Losing weight is a sensitive subject for many as it is not always the easiest thing to achieve in reality.

Where to start, how to start, to stay motivated and focused are often the dominating questions most individuals ask.

Advertising makes Losing Weight Difficult

Sounds ridiculous to hear someone say media and advertising makes weight loss difficult, but it is true. Every single day whether it is on billboards, magazines, online or television, you see beautiful skinny models promoting different diets, diet pills, or best exercise. Exercise machines, weight loss belts, and clothing to be worn promise to shrink you in no time.

This is where your downfall starts before you even start your weight loss effort. Your subconscious mind plays the biggest role in losing weight and as soon as you do not achieve the promised results, you could give up.

Listen ONLY To Yourself

You are the one person who truly knows you, your abilities, capabilities, and reasons for wanting to lose weight. Losing weight for other reasons than medically, is a conscious decision, which only one person can make for you, YOU! Do not see losing weight as a battle, as some battles cannot be won; instead see it as a challenge to you.

Have a positive outlook on changing your life for the better as having a healthy weight has many benefits apart from self-confidence.

How to Start and Persevere

Start Immediately

Why, you may ask, as most people have a specific date or planned day? Ask yourself why you have to wait until Monday for example. Do you want to finish the loaf of white bread, finish all the sweets and desserts in the fridge, empty the pantry, or what? Emptying it all out is not a bad idea, but not into your stomach! Making the decision to lose weight should not be a ticket to overeating as you will end up suffering in the future. If you have chosen a specific meal plan such as low carb or low calorie diets and certain products are not stocked yet, does not mean you have to continue bad habits. If the plan originally was to cook steak and chips, omit the chips for example.

Start your exercise routine

Exercise is key and we all have to start somewhere, so do not attempt to start a program which is beyond your fitness level. A program is worked out according to the masses and in general, it is a fit and slim instructor showing you your routines. Keep in mind your own limitations, but do not slack simply because you think you cannot do it. You may not be able to do 50 abs crunches or push ups today, but your own strength will surprise you. Each time you should aim to push yourself a little harder, a little longer!

Be kind to yourself

You are human and you are going to lose weight, that was YOUR decision, right? If the temptation is just too overwhelming and you do end up eating that piece of chocolate or cake, there is no reason to feel guilty or throw in the towel. The biggest mistake to make is deciding that you have failed by eating an unhealthy item. If you have a bad day, pick up where you left off and work harder. Put in another extra 30 minutes at the gym or raise the intensity of your exercise routine.

Be Realistic

You cannot expect to lose excess weight overnight, and take into consideration that your first weeks results will vary from other weeks. During your first week, you lose a lot of water and you will notice that the closer you are to your goal, the more persistent fat seems to be. Web MD suggests setting realistic goals averaging around 1 – 2 pounds per week.

Maintain

Once you have reached your goal weight, do not fall back into bad habits of before. When you decide to lose weight, do not see it as a diet as diets never last.

See it as a lifestyle of healthy eating and well balanced eating and you will not pack the pounds on again.

Once you are happy with your weight, continue with the amount of calories you consume at that stage, for example. Should you pick up some pounds during holiday seasons and festive periods, make sure you do not shoot completely out of proportion, but manageable additional pounds, which are easy to shed.

Weight loss retreat

Attending a weight loss retreat is another great way of getting yourself into the right mind set, with the support of like minded people with the same ultimate goal you have. To lose weight, and maintaining your weight.

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The world of bodybuilding, losing AND gaining weight is such a tricky thing because so many people do not know where to start, what to do, how to do it, and what works and what doesn’t.

Especially in this day and age where most people do not talk about how they do certain things and how they achieve their goals; everything is kept a ‘secret.’

And then there are all those adverts and infomercials trying to sell us the latest supplement pill, or the latest piece of fitness equipment which is going to help us lose weight with only ten minutes a day.  BUT WAIT there’s more!  Yes there is more, most of these products do not work nearly as good as they claim to.  They are in business to make money, so obviously they will try to market their product as best as they can in order to sell and make a profit.  Anyone can claim their product is the best on the market without having to back it up and prove it.

Then many people look to other means in hope of receiving some form of ‘help’ in achieving their ideal body, in order for them to put the least amount of effort into it, i.e. a shortcut.  For example, a lot of people ask me about certain supplements and if they will work, and how long will it take to see a difference? Or what is the best supplement to help me lose weight quickly?  Or even how do I get big, I eat so much and gym so hard but nothing.  Many times these statements are backed up by very poor eating habits and minimal training intensity and duration.

Now for the moment you have all been waiting for.  The BIG secret to losing, or gaining weight.  Yes it is FINALLY here!

There is NO secret!  No secret pill, no secret machine, nothing.  If you want something good you have to be prepared to put in the time and effort to get it.

Changing your body takes a commitment from you; you need to make the decision and start with the way you eat and the way you train.

The secret, is it takes TIME and CONSISTENCY.  The secret is boring, not something you want to hear, but there you have it, it is what it is.

Your diet is one of the most important factors in determining how you look and feel.  Yes it will take some practice and research to find out what the right foods are and what is the best way to train, but it will be worth it and will teach you a great deal.  Your diet needs to be sorted out first before you should even look to supplements or anything else because you can make tremendous changes in your body with just controlling what you eat.

Let’s quickly use a simple example.  When building a house, you cannot just start building the walls and putting the windows and the nice fancy cabinet finishes on the inside before you have built a nice solid foundation beneath everything.  This is the same when it comes to fitness.

Your diet, training and rest are the foundation you need to build your body.  Thus we can see how vital these are.  Even with anabolic steroids, if taken without eating sufficiently and training properly, you can expect to see very small results.

So start focusing on good old natural food and maintaining a constant intense training schedule and forget about all the hype surrounding these so called ‘magic’ pills and equipment.

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