SSP 156. Six Weight Loss Approaches to Avoid, and How

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Six Weight Loss Approaches to Avoid, and How

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Scott outlines six approaches that consistently lead to weight loss failure, offers alternatives that work, and answers questions from his live audience.

A Goal, or a Wish?

• Achieving a goal requires following a process.

• Goals and deadlines to meet them aren’t for everyone.

• Let go of the pressure to perform.

Approaches destined to fail:

1. Numbers goals

• Starting a body transformation goal with numbers in mind

• Examples of numbers-related goals: weight, dress size.

• No numbers goal tells you what’s going on inside the body.

• The scale can’t tell you if the weight gain or loss is from fat, muscle, or water.

2. Deadline goals: high school reunions, weddings, beach vacations

• Imposes unnecessary pressure to achieve within an arbitrary time frame.

• Doesn’t consider what happens once the deadline has been passed, whether the goal is attained or not.

“Deadlines are dead ends.”

3. Absolutes

• The absolute mindset: Lose weight or die trying.

• Ask:

-"Then what?”

-Is the diet sustainable?

-What happens if you achieve the goal?

-Or, what happens if you don’t?

4. Expecting an obstacle-free path

• Life gets in the way.

• Real people with everyday lives sometimes compare themselves to others who make their living by looking good, with hours to spend in the gym.

• Don’t let setbacks set you back.

5. Belief that success follows a linear process

• Achieving a goal is more like walking through a maze.

• Be realistic about how the process will actually progress.

• Commit to the process and resolve to enjoy the process itself.

• Aim for habit goals. Establishing a good habits should be the goal.

• What three or four “habit” goals can you create and aim for that will lead to success.

• One good example: Early to bed and early to rise.

• A good habit: automatic, non-draining behavior, like brushing your teeth.

• Replace a current destructive habit with a new productive habit.

6. Believing in the outliers

• Beware the exceptions.

• Exceptions are held out by fitness and supplement industry to be the rule.

From the Audience

• “People who obsess over numbers drain their emotional battery and it frequently negatively impacts their personal relationships.”

• “I can’t stand it when people ask how long it took me…doesn’t matter how long it takes.”

• “Last week I weighed the same as the week before but I lost two inches on my waist. The scale lies sometime.”

• “The best thing I ever did was throw out my scale.”

• “How I feel is the best judge for me.”

• “Invariably the scale becomes a mood ir-regulator than just a tool.”

• “How does one properly get off the keto diet?”

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Diet Resources by Scott

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-The Cycle Diet:

https://scottabelfitness.com/cycle-diet-course/

- Lean Without Trying:

https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Without-Trying-6-Day-Vegan-ebook/dp/B07MHVV2JJ/?_ga=2.254343503.631299138.1564246702-496385765.1518882227

- Metabolic Damage and the Dangers of Dieting:

https://scottabelfitness.samcart.com/products/metabolic-damage-ebook/?_fs=c3d66231-66a2-480e-bb00-dc6a5999dceb&_ga=2.254343503.631299138.1564246702-496385765.1518882227

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