Written by: Eric Roberts

You feel defeated.

You are working out 3-5x a week.

You’re doing your favorite HIIT cardio class or running on the treadmill at the gym.

You swear up and down you eat healthy.

But you cannot seem the get the scale to budge.

Can’t seem to fit into your favorite pair of jeans.

In all honesty, can’t seem to stop feeling tired, unhealthy, and lost.

By the end of this article, you will be aware of where you are going wrong in your fitness journey.

You will also be able to take immediate action in your plan to start seeing the results you deserve.

PRELUDE

I have to preface this article with a quick prelude.

Everything I will be talking about will stem from this very important fact.

In fact, the most important.

No matter what else goes into your fitness journey.

No matter what “diet” you choose to follow.

No matter what workout routine you choose to live by.

If this is not established, then you will not see results.

The most important factor being in a caloric deficit.

What exactly is a caloric deficit?

Your body has more calories going out than it has going in.

Where do calories come from?

Food.

How do calories go out?

For the most part, daily life functions to keep your body alive, with some exercise thrown in for good measure.

If you are not losing fat, I can 99.99% assure you you are not in a caloric deficit.

That being said, now I will go into the most common mistakes people make that does not allow them to be in a caloric deficit.

Also how to not just be aware of them, but take action to make sure you avoid them.

Mistake #1- You’re Eating Too Many Calories

I have pretty much seen people fall into two categories when it comes to this.

They don’t want to hear this, because their favorite HIIT cardio class tells them they burn 1000 calories.

And since they burn so many calories, they should be able to eat whatever they want.

If that is you, I am going to direct you to my instagram post that went over this.

The second group of people is who I am going to focus on.

They swear up and down they “eat healthy”.

They “don’t eat junk food, stay away from carbs, eat a salad a day”.

Then when I ask how many calories they are intaking, they either have no clue, or “around 1200 calories”.

That is great Sally, but lets reference the prelude.

What is the most important part of a fat loss equation?

Being in a caloric deficit.

I do not care how “healthy” you eat.

How many calories are going into your body?

If you do not know this, then you can not be expecting to lose weight.

Can it happen?

Sure.

But if you are someone who consciously tries to eat healthy but can’t seem to get the scale to budge, I would advise starting to track your calories.

With technology now a days, this literally has become as simple as scanning a barcode and you’re done.

I get some backlash from this.

“OMG, that takes way too much time!”

Really?

Taking 5-10 minutes out of your day to write down what you ate takes too much time?

But you wanna lose 30lbs? You wanna feel confident when you put on a bathing suit?

You tell me if that sounds logical.

Another common one is “ I don’t wanna be that person who can’t go out to dinner because I’m so obsessed with tracking calories”.

Okay cool, don’t.