Loosing Weight Is Simple!
Posted by Andre on 18 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: Exercise, Diet, General
LOL! I guess I should probably pre-qualify that statement, eh?
Loosing weight is made up to two components…
- DIET (although that’s not really an empowering word as it tends to scare the crap out of 99% of the population).
- EXERCISE.
By implementing any one of these two components, if done consistently, will result in weigh loss. Of course, if you practice BOTH, weight loss is guaranteed… simple, right?!
Yeah, but then WHY do we all battle to stay in shape… and WHY are there so many bloody fad “weight loss” books making the publishers millionaires each and every year?
I guess, in a way, weight loss is like Internet marketing. The majority of marketers spend their lives seeking out that “silver bullet”… that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that will make them “rich” in just 30 days. “Fadders” are the same, diets become like a jail sentence. You just can’t wait to get the hell out (and 10 months later, you’re back in again)!
Of course, we all know that it’s not the SIMPLE concept of loosing weight that is the jaw breaker; it’s the ability to stick to the SIMPLE plan.
My gym access card has a great quote written on it… “Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going.”
Pretty powerful, eh?
So, although weight loss is SIMPLE, it’s probably HABIT that we should “rather” go looking for… not the next fad diet book describing a prison sentence diet program.
So…
Turn “exercise” into a HABIT, and your “diet” into a lifestyle 
Great post Andre!. One thing that helps make exericise a habit is to choose activities that are fun like raquetball in my case or squash for you (which is a similar game right?). Most other days I walk or do yoga which I also enjoy but if I start to get bored I mix it up with different machines, aerobic classes etc.
Yeah, I “think” racquetball is just an american version of squash. It certainly looks that same. LOL!
I play squash once a week… and go to gym on the other days (weekend I have off). As long as one “gets out” and does any aerobic type activity, it’s all good progress
ye well im a teenager under 16 and i am over 15stons and it is hard to lose whight not simple
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