| You can do anything that anyone else has done. You | | | | or what brand new clothes will I be able to fit in. |
| can have anything that anyone else has. You can be | | | | What is it I would be ultimately happy with achieving in |
| anything that some else already is. | | | | the realm of fitness and weight loss. In crystal clear |
| How? Because they already have accomplished it so | | | | terms, what do I want to achieve. |
| you know it can be done. The variable is how hard | | | | When you find that answer, that is going to be your |
| you are willing to get the same results someone else | | | | destination. |
| has. | | | | To achieve fitness and weight loss success, you must |
| I am not trying to say be like someone else here. I am | | | | bridge the gap that lies between where you currently |
| saying that if there is something you want to have or | | | | are and where it is you want to end up. |
| be in this lifetime, make a study out of what other | | | | When you determine where it is you want to end up, |
| successful people have done to get it. | | | | you need to make certain choices and certain |
| Make a habit out of studying successful people and | | | | decisions about how it is you will get to your |
| begin doing what they've done or what they advise. | | | | destination. |
| Sure, there are going to be some limitations and some | | | | The quickest way to get there is to follow someone |
| setbacks. | | | | else who has already achieved what it is you want, |
| You will probably not be able to play pro baseball or | | | | model after someone that has figured out what works |
| basketball if you are in your 50's. | | | | and what doesn't. |
| You may not be able to be president of the United | | | | This could be a friend, family member, or personal |
| States if you've failed to graduate school. | | | | trainer. |
| That does not and should not mean you do not set | | | | In this case, it will be learning and copying some of the |
| lofty goals for yourself. | | | | steps in this book. |
| The habit of study comes after accepting responsibility | | | | There are certain "no matter whats" when it comes to |
| and thinking about what it is you want to achieve with | | | | losing weight, gaining muscle or strength, or any other |
| your body and health. | | | | fitness goal you may have. |
| In order to achieve great fitness and weight loss | | | | Much like certain principles or laws, like the law of |
| results, you must bridge the gap between where you | | | | gravity, these "no-matter-what's" will work 100% of the |
| currently are and where you want to be. | | | | time, whether you like it or not. |
| What this means is, you have to find a way to get | | | | If you do certain things, than you will achieve weight |
| from where you currently are (or are not) to where | | | | loss, no matter what. Whether you like it or not is |
| you want to go. | | | | irrelevant, they will work. |
| It's the same principle as using a roadmap. You use a | | | | You can have anything you want in life if you copy |
| map to get from Point A to Point B without blindly | | | | others that have achieved what it is you are looking |
| driving around trying to find your destination. | | | | for. If you want to learn about the stock market, read |
| Learning to bridge the gap from where you are to | | | | a book by Warren Buffet. If you want to learn a new |
| where you want to go can be done more easily if you | | | | language, pick up a Spanish book. |
| model, or copy, after someone that has already | | | | I am going to help you with weight loss success. Not |
| achieved some of the same things you want to | | | | because I know everything, but because at some |
| achieve. | | | | point, I had to make the same choice and I know the |
| For example, say that your best friend recently lost 20 | | | | end result of that choice. Experience of others can |
| pounds and looks great. Why not ask them how they | | | | save you a lot of time. |
| did it and then, providing they lost the weight in a | | | | It's not what you know or do that matters, it's what |
| reasonable manner, copy what it is they did. | | | | you know and do that produces results. Weight loss is |
| Two things must be figured out when you are trying to | | | | 80% behavior. It comes back to the choices that we |
| bridge the gap between success and failure. | | | | make, or do not make. So, in order to lose weight |
| First step in the process is you must ask yourself | | | | effectively and permanently, you must change your |
| "Where am I currently at in my fitness endeavors? | | | | behavior, or those things that cause you to gain weight |
| Does anything even need to change? Am I | | | | in the first place. |
| overweight? What do I weigh? What is so emotionally | | | | In fact, often the only thing that distinguishes successful |
| painful with being overweight? | | | | people from unsucessful ones is direction. |
| What are my alternatives? If I do not do anything right | | | | You only get what you ask for in life, so ask for more. |
| now to change, do I want to spend another week, | | | | There are specific reasons behind why you either |
| month, or year like I am right now? | | | | cannot lose weight or why the weight does not stay |
| Take a peek into the future? Where do you see | | | | off. Until you uncover those reasons, weight loss will be |
| yourself in 6 months to a year if you continue heading | | | | minimal, at best. |
| the in same direction you are heading now. Will your | | | | It has to do with the choices you make each and |
| health be negatively affected or just your self-esteem. | | | | every day. If you are stressed out from work, do you |
| What is it I am doing in my workout routine that is not | | | | chose to workout or run to get rid of tension or do |
| producing results. What is it in my nutrition that is not | | | | you plop down on the couch and eat an entire bag of |
| working? If everything that needed to be done was | | | | Doritos. |
| getting done, I would be seeing better results, so | | | | The choices you make dictate the life you lead. |
| something is not working for me. | | | | I do not like to offer my clients a "Band-Aid" approach |
| After you determine where you currently are, you | | | | to getting in shape. I want results to last. I am one of |
| know must then find out where it is you want to go. | | | | these people that want to know why both how and |
| What do I want to weigh? How do I want my clothes | | | | why something works. Other people are just happy |
| to fit? How much energy would I like to have? What | | | | knowing that it works. |
| size do I want my waist to be? | | | | But it only works as well as you want it to work. |
| If I change for the better right now and start | | | | So begin studying how others have achieved their |
| implementing a proper fitness program, what will I feel | | | | goals and you too, can copy their success and |
| and look like in 6 months or a year. What size will I be | | | | achieve what you want to achieve as well. |