The real challenge is to take a good hard and honest look at yourself and summon up the courage to make permanent, positive changes in the way you think and behave when it comes to your body.
Those faddy diets and exercise programmes that seem to come along endlessly will never be the answer. You secretly know that but the “quick fix” will always be a temptation, and there’s an endless stream of people looking to rip you off and promise miracles.
You may try to talk yourself into it by telling yourself “stories” about the way it could be different this time.
“I’m only doing it to give myself a kickstart, then I will go back to eating normally”.
“This new shake diet hasn’t got any preservatives though, honestly it’s all natural-it must be true the person selling it to me told me”!
“I just want to do “cardio” until lose the weight and THEN I will do weights”.
These statements I hear all the time, and they all get a similar response from me.
Long term, you are going to be eating regular food every day, not shakes and bars so you had better get used to make the right choices now, and making those choices permanent. Fresh, natural food ought to be your lifetime choices, and these
ought to be your “kickstart” and permanent choice.
The “cardio first then weights later” debate should have ended when we discovered the earth is flat. Weight training and training against resistance of ANY kind will burn fat quicker than just mindlessly walking on a treadmill, a cross trainer (we threw out cross trainers years ago) or a bike.
Anyone who ever tells you that treadmills and bikes ONLY is the best way to lose fat please ask them if their livelihood depends on getting that question right? Once you discover that they don’t study health and fitness for a living and earn their living doing something completely different, then that is the moment you should totally disregard their advice.
Bikes and treadmills still have their place in your sessions, but there’s heck of a lot of other options that need to be in your schedule too, many of them much more productive to help you reach your goals faster.
The variety we have now is huge, and it’s all designed to get your metabolism firing on all cylinders, and deliver results in a massive way. Changing your body quickly has never been so achievable, and making those changes permanent is entirely possible.
