Albert Einstein defines insanity as doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.

Such a simple statement

This has become one of my favorite comments in dealing with weight loss and fat loss. How many many people do you know that have gone on Adkins or South Beach, and lost a good amount of weight only to put it back on (and then some) once they go off the diet?

I know you have someone close to you that’s done this. Maybe it’s a friend, co-worker or even a family member. Hell, I’ve had my OWN family that have done this right under my nose.

The thing that makes me want to pull my hair out is once they go off whatever diet fad they’re on, and they start eating the foods that got them there in the first place, they are ACTUALLY surprised the weight starts coming back. 

Now I may not be the brightest bulb in the bunch, but that just doesn’t add up in my book. You take away the fruits, vegetables, and wholesome foods, and start stuffing your face with donuts, pizza, beer, pasta, and the various fast food bombs of course you’re going to start packing on the pounds and usually with a vengeance.

These diet gimmicks, fad programs, and diet pills are just that… a temporary fix.

One of the interesting things is when I start counseling a client about nutrition, 90% say they felt so much better when they cut out the crap out of their diet. I’m talking about the pastas, excessive sugars, white carbs (breads, potato’s and rice), and “diet foods”. They were all eating clean, healthy foods right from the grocery store. None of this pre-packaged crap that is promoted on television and print ads.

Now I’m not afraid of issuing a little “tough love” every now and then. Ask my clients they’ll tell you. I have absolutely no problem calling my client’s out when they need it.

So I’m going to ask you flat out, if you want to make a change… really make a change, what are you willing to do?

You don’t have to do a 100% overhaul… at first

Take baby steps. I’m going to start out by giving just a few to start out so here you go.

Step #1: Have breakfast EACH AND EVERY DAY! For majority of you, this will be HUGE! Crap, I was a wrestler growing up, and from 9th grade until my senior year of high school I NEVER had breakfast during season. Who would though I had the beginning of an eating disorder, but that’s how it can start.

Step #2: Drink water during the day. Yep, that’s right, good ol’ H2O. Start cutting back the soda, tea and coffee to a max of 1-2/day. I ran the fitness department for a Clinical Nutritionist a few years back, and he would tell his clients they would not wash their clothes in soda or coffee, so why wash your body with them. Corney I know, but they got the point.

Step #3: Get active every day. if you’ve been following my facebook page for any length of time you’ve probably seen me taking 15-40 mile bike rides and heard about me doing really weird things like throwing these cannonball looking things around, flipping tires, walking on my hands and doing squats from a Bulgarian prison. ;-) Or you’ve heard something about running a half-marathon military style obstacle course (more on that later). The saying, “do as I say, not as I do” seems to fit perfectly here.

Start out by doing something for 15-20 minutes every day for the first week. Baby steps remember? It could be taking the dog out for a walk, taking the kids to the park, working out in the flower garden, swimming in the pool, cleaning the garage whatever will keep you moving for up to 20 minutes.

Step #4: Write your goal down. Where do you want to be in 30 days? This is super important. The saying, “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail” comes to mind.

I’m full of cliches tonight can you tell?

So now it’s time to make your decision.

Think what you want, and how long you’ve been wanting to make a change. I’m not going to lie. This is going to be a process, and it’s not going to be easy, but then again nothing worth working for ever came easy right?

But there is a major difference this time and I’m talking a HUGE difference. We’re in this together, you and me.

Stay tuned because I’m going to blow your doors off!

Until next time,

Steve

PS: If you want to download my latest report, Metabolic Mayhem, click on the link and follow the directions. I’m only going to make this available for a short time, so click on the link before it’s too late!