Are you having trouble getting rid of that ugly fat? Don't have the body you wish you had? Chances are, you're making one (or more) of these common mistakes!
In this article I'll reveal to you, the most common mistakes I've seen made by my training clients and many others at the fitness clubs I've worked. Note: You can read more great tips on how to SUCCESSFULLY lose weight, and get the body YOU desire, on my blog: see Author Bio Resource Box at end of article. (And no, the Kevin Trudeau method is NOT one of them.)
Listed in order, from the most Obvious Dumb mistakes, to the most Difficult to Detect (for even intelligent dieters/exercisers), here they are:
#10: Becoming a "Steroid Drug PUSSY" (SDP).
I always assume that everyone knows, that those bodybuilders you see in the Muscle Magazines, didn't get those bodies by doing the "right" workouts (the ones they constantly publish in those mags); didn't get those bodies by eating the "right" foods (the ones they recommend in those mags); and didn't get those bodies by taking the "right" secret-supplements (advertised incessantly in those mags). And I'm constantly disappointed to find that some people are still being SUCKERED by those magazines.
They got those bodies by sticking needles in their *ss!!
As they say, "a REAL MAN doesn't need drugs."
#9: Becoming A Fad Diet SUCKER.
Over 90% of dieters (and diets) fail. That's a fact.
And most of that is due to all the people, who get tricked into thinking that the latest, over-hyped fad diet, will be the "magic bullet" that finally works for them.
#8: Becoming A Diet Pill SUCKER.
The answer is not fad drugs, either. They will at best, work in the immediate short-term, while "rewarding" you with a roster of ugly side effects!
Plus, have you noticed? Almost EVERY diet pill that's been allowed on the market, has been recalled months/years later, due to the "sudden" discovery of new, deadly side effects.
#7: Becoming A "Supplement" SUCKER.
Remember this: When you read the word "supplement" in those ripoff muscle mags, substitute the real word for it: drugs. I've lost count of the number of clients who have come to me with questions about the "latest, greatest supplement", that's supposed to work miracles. And despite my advice, many of them waste $100s (or even $1000s) on this cr*p!
Competing NATURAL bodybuilders will tell you, that the best supplements they've ever found, contributed maybe an extra 5% to their performance. (Maybe - and that's after doing everything else, correctly.)
#6: Becoming A Fad Device SUCKER.
Every year it never fails - yet another new "ab device" appears in franchise fitness chain gyms, "guaranteed" to give every person who uses it, washboard abs in 30 days. Yeah, right.
I read recently, that one of these devices which the FTC eventually banned, netted the owners $100 MILLION plus (before they crawled back under their rock). Whew! That's a lot of suckers out there...
#5: The Honeymoon Effect.
Every January, I get swamped by new prospective training clients, begging me to find time to fit them into my packed training schedule. Yup - New Years' Resolutions.
And by March, 90% of them are gone.
I understand. You're excited at the beginning, highly motivated to do "whatever's necessary" to achieve your goal of creating a new desirable bodyshape.
But instead of overdoing it at the beginning, then "falling off the wagon" when the "honeymoon" is over - why not use that initial burst of enthusiasm to your advantage?
1) Establish good habits early on. Rather than rushing to do everything you can at the beginning, concentrate instead on making significant changes in your lifestyle (eating habits, exercise habits, etc.), that will easily fit into your schedule and thus, be easy to maintain for the long haul.
2) Then be Patient. It probably took years (decades?) for you to get in this bad of a shape. Why expect to reverse this, in a matter of weeks? If you can undo 10 years of bad habits, with merely ONE year of concentrated effort - that's a damn good deal, isn't it!
Ok. We're getting down to the Big Ones. With the Dumb, Obvious mistakes, out of the way - we're down to the Intelligent ways to really SUCCEED at getting the body you desire. So don't quit now!
