Dear Friends,
I hope this message reaches you in good spirits. For those of you shaking off the flu right now, I hope you have a quick recovery.
The subject of today is Enthusiasm: Do you have any? When it comes to fitness, you really need a big helping of enthusiasm to maximize your weight and fat loss results.
Those of you who lack enthusiasm will not go very far because all you’re going to do is “wing it” when you exercise, just going through the motions just to say you did something. That my friend, just will not do. How can you expect to lose 30, 40, or 50+ pounds if you don’t feel good about what you’re doing? I can promise you that you won’t lose an inch from your waist if you are not enthusiastic about adopting an active lifestyle. And unless you want to go under the knife, don’t expect to lose 30 pounds in 2-3 months without being excited about what the future holds for you. Focus your efforts on the future and what you could look like if you were motivated, accountable, and enthusiastic about looking better, feeling better, and being fit.
In my professional experience as a fitness coach, my clients who were truly commited, excited, and positive achieved the most. They always lost the most inches, they lost the most amount fat within the shortest amount of time.The others always found better things to do, didn’t eat right because of this or because of that, but at the same time they still wanted to see massive changes.
You have to make a positive change to see a positive change, and you have to stick with the changes to see a positive result. You wanna lose weight? Lose the excuses today; continue to find ways of bettering yourself for the long term. Stop giving in to your negative self-talk. Don’t be discouraged so easy; don’t be made of glass, but be made of stone. Stay strong in your efforts to lose weight, and become healthier. It will pay off for you, but you must give it chance. You owe it to yourself don’t you think?
I think that every single one of you has the opportunity to achieve your greatest body ever. Are you willing to make the necessary sacrifices to achieve your greatest body? What are you willing to give up to lose 20, 30, 40 or more pounds.
Try doing something out of the norm, break out of your comfort zone. To see a difference in your weight, you have to do something different. Your body responds to new stimulus. Are you expanding your mind and body on a continual basis? Or, are you doing same things you’ve always done?
Doing the elliptical for 30 minutes every day at the same speed, with no changes, nothing different is not going to cut it. Walking two miles all the time with no change in pace, speed, or intensity just will not work out, but yet I see people still doing the same things over and over, but are frustrated about their minimal results. I want to see you all successful; you can make this happen. You can achieve with courage, belief, and perserverance
Have a positive mindframe. Do away with negativity. Stop looking for excuses. Focus on the positive at all times. Stop focusing on how hard an exercise is, and starting focusing on what the exercise can do for you. Focus on how an exercise program is going to shape your body. Focus on how you will look in the near future. Focus on buying new clothes because your jeans are too big now. Focus on all the compliments you will receive from the opposite sex, and your close friends and family that love you and want to see you happy with yourself.
Now let’s get enthusiatic and start losing some fat.
