The Dark Side Of Training

“Stay away from the dark side.”

Sometimes when we want something bad enough it doesn’t always matter how we get it. We all want to look and feel great but just like everything there is a good and a bad way to do it. Having great nutrition and exercise program is a great way of approaching weight loss but going on crazy fad diets and extreme workouts is the wrong way to go.

All too often I’m hearing somebody wants to drop 20 pounds this month and is starting a grapefruit only diet and is working on an elliptical for 2 hours at a time.

Going through such extremes can kill your body and the real secret behind permanent weight loss is lifestyle changes. Yep you gotta change your life if you want to keep those pounds off.

Now this change doesn’t have to come immediately, heck we’re all scared of such a big change. Start up a routine by going to the gym 3 times a week and do that for a month straight. Pretty soon you’ll be used to going to the gym and it’ll become a regular habit of yours.

Same goes with nutrition. For breakfast try eating some old school oatmeal every morning for 21 days and it’ll become a habit. Now I personally am not a fan of regular old oat meal but through some experiments I found it tastes much better when I put some raw honey on it and some sliced up bananas.

Keep experimenting and see what works best for you.

It would be great to actually find a magic weight loss pill that kept us looking and feeling great but the real truth is that the only way you can accomplish that is by

making some permanent changes in your life. This means no more late runs to Taco Bell and no more skipping breakfast or the gym.

If you watch what fit looking people do you’ll always hear or see them consistently doing things that keep them fit. They’re either always working out or they’re eating healthy most of the time.

I’ve heard reports saying you can only safely lose 2-3 pounds per week but I’ve seen you can safely lose around 5 pounds per week if your nutrition is on point

and your workouts are awesome. Now once you stop all this and you go back to your old ways…the fat will pack on twice as fast as it took to lose it.

Fortunately it probably won’t be as hard to lose it the second time around because of muscle memory and such but this still sets you back and the starting line.

One of the biggest reasons I’ve found more people aren’t successful at losing weight is because of fear and doubt. Fearing failure and change while doubting yourself with negative self talk is a recipe for disaster.

I recommend to all my clients in the morning before they work out is to do some deep breathing exercises and to do 5-10 minutes of positive meditation. And guess what? My most successful clients are the ones who do these exercises every morning.

Fear and doubt can paralyze you so you won’t go ask out that girl you’ve been seeing at the store every Saturday or can keep you from getting that promotion you really deserve.

When people tell me their B.S. reasons as to why they can’t lose weight I always know the underlying cause … fear and doubt. “Oh I have bad genetics” and “I don’t have the time to work out.” Yeah right!

I’ve heard every excuse in the book and seen so many people drop off on their path to success that it makes me sick. Get rid of your fear and doubt and start getting stuff done or else you’re going to stay fat.

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