Wednesday, February 13, 2008

How Not To Lose 23 Pounds In A Month

How Not To Lose 23 Pounds In A Month
Would you like to lose over 20 pounds in a month? OK,
that's actually pretty easy. You can go on a crazy diet and
drop over 20 pounds. But do you know what's going to happen
next month?

Next month you will gain 10 pounds back, and the month
after you will gain 10 more. Now you are back where you
started. But of course you will gain some more pounds in
the third month and now you are heavier than when you were
before the diet.

I call this the diet disaster cycle. Go through this cycle
a couple of times a year for a few years and you are really
in trouble. Yo-yoing like this is very common and very
unhealthy.

Many of the women that hire me as their fitness coach yo-yo
like this for years, getting heavier every year, before
they come to me for help. It's a self-destructive cycle,
but there is a solution.

It takes a mindset shift to break the cycle and I am about
to reveal to you how it helped my client Jen and how it can
help you.

Most people - when they start a weight loss plan (if they
have one) - are rather short-sighted, and Jen was no
exception. When Jen started, her mindset was 'let me take a
month or two to lose the weight, so I can get back to my
normal life.' This is the destructive dieting mentality.

The problem is her normal life is what caused her to put on
the pounds to begin with. So going back to 'normal life' is
not an option. Ever.

Jen needed a new 'normal life.' She had to understand that
this isn't a short-term project, but rather a change of
habits and lifestyle. She had to learn that she can never
go back to eating crap every day and not exercising.

The good news is that there is room for desert every once
in a while.

Even if you don't realize it, you are probably a lot like
Jen subconsciously. Take a moment to decide - do you want
to lose weight and look good for a month, or do you want to
lose weight and be hot and healthy forever.

The second option is more difficult, but far more
fulfilling and rewarding.

Seek a permanent solution.

"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless
it means effort, pain, difficulty... I have never in my
life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have
envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led
them well.'

-Theodore Roosevelt


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George Grigoryan is a fitness coach who has helped dozens
of women sculpt the body of their dreams. To get his latest
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