Weight Loss Encouragement.

When it comes to objectives, most people can more or less tell me what they need to do.

The part that is hardest is the doing it bit!

Paleo (based on natural foods, found growing or living) works because Nature provides , these were all the foods we needed that provided all the vitamins,minerals, nutrients and energy.

However now we manufacture many other foods.

Foods that contain calories but not much else.

However due to processed fat and or sugar they taste good!

Sugar was found to be as addictive as many banned drugs.

If we have forged a habit of eating these processed foods it's very, very hard to stop.

When we spike our blood sugar levels by eating high energy food, we get a crash, followed by the overwhelming impulse to spike the blood sugar again so we have some more high energy food!

It seems that we can consume far more of this food in one go than the healthy stuff because although it's energy rich it's nutrient low, it's hard to eat a lot of nutrient rich food.

I love creating content and simplifying the what and why and I'm working on a project that makes it even easier.

But, I can't do it for you, I wish I could.

I can show you what to do for great results, but I can't do it for you, no one can.

So I understand habits are incredibly hard to change.

But things don't have to stay the same, if you are aware of what needs doing, then it's time to make changes, even small ones, is there anything in the short term you can do differently?

Something that could make a big difference if you were to adopt a new habit?

If so, when can you start?

It doesn't matter how small the steps are, just challenge yourself every day to keep taking action.

It's why at least a third of the 100 points in my book are mindset ones, designed to encourage you to take action.

Still available if you need help.

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Weight Loss: The Truth!

After the festive period, on their first training session back, I measure my clients, using a set of scales that measure body fat percentage, lean tissue ( including water and muscle) amongst other numbers.

This is to see how they did with their festive goal which might have been a realistic "only gain 1Lb over Xmas", and also to set new goals.

Whilst this is necessary, it does feel a tiny bit unkind, so to feel better I thought "I will measure my self!".

It was about what I thought, my body fat had only slightly increased, but I was now in a worse category.

Instantly I was on the defensive, "I wasn't that bad over Xmas", "I didn't have time" "At 40 I'm not as young as I used to be" I thought to myself.

I realised all of this was not going to change the numbers at all!

The only way I can and am doing that is returning back to healthy habits.

Measurements always seem harsh, they are so black and white, without doing the right things there is no way round them, no way of beating them, although if I find one I will let you know!

But that's why measuring is so effective, if life gets in the way and it's truly beyond your control, then measure when it's the starting point of being able to do something about it.


If it's in your control, then what ever the recommended way of measuring you use, scales that measure body fat as well as total weight, how clothes fit, before and after pictures, circumference measurements like narrowest part of the waist and widest part of the hips, the state of your mobility and posture for example.

When you get the results of your measurements you will know if what you have been doing is getting results, or not.

Have some questions? Bet your not the only one with that question, let me know in the comments and I will make it the subject of a future post.

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