Hey everyone, there’s A lOT of things out there that can prevent you from your weight loss goals. I have listed the top 6 I feel may be preventing YOU from losing weight. Check IT:
1) You don’t eat ENOUGH
This sounds odd. If you’re trying to lose weight you would think I would say the opposite right?
Well, here’s why, your body is a machine and it needs fuel!
If you deprive a machine of its fuel, what’s going to take place? It’s going to stop running correct??
Well, your metabolism works the same way in that if you deprive it of energy (or food) it’s going to slow way down or get close to stopping.
This causes you to hit the wall and stop losing weight not to mention have really low energy levels.
To solve this problem, try to eat SMALL, BALANCED meals every 2-3 hours. That will keep a steady in stream of energy coming in to keep the metabolism rolling on all cylinders. Don’t skip meals!
2) You eat TOO MUCH at the wrong times!
I LOVE breakfast! Not only because it’s my first meal but it gets to be my BIGGEST meal! Most people skip breakfast all together! That’s not good! That sets you up to fail already.
Now, the point of #2 is that most people eat less in the morning and more at night. You eating habits need to pull a 180 quick!
Here’s the reason why – when you wake up – you NEED energy NOW, so your meals should be just a bit bigger than meals closer to bedtime. When you eat more in the morning, you have ALL day to burn that food off. When you eat tons for dinner, like most people do, you really don’t burn off all of that food and then when you go to sleep, it gets stored as FAT and not used for energy.
Here’s the answer to fixing this problem – keep your bigger meals in the morning and the smaller meals at night.
3) You do ineffective cardio
Long, slow steady state cardio is NOT going to help you lose weight!
Stick to short, high intensity interval to crank up the calorie burn and melt the fat off your body. It takes half the time and you get twice the results!
We NEVER do ineffective cardio at my bootcamp; you will always be doing some sort of supersets or high intensity interval to crank up the fat burn.
In order to really get some amazing results from cardio – you need to have you heart pounding out of your chest by the time you’re done doing your intervals – it’s all about the intensity! Go hard for short time = RESULTS or you can go easy for longer time = no results!
4) You do ineffective resistance training
Machines and isolation exercises – it was the big craze in the 70’s and 80’s when people were in better shape.
Today machines and isolation exercises such as curls, tricep extensions, crunches and the likes don’t cut it anymore. The reason, people aren’t in that great of shape anymore and machines and isolation exercises just don’t give you the overall calorie burn you’re looking for.
The solution – multi joint exercises in either super sets or circuits. So this means squats, deadlifts, lunges, various presses, pull ups, and abdominal exercise that involve stabilization like planks.
To perform supersets, pair different exercises up and while you’re resting from one, you do the other. You get twice the work in half the time. Or better yet, do a whole circuit of exercises in a row with little to no rest in between to get maximum calorie burn.
5) You’re too inconsistent
Has your weight loss ever been like a roller coaster? Up and down and up and down…
It’s because you go for a while, then quit. Then you go for a while again and then quit.
Your inconsistency is killing your progress! Too many people start and stop too often.
To solve this problem and keep you consistent, make short term goals. Every time you hit these goals, keep making more goals to hit. This will keep your progress moving forward instead of you getting discouraged and stopping progress all together. Keep track of your gains and losses. It’s ok if you don’t always get closer towards your goal, just make sure you’re not getting further away and you’ll be ok!
6) No accountability
This one is true for A LOT of people I have worked with. You have no one to check into. When you have no one looking over your shoulder, making sure you’re pushing towards your goal, you won’t be as likely to keep going and pushing yourself towards your goal.
The solution – get a personal trainer, workout with a buddy, or even better, join my bootcamp! You need likeminded people to keep you accountable for your actions! If you have no one to keep tabs on you, you’ll only be letting yourself down when you quit then when you have someone else depending on you.
I hope these 6 reasons won’t be reasons for keeping you from losing weight. You have been noticed; now take action by using the solutions I have offered to these problems and your weight loss will steadily climb to new heights!
Get It Done!
), a group fitness class, join a gym, get a workout buddy, get family members involved, play outside, get a bike, take the stairs, just do something that is going to force you to MOVE!
