Fat loss is easy once you understand how hard it is.
Once you realize that fat loss is hard work, and not just as easy as eating some
celery, drinking really cold water, and slamming down some "metabolism boosters",
that's when you'll really start to get results.
When you accept sticking to your nutrition program will take effort, only then will
you start planning and preparing your nutrition to meet your fat loss goals.
Same with exercise. When you understand that harder workouts are more effective,
then you'll start to plan your workouts accordingly.
Over the past year I've interviewed over a dozen fitness models (men and women)
for Oxygen and Maximum Fitness magazines, and their secrets to success are as plain
as day.
They know it is going to be hard work to get ready for a photoshoot, but what do
they know that you don't know?
First, they've got their nutrition plans down perfectly. And when I say planned
out, I don't just mean they have a meal plan torn out of a magazine. Instead, they
have their shopping lists prepared.
They have time set aside for cooking, cutting, and chopping. These men and women
have more than enough tupperware to store and freeze their food for the week.
Fitness models take their meals with them and aren't so naive as to believe that
they will be able to find something "healthy" at work or on the road.
They are not willing to sacrifice results for convenience. They have accepted the
hard work that comes with eating for fat loss. Have you?
Second, fitness models know what works - not only in the kitchen, but also in the
gym. They've recorded their workouts, studied the effects of various exercises,
rep ranges, and workout frequencies.
They have accepted that their can be NO guesswork in a fat loss workout program.
That's why fitness models plan their workouts in advance, and write down the results
in a training log for analysis.
If you aren't doing that, then you're doing nothing more than playing a workout
"lottery" and hoping you'll come up lucky.
Third, and perhaps most importantly (because its hard to have the first two factors
without this one), fitness models surround themselves with a supportive environment
and social support groups.
How many fitness models do you think are married to sedentary, overweight smokers?
How many fitness models do you think hang around men and women that start drinking
at 4pm every Friday?