Never Fast Enough

Human beings are impatient.

We want what we want, and we want it NOW! (disclaimer – this post is heavily influenced by the fact we have a two year old 🙂

But are we adults any better?

Not really – we want fast service, fast food and fast cars.

And when we want to lose weight we want it to happen light-speed fast!

One of our classes got into a discussion about when I was on my weight loss journey, and I told them that I tracked my weight loss during that time, and that I would find that chart and post it.

I started the chart when I weighed 250 and it stops when I broke 200 for the first time. In my case this took a period of a little over three months.

There is a couple key things I want to point out:

1) My progress was not linear. By that I mean that some days my weight actually went up. Where would your mindset be if that happened to you?

2) My rate of weight loss was about 3.5 pounds a week over that period of time. I was drastically overweight, and my body could handle that rate of loss. Not everybody can and will lose at that rate, but it can be done.

I have often been asked what was the key to my weight loss, what’s the “secret”?

Here it is – there is no secret, and you need to stop looking for one.

Now there are a number of components to successful body composition change – “weight loss”.

Quantity and type of exercise

Quantity of food

Quality of food

Rest and Recovery

Social Support

and others.

But the common thread I see for clients who steadily and successfully reach their goals is this –

They completely change their mindset, and that’s what I did.

It wasn’t anyone else’s fault that I was obese – end of story.

Only when I took complete responsibility did I start to make real progress.

Stopped looking for the latest pill, potion, lotion, ab-blaster, and diet program.

Applied daily effort toward my goals.

Learned how to exercise to encourage my body to lose the fat.

Learned and applied rational, healthy principles to my nutrition plan.

Let myself make a mistake without beating myself up about it, getting depressed, and heading to the all-you-can-eat buffet.

Perfection – not gonna happen. Don’t let the quest for perfection get in the way of your progress. You will never be perfect – get over it. When you fall down, get back up.

I say it often – I am nobody special – if I can do it, so can you!

I look forward to working with you as you reach and exceed what you thought was possible.

Make It Happen!

Dean