Slow steady and sustainable.

Everyone is so eager for the fastest way to lose weight.  They want to do all the things as quick and hard as possible so the results come instantaneously.

In doing so, a number of things are likely to happen….You’ll lose a bunch in the beginning, then the weight loss either stalls or you stop losing as much as you thought you would - You feel discouraged and give up.  You lose the weight, stop the excessive cardio and restrictive eating and then gain it all back.  You burn out because it’s not realistic/sustainable and quit – only to get back to your initial starting point.

Marathon analogy…..Imagine you are going to run a marathon.  Your only concern is getting to the finish line already.  You attempt to sprint mile one to get there as quickly as possible– you will no doubt burn out fairly quickly and possibly hurt yourself and/or probably not finish.  Let’s say you run at a face pace to get there in shorter time, you won’t be able to sustain that pace the entire race and it will be rather difficult toward the end to even get there.  Now imagine you understand it’s a long race and there is no short cut or easy way to get there and you pace yourself. Not only are you more likely to reach the end, but possibly enjoy the scenery along the way. 

Body recompositioning is similar to a marathon in this sense.  Prepare yourself for the event and pace yourself, knowing there is a finish line.  You don’t try to rush through as quick and carelessly as possible just to get there, you understand the length of time that is needed and just continue to put one foot in front of the other.  If you trip, you get back up.  If you see something interesting to the side and start deviating from the path, you catch yourself and get back on track.

 I have created a program that gently changes your habits from where you are to where you are going to be.  Jumping from 0 to 100 will ultimately lead to failure as you won’t be able to sustain this pace forever.  Instead we will move slow and steady so the habits are ingrained therefore, leading to long term success. 

If you’ve been holding on to X amount of weight you can’t expect that it’ll all drop off in one week.  It didn’t take you a week to put it on – it’s been accumulating over the past months/years. 

How many times have you started a program sprinted out the gate, only to fail in the end?

You obviously know what didn’t work – so try something different, so you can get different results.  I don’t have to tell you the quote about insanity do I?

This is a journey – and your nutrition and training program is not a quick fix but rather a lifestyle.   

So enjoy the journey, trust the process.  Keep putting in the effort and the results will guarantee follow.