do that if you are playing it safe in your comfort zone?

You have got to do something different! You have to keep yourself in constant reminder of why you want to change. It is pretty easy to fall back into old patterns when you didn’t keep yourself uncomfortable to make a difference in the first place. It is easy to hide out in you safe spots with people who love you. At the core of this though you want some bigger and more. Be it a physical goal or a mental breakthrough, you have to start working for it NOW instead of when you are “done.”

#4 Everyday you must question

why?

Everyday you must sit through and start the process all over again. Ask yourself these questions…

  • What is my goal?
  • What do I want?
  • Who do I want to be?
  • Why am I really doing this?
  • Why do I really want this?
  • How do I feel when I am winning at this?

Asking yourself daily important questions is going to be key to providing yourself with a lifetime of giving yourself the answers.

5 Tips I Know For Fat Loss


23 Jul

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1-You can’t overtrain a bad diet.

Go ahead and bust your butt in that gym all you want but if you are still eating an excess of calories then you aren’t going to lose the excess bulge.

2- Sample-day at the stores might get you after all.

Nibbles can ruin your fat loss. Do me a favor and take the next week, just one week, and write down every single thing you put in to your mouth. Not the calories, just the food. Then write down what you “think” all that was calorie-wise. Now I want you to look it up. Yeah I know, sucks.

If you want to have a cookie, have a cookie! Just count the damn thing.

3-”Magic Muscle Growth” only counts if your body is actually changing.

Quick tip: if you really are putting on all that muscle that you are using to explain stalled scale weight, then your body would be changing as well. Muscle does hide scale weight, but it also shows a hot body. If you aren’t getting the hot body then re-check your efforts.

4-You will be hungry, tired, and angry.

I am one of the few trainers (in fact I don’t see this much of anywhere) that admits that this process should be hard. I don’t lie. It’s the lying and the “happy diet” approach that is getting people into so much trouble. This process sucks; I am honest about that. HOWEVER, you can do it and are awesome to even try. Remember love needs to follow tough.

5-You are not alone.

Right now I can easily give you a list of 50,000 thousand people, at the snap of my fingers, their contact info, who have cried this week because they are scared, frustrated, tired, hungry, happy, sad, proud, about to kill a loved one…all because of fat loss.

You are not in this alone. The education will guide you to getting this done faster, but the belief in yourself to do it is even more important. If you are finding you are failing yourself sometimes then do whatever it takes to find more support and take it home!

Top 3 Reasons Your Fat Loss Still Isn’t Working


20 Jul

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Why do I use the word ”still” in this post title?

Recently there has been a lot of talk of the importance of counting calories and measuring your intake. Who thinks though that it could possibly be that simple? If it were REALLY that simple, then what am I doing selling not one but two books on the subject?

Here’s the reasons it isn’t so simple:

Reason #1-Your Calories are Right, But Your Burn Isn’t

You may be counting your calories right but your idea of what your burn is can be so off that you are just spinning your wheels. Did you know that your burn can range from 60 calories an hour to 500 calories an hour depending on factors beyond just that of weight and gender? In my book, the Fat Loss Troubleshoot, I help explain how to really gauge your activity, and not only that but how to make the best of it.

Reason #2-You Have Been Doing This Too Long.

You CAN diet too much. You CAN train too hard. No, you CAN’T defy the laws of energy, but, that doesn’t mean you can’t screw up your laws of energy. If you find yourself in the position of trying to lose 10 pounds for 3 years, then it might be time to look into some real metabolism boosting. In the Metabolic Repair Manual you can see step-by-step how a metabolism works, how a slow-down really happens, and what to do to reverse it if need.

Reason #3-All Glory, No Guts.

It’s 100% acceptable that you don’t want to do this. It’s reasonable that you do not want to physically burn layers of your body off from the inside. I mean, when you think about the concept it’s pretty wicked! Who wants to do that?! However, when it’s all said and done you either do this or you don’t. You either want it or you don’t. Don’t fear jumping in, just don’t dive in head first into shallow water and crack your head.

We aren’t owed glory. Luck happens, glory is earned.

The Fat Loss Troubleshooter – Leigh Peele

Common Sense Meets Advanced Knowledge