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Are You Doing These 4 Simple Things To Make Sure You Hit Your Fat Loss Goals?
Over 10 years of coaching clients in fat loss and body composition change has given me a unique insight into what works and what doesn't.
You probably already know what doesn’t as you’ve most likely been there* Low Carbs* Keto * Food Elimination* Food Colour Codes* ‘Sinful’ Food Lists* Points Scoring* Rigid Inflexible DietsBut these things do seem to work for some people so why not you? The answer is that EVERY diet works for someone. You only see the success stories. Think of the millions of people who do the top 3 diet programs in your country. Why are there not millions of successful testimonials?The unfortunate truth is that over 90% of people tend to fail in their dieting efforts.This article is intended to give you an insight of the techniques I use with my clients who are mostly successful people in their business and working life but have huge trouble translating that to their bodies.I build incredible bodies in successful peopleHere’s how I plan out their route to success
1. SMART goals
* Specific – How much weight do you want to lose? eg 10kg.* Measured – Using a scale?* Achieveable – Can you actually lose 10kg of fat?* Relevant – Will 10kg actually make you look/feel better?* Is that a realistic goal?* Timed – Over how long are you setting this goal/goalsMost people just pick out a figure from the air for how much fat they want to lose. Then that becomes the target.It’s not been thought out well enough.Look at this like you’d look at your business. If you suddenly declared you want to get 10m profit, your managers and accountant would ask you how you’d do it. If you said, sell more stuff to more people (which is essentially true) they’d still want more details.Unless you plan out your goals and set them in stone as to do they meet SMART objectives you’ll never achieve them.Part of my work with clients is identifying if the goals they want to achieve are actually realistic. Often they’ve set the bar too high, too soon results in failure and abandonment of the goal.
2. Announcement of intentions - using SMART
Announcement of intention keeps you accountable to your coach or accountability group.If you keep on saying every week, I want to train more this week but never do it’s because you’ve not announced exactly what you want to achieve.Your mind then is confused and will opt for not doing it which is safer and easier to accomplish. If you have SMART goals in mind then you can set smaller targets to achieve in the week which move you closer to your big target. For example you may want to lose 10kg but you won’t do that in a week.But setting yourself an exercise and calorie target for eating each week will help you lose 0.5kg consistently each week.This is a safe amount and manageable for your body.
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By Tom BlackmanAre You Doing These 4 Simple Things To Make Sure You Hit Your Fat Loss Goals?
Over 10 years of coaching clients in fat loss and body composition change has given me a unique insight into what works and what doesn't.
You probably already know what doesn’t as you’ve most likely been there* Low Carbs* Keto * Food Elimination* Food Colour Codes* ‘Sinful’ Food Lists* Points Scoring* Rigid Inflexible DietsBut these things do seem to work for some people so why not you? The answer is that EVERY diet works for someone. You only see the success stories. Think of the millions of people who do the top 3 diet programs in your country. Why are there not millions of successful testimonials?The unfortunate truth is that over 90% of people tend to fail in their dieting efforts.This article is intended to give you an insight of the techniques I use with my clients who are mostly successful people in their business and working life but have huge trouble translating that to their bodies.I build incredible bodies in successful peopleHere’s how I plan out their route to success
1. SMART goals
* Specific – How much weight do you want to lose? eg 10kg.* Measured – Using a scale?* Achieveable – Can you actually lose 10kg of fat?* Relevant – Will 10kg actually make you look/feel better?* Is that a realistic goal?* Timed – Over how long are you setting this goal/goalsMost people just pick out a figure from the air for how much fat they want to lose. Then that becomes the target.It’s not been thought out well enough.Look at this like you’d look at your business. If you suddenly declared you want to get 10m profit, your managers and accountant would ask you how you’d do it. If you said, sell more stuff to more people (which is essentially true) they’d still want more details.Unless you plan out your goals and set them in stone as to do they meet SMART objectives you’ll never achieve them.Part of my work with clients is identifying if the goals they want to achieve are actually realistic. Often they’ve set the bar too high, too soon results in failure and abandonment of the goal.
2. Announcement of intentions - using SMART
Announcement of intention keeps you accountable to your coach or accountability group.If you keep on saying every week, I want to train more this week but never do it’s because you’ve not announced exactly what you want to achieve.Your mind then is confused and will opt for not doing it which is safer and easier to accomplish. If you have SMART goals in mind then you can set smaller targets to achieve in the week which move you closer to your big target. For example you may want to lose 10kg but you won’t do that in a week.But setting yourself an exercise and calorie target for eating each week will help you lose 0.5kg consistently each week.This is a safe amount and manageable for your body.