An important weight loss question...

For most of us we share a common goal, to be leaner (lose and shape up) and we care about our health...

We want that great feeling that comes with feeling good about ourselves...

Our health issues are minimal, any medication taken is for minor and short term reasons...

So if that is the objective you have in mind...

I have a question, what are you willing to do?

Depending on that objective it may be easier or harder than you may think...

If you want to be super lean and you have normal genetics, then there is quite a bit to it...

Being very strict on your nutrition plan (weighing and measuring) and doing quite challenging exercise sessions quite a few times a week (maybe even twice a day)...

Maybe that was me before, now I'm left asking "who has time for this?"...

So if that is your goal then be realistic about what is involved...

For must of us our goals are a little bit more modest...

With this in mind, your lose and shape up and health goals are actually a lot more attainable than you think they are...

I can give you a numerous list of lifestyle habits to implement, but I don't know your readiness to do them at this point in time...

So my question again is: what are you willing to do now?

No matter how big or small...

Start with that and see where it takes you...

You can do this...

Ed ( actually I asked someone this and was not ready for the answer, they told me they were going to go to a different fast food chain from now on, I pointed out that the food there was no healthier than any of the others, this was agreed but the real reason was "none of these places have a drive through so you have to get out the car and walk in to get your food, burns more calories" can't argue with that logic) Stride.

Improving your Weight Loss Mindset...

When we are faced with a challenge like trying to lose weight and or improve our health through lifestyle...

We can get to a point where we try but feel like we are not getting anywhere...

Sometimes it's easy to give ourselves a reason not to keep trying, that leaves us stuck...

We start to say to ourselves "maybe this is just how I am"...

Or "I have always had a slow metabolism"...

"I am a big boned"...

"I have tried so many ways and it hasn't worked"...

"Because of an illness or my medication, it has made it harder to get results"...

The trouble is, once you except and believe those statements, they really do hold you back...

The above statements have truth, more than a decade ago I gained weight very quickly and was at my heaviest due to thyroid disfunction (gland that controls metabolism, amongst other things)...

I remember excepting that I would never be in the kind of shape I was before...

But luckily my job is to help others improve their lifestyle and be healthier, so I never stopped learning...

At a seminar soon after I gained knowledge that had almost been staring at me...

Eat natural foods, limit foods high in the body's preferred energy source and over time it will keep using its secondary source - body fat...

And sure enough...

But if I stopped looking, stopped applying I would have stayed the same, mediocre at best!

So yes, you may be on the back foot compared to someone else, age may be a factor, so may your previous lifestyle...

But that does not mean that is how it has to be, if you still want to change, you can...

You can move forward from whatever point you are now, but if you haven't changed shape or improved health for a while, then it means you will have to apply more to improve...

And no, you don't need to wait until after Xmas to start changing and implementing...

But start and stay committed and things will happen...

As always, use the comment section for comments!

Thanks,

Ed.