You can do anything that anyone else has done. You can have
anything that anyone else has. You can be anything that some
else already is.
How? Because they already have accomplished it so you know it
can be done. The variable is how hard you are willing to get the
same results someone else has.
I am not trying to say be like someone else here. I am saying
that if there is something you want to have or be in this
lifetime, make a study out of what other successful people have
done to get it.
Make a habit out of studying successful people and begin doing
what they've done or what they advise. Sure, there are going to
be some limitations and some setbacks.
You will probably not be able to play pro baseball or basketball
if you are in your 50's.
You may not be able to be president of the United States if
you've failed to graduate school.
That does not and should not mean you do not set lofty goals for
yourself.
The habit of study comes after accepting responsibility and
thinking about what it is you want to achieve with your body and
health. In order to achieve great fitness and weight loss
results, you must bridge the gap between where you currently are
and where you want to be.
What this means is, you have to find a way to get from where you
currently are (or are not) to where you want to go.
It's the same principle as using a roadmap. You use a map to get
from Point A to Point B without blindly driving around trying to
find your destination.
Learning to bridge the gap from where you are to where you want
to go can be done more easily if you model, or copy, after
someone that has already achieved some of the same things you
want to achieve.
For example, say that your best friend recently lost 20 pounds
and looks great. Why not ask them how they did it and then,
providing they lost the weight in a reasonable manner, copy what
it is they did.
Two things must be figured out when you are trying to bridge the
gap between success and failure.
First step in the process is you must ask yourself "Where am I
currently at in my fitness endeavors?
Does anything even need to change? Am I overweight? What do I
weigh? What is so emotionally painful with being overweight?
What are my alternatives? If I do not do anything right now to
change, do I want to spend another week, month, or year like I
am right now?
Take a peek into the future? Where do you see yourself in 6
months to a year if you continue heading the in same direction
you are heading now. Will your health be negatively affected or
just your self-esteem.
What is it I am doing in my workout routine that is not
producing results. What is it in my nutrition that is not
working? If everything that needed to be done was getting done,
I would be seeing better results, so something is not working
for me.
After you determine where you currently are, you know must then
find out where it is you want to go.
What do I want to weigh? How do I want my clothes to fit? How
much energy would I like to have? What size do I want my waist
to be?
If I change for the better right now and start implementing a
proper fitness program, what will I feel and look like in 6
months or a year. What size will I be or what brand new clothes
will I be able to fit in.
What is it I would be ultimately happy with achieving in the
realm of fitness and weight loss. In crystal clear terms, what
do I want to achieve.
When you find that answer, that is going to be your destination.
To achieve fitness and weight loss success, you must bridge the
gap that lies between where you currently are and where it is
you want to end up.
When you determine where it is you want to end up, you need to
make certain choices and certain decisions about how it is you
will get to your destination.
The quickest way to get there is to follow someone else who has
already achieved what it is you want, model after someone that
has figured out what works and what doesn't.
This could be a friend, family member, or personal trainer.
In this case, it will be learning and copying some of the steps
in this book.
There are certain "no matter whats" when it comes to losing
weight, gaining muscle or strength, or any other fitness goal
you may have.
Much like certain principles or laws, like the law of gravity,
these "no-matter-what's" will work 100% of the time, whether you
like it or not.
If you do certain things, than you will achieve weight loss, no
matter what. Whether you like it or not is irrelevant, they will
work.
You can have anything you want in life if you copy others that
have achieved what it is you are looking for. If you want to
learn about the stock market, read a book by Warren Buffet. If
you want to learn a new language, pick up a Spanish book.
I am going to help you with weight loss success. Not because I
know everything, but because at some point, I had to make the
same choice and I know the end result of that choice. Experience
of others can save you a lot of time.
It's not what you know or do that matters, it's what you know
and do that produces results. Weight loss is 80% behavior. It
comes back to the choices that we make, or do not make. So, in
order to lose weight effectively and permanently, you must
change your behavior, or those things that cause you to gain
weight in the first place.
In fact, often the only thing that distinguishes successful
people from unsucessful ones is direction.
You only get what you ask for in life, so ask for more. There
are specific reasons behind why you either cannot lose weight or
why the weight does not stay off. Until you uncover those
reasons, weight loss will be minimal, at best.
It has to do with the choices you make each and every day. If
you are stressed out from work, do you chose to workout or run
to get rid of tension or do you plop down on the couch and eat
an entire bag of Doritos.
The choices you make dictate the life you lead.
I do not like to offer my clients a "Band-Aid" approach to
getting in shape. I want results to last. I am one of these
people that want to know why both how and why something works.
Other people are just happy knowing that it works.
But it only works as well as you want it to work.
So begin studying how others have achieved their goals and you
too, can copy their success and achieve what you want to achieve
as well.
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