It’s going to take a lot of hard work.
You are going to have to make tough sacrifices.
You will never be a super model.
Let’s be honest, you have been stuffing Ding Dongs in your mouth for 20 years — you’re out of shape.
Man, I am surprised you’re still reading this post. I just wrote the words ‘work’ and ‘sacrifice’ and you are still here. You must be a very unusual person. Maybe you’re a masochist and like pain. Because the words ‘work’ and ‘sacrifice’ sound painful, especially in regard to weight loss, right?
The more marketing messages I come across about weight loss, the more convinced I am that almost everyone is looking for a quick fix. At least that is what’s being sold. We are a part of the fast food generation. Everything has to be done faster and take less time. And marketers know that’s what everyone is looking for. The truth is, it just doesn’t work when you are trying to achieve your ideal shape. (And by the way, you don’t have to look like a super model to have your ideal shape.)
Long-term, sustainable weight loss takes time and patience. Darn, another two words you don’t want to hear: time and patience. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think it has to take forever to lose weight. What will take time and patience is developing the habits that will help you maintain that weight loss.
Sacrifice is a whole other problem. When you fill your life with good food and exercise, some things have to be sacrificed. You might just have to give up watching re-runs of The Office and Seinfeld to find time to cook dinner. You might just have to give up 30 minutes of precious shut-eye to get your exercise in. But the amazing thing is this: the sacrifices you make are going to have huge returns.
Forget 5-Hour Energy. Your body, with healthier eating and exercise, will have its own clean-burning energy system. You will be more productive. You will feel better about yourself. You will live longer with less illness.
You work a little overtime and with a little patience, the sacrifices you make change your life. Not a bad exchange, if you ask me.
What words have you embraced to accomplish your weight loss goals?
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I’m not much into self-sacrifice but I guess I’d rather sacrifice a little time to working out than possibly make the ultimate sacrifice by having a heart attack!
Two words hardest for me to hear: “No Doritos.”
But I have embraced the words “Chiseled” and “Abs.” It seems like a fair trade.
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I’m not particularly fond of those words.
My question for you is…. I just had a baby 3 months ago, got the okay from the doctor to work out and have been doing so ever since. I have increase my water in take, cut out pop, ice cream, cookies, candy, I eat a lot of protien (we eat a lot of elk meat). I walk every night about 2 miles and take a weight training and pilates class once a week. I have only dropped 5 pounds in the 2 months and am about 50 lbs over weight. What else can I do to drop the weight. I gain 50 lbs which each kid and REALLY don’t want to gain that much with the 3rd. I’m game for anything. My goal weight would be 140, so I’m not asking to much. 🙂
Start tracking your eating on dailyburn.com would be step one. You need to know how many calories you are eating everyday. Sometimes you are eating more calories then you think. Increasing the number of times you weight train every week to 2 or 3 times will help rev-up your metabolism. Doing cardio is great but if you really want to burn calories you would be better off doing some intervals or metabolic circuits instead of just walking. With intervals and metabolic circuits you are going to burn more calories during the workout and for up to 48 hours after.
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What I don’t want to hear is what that stupid woman on that Jenny Craig commercial says: “if you’re in your 50’s and you’re overweight, there’s no hope for you.”
There’s no hope for me?
I don’t want to hear that, I don’t believe it, and Jenny Craig can jump in a canoe with Valerie Bertinelli AND that nasty woman who said those words, and float off the edge of the planet.
There’s no hope for me. THAT’S what I don’t want to hear.
I’ll show ’em.
Thanks for the advice, I am signing up on dailyburn.com.