This week I’m covering my 5 Rules of LASTING fat loss.
Yesterday, I covered Rule
#1.
Check your email if you missed it. The subject line was “The 5 Rules of LASTING Weight Loss.”
Today, here’s Rule #2: PUT THE WORK IN.
Just about every product or service out there about weight loss tries to sell you on not having to do any actual hard work.
Sorry, it just doesn’t work (there’s that word again) that
way.
Anything worth having requires some degree of work.
There are pretty much no exceptions.
Even in my
Fast and Forever Fat Loss book, it promises quick results in ~2 weeks, but you have to graft HARD for those results.
But
unfortunately, most people want to find a way around this and people who are better marketers than true fitness experts will be happy to sell it to you.
If you’re not willing to work at it, then seriously, don’t bother.
Also, don’t get “paralysis by analysis” either. That’s where you spend so much time
researching that you never actually put anything to work, always looking for the next best thing instead.
I’ve also heard the excuse, “I’ll start your program when I get in a little bit better shape.”
This is probably the worst one of them all! Do you realise how daft that is?
So, be ready to work. Better yet, be EXCITED to work. You've got to embrace the hard times and cherish them, and enjoy
putting the hard work in.
You already know things you can take action on right now, for example drink 500ml water before each meal, eat two portions of fruit/veg with each meal or get 10,000 steps in per day. You could literally start to do one of those things immediately (after finishing reading this email of course).
Here’s why it’s so important you do so:
When you take action you
begin to build confidence. Action breeds more action. You feel even better about yourself and your ability to succeed, so you keep taking action towards success.
Do something that moves you towards your goals. Right now.
If not for the immediate results, do it for what happens in your mind - you build self-confidence and move from thinking to doing. You’re making progress... no matter how
small.
As you do this, your identity becomes about being a “doer” - an action taker, and these positive action start to become routine…
Once it becomes routine it becomes a catalyst for more action.
And, the only way to achieving LASTING weight loss is through constant action! You can't rest on your laurels and expect to easily maintain your results without at least a little
work.
Everyone has more potential that you realise (I see this all the time with clients when they first sign up), but unless that potential is fed by the positive beliefs (both self, and from supportive others), attitudes, and resources... then followed up by regular action taking... it remains untapped and wasted.
Let me break it down further:
Perceived level of potential
↓
Take action
based on potential
↓
A result (good or bad)
↓
Result reinforces or changes your belief about your potential
↓
Back to taking action based on potential
↓
etc.
The problem is most people have such a limited belief about their potential that they therefore don’t take action (consistently) to change their results.
I've noticed a fantastic pattern in my
clients:
They often see some of the "before and after" pictures I share on social media, so they see what is possible, and think "if he/she can do that, so can I", then they join, show up consistently and put in the work, following the instructions that I've given to them.
This starts to give them results, which changes their own beliefs in themselves, in turn, increasing their potential,
and round and round they go, accomplishing greater and greater success.
So, start taking action now. Provided you choose your actions well, you’ll start to get the results you want, and those results will feed the whole cycle.
Not only this, when you take action, it gives you confidence so that when you’re confronted with negativity or even failure, you can withstand it and not get derailed. You learn to push through and stay on
focus…
Begin now by investing time in daily activities/practices that move you towards your goal - LASTING weight loss. Plan your day/week ahead, and schedule time to work (cook, eat, train, sleep, etc.) on building the body that you want.
Much love
JB