Three Key Truths to Help You Stay on Track, Lose the Fat, and Lose the Weight
Body change is hard. Weight loss is hard. Doing the little things that add up to the big results is hard! If it were easy, no one would be fat!
As an in-home personal trainer, I spend a lot of time helping my clients stay motivated. Here are three ideas I share most often with my future weight-loss phenoms. And by the way, to learn more about what I do and how to get a ridiculous discount on my upcoming project "The Little Ebook on Fat Loss and Weight Loss", send an email to adam@keepyourbetterhalf.com.
Weight-Loss Motivational Truth #1: Saying No Makes You Stronger!
Remember the last time you said no to the overweight co-worker when she offered you cake. Remember how it hurt to suffer through watching others eat cake...then an hour later you felt really proud of yourself? Remember that? That feeling of pride is a result of empowerment. A moment came for weakness to overtake you and you got strong! Each time you say no, saying no gets easier. It's like lifting weights. Very difficult at first because not much muscle exists, but over time it gets easier.
Some people are worried about offending the person offering them the chance to be weak. Don't worry about offending the fat. Be offended that they want you to chew on your daily dues. You will only have to tell each person the following line ONE TIME and they will be slow to offer you goodies in the future: "No thanks. I decided I need to treat myself better, so I'm sticking to foods that make me feel good about me."
People HATE being rejected. Saying no to them once, and alerting them that no is in their future tends to thwart the efforts of those trying to keep you fat.
Weight-Loss Motivational Truth #2: Failing to Plan Results in Failure
Too often I hear this story: food plans are going great, exercise is going well, until that ONE DAY when we wake up late, have to run out the door, and we end up grabbing whatever food comes our way because we are starving, too busy to think about food at work, and then get stuck at a dinner meeeting where all the options are love handles waiting to happen. Where was the protein shake fairy when you needed her? This is a killer day that needs to be avoided!
Planning is everything! Always make your snacks and lunch the night before. Always go through your day and your foods the night before. Seriously, it takes five minutes. Go ahead, take some time for you, and set yourself up for success. You are worth it!
The one day that you don't plan your stuff ahead of time will end up being the one day when everything comes crashing down on you. Murphy's Law will kick in. The boss will be extra demanding on your "I didn't plan ahead" day. The kids will make a mess in the car while you are driving. Your protein shake will fall over and spill everywhere when you won't think you have time to make/buy another one.
And your momentum and spirit will be crushed. Give yourself the gift of 5 minutes every night just to set up success for the following day. Weight loss and body change are not accidents. They require careful planning! Plan your way into your new body!
Weight-Loss Motivational Truth #3: Keeping Your Eye on the Prize is the Best Way to Get the Prize!
Is it the pair of jeans you haven't fit into in six years? Hang them up in the kitchen! Is it the event where you will see your newly exed-spouse? Put their picture on your bathroom mirror! Is it the in-laws who say you will never lose the weight (which, by the way, aren't they fat too?)? Quote their prognostications on an index card and look at it every day.
Whether you want to fit into different clothes, draw the attention of a past flame (or potential flame!), or put some negativity to rest from the naysayers, be sure to revisit your "why" every single day. When you can connect to the positive emotions body change will bring and anchor them into your system, saying yes to the gym and saying no to the cake get a lot easier to say! By reminding yourself why it's important to do the right thing each day, you are more likely to do the right thing and get your body where it needs to be! Keep your eye on the prize!
Adam Erwin is an in-home personal trainer who travels the world to work with people who are ready to put excuses aside and work hard to change their body. Visit www.keepyourbetterhalf.com to learn more about what Adam does, who he works with, and how you can have him come and work with you! A Minneapolis resident, Adam will work close to home (Eden Prairie, Wayzata, Minnetonka, Edina) or will travel to your location (San Diego, Miami, Phoenx, Sidney Australia) to work with you.