5 Weight Loss Success Secrets

This probably isn't the first time you have started reading
a weight loss article with the hopes of finding a new
training idea or totally secret fat busting strategy. I can
sympathize.

 

I've seen clients spend months on routines and
techniques that were just the flavor of the month that got
some press. Its alright though, your about to learn some
real solid advice that's free of charge and will serve you
well on your quest to getting in shape.

The first secret of getting in shape and losing some weight
is to make sure you know what you are doing! Make sure you
have the proper information that you need to help speed you
toward your specific goal. Make sure you know how to eat
properly and train correctly to get that result you desire.

Power lifters eat and train differently than fitness models
and you should know the differences. The best way to
acquire this knowledge is through articles like this as
well as mimicking. Find an expert in the area you wish to
excel in and then follow their advice. While this can back
fire sometimes, it is still the surest bet to success.

The second step to success on your weight loss journey is
to make sure you can quantify your success. In other words,
know when you have achieved your weight loss goal. Make
sure you can measure it! Then once you know your weight
loss goal and how to measure it, you need to make a map to
getting there.

If you have a child, then you know the importance of
directions and sticking to a plan. If you are walking to
the store that is 10 minutes down the road, this trip could
easily turn into an hour if you didn't step in with
directions every now and then. You can picture it cant you?

Walking along, then there is a butterfly, then a cool rock
and look, a swing set! Sometimes to get things done in an
efficient manner, you need to know what you are trying to
accomplish and how you plan to get there. If you don't, it
could take you forever.

In the number three spot of weight loss secrets, we have
self-confidence and belief. Go ahead and tell me you can't
lose weight. Go ahead! Done? Good, now this is where I tell
you that you are absolutely correct. Shocking isn't it?

Can't is a word that makes you sit there defeated. Nothing
gets done in a defeated state! Its actually better to get
angry than defeated, because then at least you are spurred
to action. Trying is better than "Canting". Here is the big
mind smack though; belief is so strong that hypnotized
people that have an ice cube put on them but are told that
it is a hot coal, will develop a blister.

Sometimes you just have to fake it until you make it. Fake
that you believe in yourself until the concept doesn't seem
so foreign that maybe it will become true for you. The fact
of the matter is that you should believe in yourself
because with proper knowledge and dedication, everyone can
achieve their weight loss goals.

If you have been reading this far then the number four
secret of weight loss success is very, very important. Are
you ready for it? Here it is; Stop listening to every piece
of advice you get! This seems kind of ironic since here I
am giving you more advice, but it is still true. Nothing
can short circuit your forward momentum like a piece of
advice that is the opposite of what you have been doing. It
rocks your world!

 

This can be good if you were just
shooting in the dark hoping for the best, but if you have a
solid weight loss plan that you were given by a solid
source and then get messed up by Joe the local gym expert,
you're sunk. Make sure that you are confident in your
information source right from the beginning and then
resolve to stick with that information. A lot of different
methods will work to achieve weight loss, but these methods
usually work as a system.

 

Therefore, if you jump from
system to system, you will not get the benefits from any
given weight loss system.

We are almost at the end of our weight loss secrets for
today. Of course there are more weight loss tips and
tricks, but five is about right for a weight loss knowledge
snack. So onto the number five secret to losing weight;

Don't overdo it. Simple huh? Think about the number of
times you have started off with both guns blazing and then
ran out of ammunition. I know, I do this for a living. What
happens is that most people figure they are going to lose
30 pounds in 30 days and they are going to kick butt to do
it.

 

So they start off all fired up, get real sore, their
immune system crashes, they get sick and then they give up.
Wow, that was like I had a camera following you, scary. Its
just that it happens to a lot of weight loss hopefuls.

So how do you avoid revving the engine and running out of
gas? You avoid rapid starts and stops. Ease onto the gas,
and maintain steady pressure. You only need to do
resistance training a couple of times a week along with 3-4
cardio sessions to realize your weight loss success. Don't
rush the cookies! You can't crank the stove to 600 degrees
and get home made cookies in 3 minutes. They will burn.
You'll burn out too if you rush your way to losing weight.

Here is the recap to weight loss success. Get the
information you need to achieve your desired goal that you
have picked out. Make a plan with success markers along the
way and believe every step of the way that you are going to
lose the weight this time. Fake it until you make it. Never
let anyone shake you confidence with bogus advice and
remember to slow bake your cookies!


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Ray L Burton is a personal trainer and author of the best
selling internet ebook titled, Fat to Fit - The Journey.
You can learn more about exercise and wieght loss at
http://www.buildingbodies.ca and read more about his weight
loss book at http://www.fattofitbook.com