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Mistakes That Cause Failure When Your Goal Is Losing Weight
By: Randall Gartman
I have really researched why people generally fail
at getting healthy and fit and you might be surprised to find out
it isn't your lack of willpower or some genetic defect in your body.
The medical industry has almost convinced a huge population of overweight
people that they are fat because of their genetics and it is appalling.
I won't get into that right now but I will tell you
that if you believe your are helpless to some genetic defect, it
will limit your success before even start. I mean, how much effort
do you think you will actually put into something if you think you
will only get minimal results?
Here are a few easy mistakes you can make.
Easy Mistake# 1: Trying to lose weight. If
you are trying to lose weight, you are already defeated before you
start. Stepping on a scale is not a true test of your body composition.
If you are participating in an exercise program and you gain some
muscle, the scale is basically lying to you and telling you that
you put on weight. If you are trying to monitor your results, you
need to check your Body Fat percentages.
If you step on a scale to find out if you are losing
weight and your exercise program put some muscle on you, then you
subconsciously tell yourself that your plan isn't working, even
if it is. Since you don't want to keep doing a program that isn't
working, you decide to find something else that will.
Which leads me to easy mistake #2.
Easy Mistake #2: Being Impatient.
Most people don't continue longer than 30 days on any diet and exercise
program. This can be for a variety of reasons but primarily it is
because their results aren't working fast enough. However, some
other reasons people are impatient is because they have stepped
on a scale (see above), their exercise routine is debilitating and
they have been convinced their food needs to taste bad to be healthy.
Since nobody wants to eat nasty tasting food or exercise
in a gym until they drop, they quickly lose interest in any long
term weight loss goals.
Choosing a moderate exercise program, staying off
the scale and really learning how to truly balance your meals with
tasty recipes will help tremendously but there is one more important
thing you must know.
Most plans don't even really kick into high gear
until 30 days have passed, especially if you have been shutting
down your metabolism with YO-YO dieting.
Easy Mistake #3: Poor exercise choices in
the gym! People want to lose fat around the belly, hips
and thighs so they concentrate on those areas most. That sounds
reasonable but it doesn't help you very much when you are trying
to lose fat.
You can't spot reduce your fat in certain
areas and many of the exercises for Abdominal's, Hips and
Thighs are very small exercise movements and burn the fewest calories.
You could actually be spending hours in the gym killing yourself
on these small exercise movements and getting very little results.
Even though some very small muscles seem to be working (you gauge
your results by the pain you feel) , your body fat won't disappear
until you choose better exercise movements.
Stay tuned for the Next TIP-Tow
- "How To Target Your Heart Rate To Boost Your Metabolism"
Randall Gartman
Certified Fitness Specialist and
Lifestyle and Wellness Coach
randall@randallgartman.com
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www.randallgartman.com
www.stopbeingoverweight.com
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