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 in 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 is the lying and the “happy diet” approach that is getting people in 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!

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Why do I say still?

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 what am I doing selling not one but two books on the subject?

These are the reasons it isn’t that 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 hr to 500 calories an hr 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 make the best of it.

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

You CAN diet too much. You CAN train to 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 is 100% acceptable that you don’t want to do this. It is reasonable that you do not want to physically burn layers of your body off from the inside. I mean when you think about that it is pretty wicked! Who wants to do that?! However, when it is 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.

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

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Dear Leigh-

Signed ( I will save you the embarrassment )

I have got this statement recently, that OPT For Fat Loss is a wimpy program, it isn’t for men, etc. OPT is a fat loss program, period. Yeah a hot chick demonstrates the program but take Lyle’s Rapid Fat Loss program, a hot chick doing those workouts too, don’t see any men punking out there.

Currently online I can point you to tons of men and females doing the programs that I have laid out, I do not tailor to the ladies only. That being said ladies do love me.

Here is the kicker though, and something you men should think about.

Every see that slimquick commercial…wait I will find it for you…

Disclaimer: Slimquick is stupid, Slimquick is a scam, do not buy slimquick, and pray for Ted’s life. Ted, we are there for you man. 

Now what did we take from this commercial other than the fact that ted needs to fear for his life due to a frustration…we will call her…Helga.

We learn that primarily, in general, men have a faster rate of loss then women. That is it “easier” for men to lose fat then women.

Well here is a quick tip for you guys out there. If women are dropping the weight like flies from this program…what do you think will happen to you?

How about them apples!

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That was a questions I got sent to me.I have the ultimate and definitive test for ending body composition and it takes very little time.

What you will need:

• Little clothing, usually a bathing suit or swim trunks works
• Good Lighting
• Mirror or Camera (ideally both)

What you will need to do:

1. Get dressed
2. Turn on the good lighting
3. Stand in front of the camera/mirror and take pictures of yourself from multiple angles and sides.

Do you like what you see? If Yes,  don’t lose it and enjoy your hard earned work.

Do you not like what you see?  If No, either work harder or determine if your demands are starting to be unhealthy or unrealistic.

How to determine that?  Another blog for another day.

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