If you are someone that is trying or has tried to lose weight and sculpt a better body, then you know how difficult it is to get where you want to be.
Frustration can set in pretty fast when you don’t see progress and the temptation to go back to old habits is easier each day.
In my experience working with fat loss clients, I find that the people that recognize their obstacles are the most successful.
Once you realize what is hindering your progress it is much easier to find ways to overcome those obstacles and get where you need to go.
In contrast, the people that say things like “I just cant lose the weight!” or “I have tried everything, and I cant make any progress.” Are the people that usually fail.
The first step is to figure out what is getting in your way to fat loss.
I am going to share things throughout the week that I have seen and worked on with clients that ultimately have gotten in the way of being successful in losing fat.
Today, I am going to talk about Diet and Self-Discipline. Be sure to share your thoughts on both aspects and maybe how you were able to overcome these issues.
Diet
More time than not, it is people’s diet that gets in the way of successful fat loss. You cannot out work a crappy diet. In other words, you can have the best fat loss training routine around, but if you diet is bad, you wont get far. The tricky part of this, is the majority of people I have dealt with truly believe that their diet is good and that it must be something else. Once I look at their diet it becomes obvious that what they are putting in their mouths is the real problem. Again, opening your eyes and really recognizing the problem is key here and most people just don’t know how to do that.
If you are serious about losing fat and getting a better body, you must figure out the diet part of this. If you cannot afford to hire a professional to help you, try to seek out someone that has experience in helping people lose weight. If that is not an option, there are plenty of online options as well. You can purchase a program like Mike offers to guide you. Warp Speed Fat loss and The Naked Nutrition Guide awesome programs that if followed, will get you where you want to go.
Discipline
Being disciplined is probably the biggest factor that gets in the way of people trying to lose weight. You are either disciplined or you are not. There really isn’t an in between when you are trying to burn fat. Following your diet and program ¾ of the time isn’t going to get you the results you are after. This is a tough pill for some people to swallow, but it is essential that you figure out your discipline level and work on it everyday.
Use a daily journal to help you “see” how disciplined you really are. Obviously you will have to be honest with yourself to really see what is going on, but if you are, you will be able to understand your discipline levels.
Start by writing down every single thing you do throughout the day that has to do with your diet and exercise. At the end of each day, compare your journal notes to your program. See how close you were to following your plan. At the end of the week add up how many days you followed your plan and also how many days you didn’t. Awareness is the first step in fixing the problem. You might be surprised at how many things are missed or skipped throughout your days and weeks. Fix the discipline problems are you are on your way.
There are so many solidly entrenched misconceptions about what foods are healthy. I’m constantly faced with how to change people’s paradigms about food. When the food industry has done such an amazing job of convincing people that a bowl of cereal is a great way to start your day, there is a lot of momentum to overcome when trying to explain that the same bowl of cereal may not be the best choice for fat loss…
Being open to changing ideas about food is indeed a big step in the fat loss process.
Thanks for the post.
Cheers,
Adam
Adam
Couldn’t agree with you more. I have battles with people all of the time about not only what is good for losing fat, but issues about eating healthy too. In that same context, a lot of people believe that because something is fat free, then it must be healthy.
There are still people that tell me they cannot lose weight and they are eating ‘bars’ full of sugar all day long and they have no idea.
Recognition is the first step.
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