Posts Tagged ‘body goals’

Dear Fat Loss, You Suck…


28 Jul

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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.

I am going to keep it simple today


24 Jan

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1.Grab a pen and paper.

2.Write down goals that you have achieved in the past towards your fitness and body comp. Not what you are trying to achieve but what you already have achieved.

Need some ideas?

-Stuck to a pre-made meal plan the whole day
-Did every workout I planned to the whole week
-Finished reading a great book on fitness and health
-Came up with a healthy and fast meal
-Help educate others on proper nutrition

3. Write underneath the goal how achieving that made you feel and what you learned.

Example:

  • Goal Achieved-I created 1 weeks worth of meals plans for my fat loss goal and stuck to it the whole week without failure.
  • Feeling about goal-I felt great! I not only stuck to my set goal and felt accomplished in that, but I lost 1lb of fat that week and made good strength increases.
  • Lesson Learned-That I can stick to a plan, it was really hard some of the time, but I did do it and I am a little proud of myself.

4. For the next week repeat as many of those goals as possible.

Sometimes we get so caught up in achieving a goal that we see completing that goal as the end, when really it should be the start to doing it all over again. For example, Fat loss is just achieving one good day over and over again.

A do-over is just another chance to do it.

The Fat Loss Troubleshooter – Leigh Peele

Common Sense Meets Advanced Knowledge