OTHER ELEMENTS IN THIS BOOK FAT LOSS

OTHER ELEMENTS IN THIS BOOK FAT LOSS

Interspersed throughout this workbook you will find three elements:

Questions to Consider

These thought-provoking questions give you an opportunity to explore more fully your own opinions about fat, fat loss, and your own desires to become lean and fit. Tackle only one question at a sitting. Give thoughtful reflection to the question and be honest with yourself. This is not a time to say what you think others might want you to say. This is your workbook—the answers you give should be for your eyes only, and for your own self-understanding.

These tidbits present facts related to the harmful consequences associated with excess fat, the process of fat loss, and the things you can anticipate as you lose fat. These facts are presented not only to inform, but to encourage and motivate you in your fat-loss program.

Fat-Loss Tip

These tips are very practical and they can be incorporated at any time into your fat-loss program.

Forms to Chart Your Progress

You may want to purchase a three-ring binder so you can duplicate some of the forms and charts that are in this workbook and then continually update your progress as the weeks and months go by.

In all...

This is a book you do .. . not just a book you read. Get a sharp pencil and let’s take the first step toward a lifetime of lean!

FAT-LOSSTIP Eat meals one hour after exercise.

BREAKING THE “FAT PATTERNS”

There seem to be three basic mental fat patterns that people acquire through the years:

1.                    bad information about fat and losing fat

2.                    bad eating habits

3.                    bad excuses for remaining fat

Again, these bad patterns are rooted in the mind. Before you can truly have a deep desire to do whatever it takes to lose your excess fat, you must come to grips with the reasons for why you haven’t already lost your excess fat!

Bad Information

Too many people have bought into excuses about why they are fat and why they can’t seem to lose weight and keep it off. Below is a sampling of these excuses I’ve heard.

Excuses about Fat and Fat Loss

BREAKING THE “FAT PATTERNS”

There seem to be three basic mental fat patterns that people acquire through the years:

4.                    bad information about fat and losing fat

5.                    bad eating habits

6.                    bad excuses for remaining fat

Again, these bad patterns are rooted in the mind. Before you can truly have a deep desire to do whatever it takes to lose your excess fat, you must come to grips with the reasons for why you haven’t already lost your excess fat!

Bad Information

Too many people have bought into excuses about why they are fat and why they can’t seem to lose weight and keep it off. Below is a sampling of these excuses I’ve heard.

Excuses about Fat and Fat Loss

I'm a woman so I'm just naturally fatter. (You are genetically predisposed to carry more fat, but that doesn’t mean you must be overfat!)

I have a slow metabolism and metabolism can’t be changed. (Very easy to fix.)

I'm fat because my parents are fat—it’s genetic. (Family dietary patterns are the primary cause of obesity... not genetics.)

I was born with too many fat cells. (Not true. These cells develop within the first few years of life.)

I've tried dieting but diets just never seem to work for me. (This book does not reflect a diet. Diets don’t work. This is a lifeplan choice!)

I have large bones and large-boned people automatically are fatter. (Large bones may make you bigger, but not fatter.)

I'm not really fat... I'm just heavyset. (Right, and I'm the tooth fairy.)

I've had babies so I have a fat stomach. (Your stomach may be stretched but exercise can help.)

I'm too old now to do anything about losing fat—lean bodies are for the young. (Never true. Please don’t put this attitude into concrete. It can kill you.)

7.                    I’ve exercised before and the fat just doesn’t go away—exercise doesn’t work for me. (That’s because eighty percent of how you look depends on how you eat.)

8.                   Weight doesn’t really matter—ifs only who you are on the inside that counts. (That may be true from a personality standpoint, but fat also can drastically effect your health.)

9.                    I may be significantly overweight, but I’m healthy. (I’ve never seen someone who is significantly overweight who is also healthy.)

Write down three of the biggest excuses you seem to have accepted into your life.