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“’You are drunk Sir Winston, you are disgustingly drunk. ‘Yes, Mrs. Braddock, I am drunk. But you, Mrs. Braddock are ugly, and disgustingly fat. But, tomorrow morning, I, Winston Churchill will be sober.” - Winston Churchill

Do you think loosing weight is easy? When I turn on the tv, all I see in ads is how easy it is to loose weight with these magical pills or some incredible new equipment invention that will allow me to drop the pounds instantly while I sit on my ass and do nothing…the fat will somehow melt off or evaporate, sometimes you may require to do two minutes of workout but thats about it…According to the NAAFA by 1990 Americans were already spending over $30 billion dollars a year in diet products or weight loss programs, and that’s almost 20 years ago yet the majority of the population now is still overweight.So I will ask again, do you think loosing weight is easy?

The Basic Concept Behind Weight Loss

Working in a few jobs that required to have a good physical appearance I found there’s no easy quick weight loss method, unlike some of my coworkers who decided to chew on ice instead of eating or working out, I chose to follow the more healthier way by learning more about the human body and how it worked.I’ve literally heard thousands of diets, from the one you only eat while having sex, to the seafood diet (every time you SEE food eat it…). But seriously, many diets do work but only if your willing to put up with the same routine of eating that food for the rest of your life (nobody does), wouldn’t you rather prefer eating a little bit of whatever you want?

Loosing weight sounds very simple in theory…you only have to burn more calories than you eat, thats it! theres no hidden secrets or magic behind it.The amount of calories you intake is based on your gender, age and comparing it to a height and weight chart. To find out what your ideal calorie intake per day is, try this calculator from ShapeFit. It was pretty accurate with my results which I compared to the amount a health expert suggested to me, just make sure you answer the “Activity Level” honestly.

Why We Find It Hard To Lose Weight

We now know weight lost is just a matter of replacing sodas for diet ones or water and adding a 30 minute walk to our daily schedule amongst other things.Sounds simple, right? so why don’t we do it and give up so easily when trying to lose weight? Theres several reasons for why this happens, I’ll try and name a few of them and tips to help you get started:

• Mental Approach: The first and most important problem we encounter mentally when loosing weight is our own mind, we become so impatient cause were leaving our comfort zone and trying stuff out of our routine yet don’t see results as fast as we’d want, usually people give up after just a few weeks.You need to find some motivations to keep at it, I don’t care if you have to hang a picture of Jessica Alba to a stick and strap it onto your forehead in front of you while you run in order to motivate yourself just find a way, think about the girl you like, the look on your friends faces when they see a flat belly or simply the fact that your getting healthier.The second problem we find is lying to ourselves by thinking we have a slow metabolism and gain weight easily, thats FALSE! If you look at the obesity statistics of 50 years ago you will see the amount has quadruplicated…so your trying to tell me our genetics have somehow transformed themselves in the last 5 decades? And what a coincidence this happen when the fast food chains, quick snacks and sugar filled sodas came along.
• Consistency: Loosing weight is all about keeping at it, sure you can loose weight by just changing your eating habits but eventually you will hit a stop that will require some exercise to be done.When choosing a workout try and find something your comfortable with, the biggest mistake all the guys trying to loose weight make is to kill themselves working out in the first few weeks, they see no results and give up (does it sound familiar?).I personally never go to the gym, I of course encourage you to try it but it’s not my thing, I’m lucky enough to live in suburbia so a 45 minute run around the park or lake with my 60GB Ipod (cause 50,000 songs is just not enough for a 45 min run…) is ideal for me as I find it more distracting (hot single girls in spandex) and less monotonous plus you can change sceneries regularly making it something too look forward instead seeing it as a chore.
• Eating Habits: Once you loose weight you will see how much more energetic you feel in many different aspects in your life (that includes your sexual stamina as well), however choosing the right foods to maintain that stable weight is the tricky part, I can tell you right now it’s going to take a lot more effort when it comes to choosing what you eat.Your going to have to start reading the food labels to keep a calories count (you can also start a food journal), no more pre made microwave heated foods means more time cooking, forget about asking for “a bit more” at family reunions.

  Being fat is a matter of convenience, you choose the easiest and fasted option which usually means the most fatty, having a healthy lifestyle doesn’t mean you can’t eat you favorite foods, it just means you can’t eat as much of it as many times as you did. I have a secret behind my success, I have a small apple size bowl, I can eat 3-4 even 5 times a day as long as the healthy food fits in the bowl, if I want pizza I just cut a slice into 3-4 pieces and eat a little bit of it with each meal.

• Life Habits: If you want a healthier life, you have to be willing to change how you live…understandable right? Lets face it, you don’t get fat for being a hard worker you get for for being lazy and seeking comfort. If you want to change your weight you must change your lifestyle, eg: wake up earlier to a healthy lunch or workout, using your lunchtime for a light walk instead of sitting down, keep track of the amount of time you spend at the computer or watching tv and balance it by doing things that require physical activity, removing any tempting foods from the house or asking the people you live or work with to hide them from you, sleeping the proper 8-10 hours per night (tiredness subconsciously causes us to eat sugar to give us more energy).
• Reinforcements: Doing this type of thing alone is a pain, ask a friend to be your workout buddy…have competitions each week to see who looses more weight (who ever loses has to be that weekends wingman), if you live with a someone ask them to join you in the healthier cooking and eating lifestyle, use to people that surround you to join in or at least help you in any way they can.
• Unrealistic Expectations: Many people fail simple because they set themselves unrealistic goals, if you set the bar up to high you will find it a lot harder since you will see yourself constantly failing which will have a negative impact on you.Whats a reasonable goal to use? It’s different for each person depending on your genetics, eating habits, exercise, and metabolism to name a few.An easier way can be to set yourself a long term goal like competing in an upcoming race, or zipping up a nice new jacket or suit that doesn’t fit you right now.You can also set yourself weekly goals like having 3 hours of work out at the gym minimum or set an ideal time you’d like to complete your daily walk in and then subtly decrease the maximum time per week.
• Unpredictable: Life is unpredictable so you can’t always keep up with your schedule, you could receive a sudden call from your boss reminding you about some paperwork or get stuck in traffic…the key here is to try and think of every possible situation that your own life could encounter and to some extent be ready for it, why not keep a pair of running shoes in the car? In case you have to work late you can go for a walk…carry some healthy snack bars in your car to avoid having to eat out if you forgot your lunch? I’m sure theres many things you can come up with.

I’ve named a few of the reasons we quit when going on a weight loss plan, ask yourself if your willing to make all these efforts…is that beautiful girl you work with but are to shy to ask out because of your insecurities worth all this trouble?, maybe you want to live a longer and healthier life? It’s all up to you, all I can do is provide you with the information you need to succeed, I can’t hold you hand in the work outs. Just remember, we all have good and bad days, some days you’ll find yourself eating your proteins and veggies, working out more than you expected, getting a good night sleep and feeling great, other mornings you might wake up late, forget to make your lunch, eat some cake at a friends birthday and totally ignore your workout…it’s okay the key is to try your best the next day, if your consistent you will prevail.

What To Do Now?

So we now know why most diet and workout plans fail, now what? I’ll give you some quick pointers to remind you what we learned above.

• Patience: Loosing weight will take you time so find something that will motivate you and encourage you along the way, my suggestion is to stay away from the scale for the first month and just think about your ideal weight and how hard your willing to work for it.You’ll most likely loose a lot of weight in the first few weeks, thats called ‘water weight’ (mostly water your burning through sweat) and after that the loses will slow down drastically so don’t give up when that happens.
• Preparation: Apart from preparing yourself mentally you have to create a workout schedule and eating plan, don’t be afraid to change your lifestyle habits, it will be annoying at first but after a couple of weeks these habits start to feel “normal” and they become part of your new routine.
• Strength: You have to somehow find a way to stop you from taking that extra donut from the cafeteria, some guys use food journals to keep track of everything they eat (what, where,when and the mood you were in), this works on your subconscious cause every time you think about eating a fatty food, you’ll also think of the guilt your going to have to go through writing it in the journal.
• Realistic: Don’t aim for the sky, a realistic goal for a man is usually two pounds per week maximum.I’m sure you want to see the pounds drop off quickly but thats not helpful or healthy for that matter.Actually it can be really bad if you burn it off to fat, what happens is you start to burn off muscle instead of fat and that will slow down your metabolism making it harder too loose weight long term.Weight is unpredictable and fluctuates easily, one week you will do little work and drop a ton of weight and the next you’ll work your ass off and loose nothing, just stick with it.

What To Eat

We’ve arrived at the all important, what should I eat? section. The most basic knowledge you should have is to stay away from excessive amounts of sugar, salt and fat. The easiest way of doing this is by not having in between meal snacks (chips, biscuits, sodas, pastries, candy, chocolate) as they are the ones high in fatty content.However if you find the need to have something in between meals, fruit is always a good option as it hasn’t been processed and is low in calories…you can also chew gum.

A knowledge of basic nutrition will help you to make the right choices about the sort of food you eat. A good balanced diet for people trying to loose weight contains;

• plenty of protein (it helps regrow healthy muscles and they replace fat with less space) such as lean meats, fish, chicken, turkey, eggs, soy foods, pulses.
• some carbohydrates such as pasta, rice, bread (wholemeal), potatoes.
• some fats such as oil, nuts (a handful of nuts can replace a whole meal and satisfy you) and seeds.
• plenty of fruits and vegetables.
• plenty of water to rehydrate the body.

When reading labels to see the amount of calories keep these things in mind:

• In countries like Australia we have kilojoules, around 4Kj = 1 calories.
• 1 gram of fat = 9 calories.
• 1 gram of sugar = 4.5 calories
• 1 gram of carbohydrate = 4.5 calories
• 1 gram of protein = 4 calories

The average adult’s diet daily intake of calories is about 2078 (take the test above to find out your specific intake), it should brake down into the following:

• 50 Grams Protein
• 70 Grams Fat
• 24 Grams Saturated Fat
• 310 Grams Carbohydrates
• 90 Grams of Sugar
• 2300 Milligrams Sodium

If you have a healthy balanced diet you shouldn’t need to take any extra vitamins or minerals. Add a bit of junk food into your plan as well. You want a lifestyle diet that works so you need a few sins every now and then.

Weight Loss Tips

• Don’t beat yourself over the head if things go wrong; just re-focus and keep at it.
• When you reach weight goals reward yourself, going out to the club with some friends or by buying yourself some nice shirts.
• Exercise will burn off calories, keep you fit and keep you toned. It also increases your metabolic rate so makes losing weight easier.
• Don’t eat when your not hungry, eating simply out of habit or boredom won’t help you slim down.
• We all enjoy a beer every now and then but try to keep them to a minimum of one a day, or choose the healthier light (friends make fun of) kind.
• If you need extra motivation join a slimming club, I know it sounds gay but you’d be surprise at the amount of ‘hot-to-be’ girls you will meet there.
• Small things help a lot in your weight loss routine, park your car further away from your destination to walk a bit more, if you live in a two storage house and need to use the bathroom go the one thats not in your level and so on.
• Once you reach your ideal weight don’t think you can go back to your old habits…you must continue doing what you’ve done or those pounds will just pile back on.

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