Expectations and Failure

One of the biggest reasons people “fail” or give up on their goals (which is really themselves) is that they’ve never understood or been given realistic expectations for weight-loss progress. When you have fad diet after fat diet hitting the industry, The Biggest Loser, slick marketing of online programs, cover stories of magazines, etc., it’s really no wonder. As such, the reality of progress is simply never fast enough and thus, the mindset of “well this isn’t working, it’s not fast enough, etc.,” so it’s onto to the next magical (and unrealistic) program. And the same cycle continues.

Understand that true, lasting, sustainable and maintainable fat-loss progress takes time. It is not an overnight job … just as gaining all that body fat was not an overnight job. And if you want to compare the two? Losing it takes a lot longer than gaining it. The faster you lose it, typically the less likely you can maintain your achievement and the faster you gain it back … in many cases, and then some.

Don’t rush it, unless you want to stay on the vicious yo-yo dieting scale for the rest of your life. Slow and steady wins the race – permanently. Settle in, become a master of your behaviours and choices, think lifestyle, and wait for your body to unveil itself.