Faster And Lifelong Fat Loss? Can You Use These Three Answers?

Among the most common questions my clients have asked me over the years, these three stand out. Hopefully my answers will give you some ideas or at least provoke you to think about your own body and health with more clarity.

Q How do you stay positive and enthusiastic about training (motivated)?

A. I will compare it to my Marriage - just because I am not feeling a warm rosy loving glow every second of the day, perhaps when my Wife has just scraped the car on a kerb... it's a lifelong DECISION or COMMITMENT.

"No matter what, I will...

* Be there, look after and be committed to my wife.

* Look after, protect and be a model for my child.

* Keep fit, active, strong and as healthy as possible (partly to achieve the previous two commitments).

To run with the above example, would you run out and cheat on your Wife or Husband just because they dented the car?

So why go and stop training (throw away your sensible and rational commitment) or eating healthy just because of some short term temporary setback or incident?

Commitment for life and a true decision is like that is it not?

Q. What's the best way to lose weight?

A. Cut a leg off! That would drop 50lbs very quickly. Just think for a moment, if that had actually happened, would fast weight loss be such a concern to you then?

Following on from that sarcastic remark, I would actually suggest the following:

* Apples and berries.

* Drink lots of water - 6 glasses + per day.

* Keep the carbohydrates lower Glycemic Index (low GI), so Whole-grain Pasta (not white), Brown Rice (not white) Sweet Potato (not standard types).

* Plenty of good quality protein - fish, turkey, chicken and lean beef.

* Avoid processed pre packaged food whenever possible.

* Double your vegetable serving, half your carbohydrate serving on any given meal.

* Lentils and all sorts of beans are great (avoid sugared varieties).

* Portions - you can almost certainly cut in half whatever you currently dish up for yourself... try this for a few days, if you really feel hunger following a meal, eat a raw carrot or an apple.

* Cut out or radically restrict alcohol. Read, "Easy Way To Control Alcohol", by Allen Carr. It worked for me!

* Put down your fork in between mouthfuls and don't pick it up until your mouth is empty!

* Just a thought, did I mention that training or exercise can help?

Q What is the most effective and fastest way to get fit?

There are many ways to answer this, I will just cover a few:

* Whichever one you actually DECIDE you will STICK TO for a couple of months minimum!

* Do something physical, every day. 20 minutes of dancing or 6 minutes of skipping count as activity and help boost your fat burning metabolism, you don't have to climb a mountain... you get the idea.

*Remember, it could be two or three 5 minute slots built into your day. Do not say you don't have the time, be straight with yourself and admit you just didn't make it a priority!

* If you get into training you'll discover more of your own methods, and you just have to decide, truly commit, and get in there!

* Intervals. Short periods of high and lower intensity in whatever you are doing for exercise are a real performance booster and burn more fat as well.

If you decide that by providing you 'answers', I am guilty of infantilisation - well I agree, so think up your own solutions, and get on with it!