#62: Phat Loss Attitude

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Special Report #62

Part of the

“I see you to succeeding"

series.

Phat Loss Attitude

Generally speaking, having greater than 20% body composition is a symptom of putting things off (procrastination), followed by hurry up (anxiety), and then repeated over and over.

So, what we have is a person who emotionally bounces back and forth between anxiety and depression. On both sides of the swing of the pendulum, we end up with reactions to each extreme which play out as a withholding of calories followed by mini binges of calories...which results in a half pound to two pounds of fat gained per month.

In order to experience fairly quick progress followed by long term success, you want to take a more moderate attitude toward your fat loss program. What that means in real time is simply focusing on what the next step is (hour to hour, day to day).

The people who seem to have a lot of trouble are the people who will procrastinate taking action, followed by an all-or-nothing attitude (emotions rather than mind power driving actions).

The truth is you can't get more performance out of the body than what you are conditioned for...like everything, progress and success is built on consistent baby steps. 

For example, if a person has been malnourished, you can't make up for eating poorly for a month in one day... You have to get nutrient density into the body consistently and the body "takes on" nutrition a little bit at a time...the benefits are cumulative. 

AND since you're exchanging a previously addictive, fat-building lifestyle with updated, healthy, sustainable lean lifestyle you don't want to change everything at once (circle of influence, clothing, quantity of exercise, etc.), since permanent improvement requires a transition in lifestyle (giving up the unhealthy for the health(ier) over the course of a year).

If you have 30% or higher body composition then I would suggest a more strict nutrition program from the get go... in other words, the higher your body composition is the more you need to get real with getting on track to build momentum in the first 2-3 months. Each 1% of body fat = 2lbs).

The majority of the population has to experience significant results in the first three months in order to stick with a program. The way I do and train nutrition, resistance training and cardio training it's reasonable to burn 12 pounds per month, and up to 45 pounds in the first 8 weeks...the body wants to burn fat, but requires nutrition density in order to use fat for energy (fat loss).

If not, look toward the emotional attitude...unresolved emotional sticking points tend to halt progress regardless how dialed in your nutrition, resistance and cardio are dialed in.

Permanent fat loss requires being fully engaged in your own process from the inside out...get very present, interested and curious about the entire process...but focus on the basics consistently. (Invest the time you were using to find the "miracle" weight loss cure prepping your nutrition and working out.)

If you tend to avoid emotional topics, stick your head in the sand and distract yourself, this habit will have to be changed before you can reasonably expect to get exceptional, sustainable results.

As body fat decreases and melts away, and the muscles get more conditioned the emotional content begins to leave the body the same way it came in. ..through the mind. 

If your attitude isn't "presence" the emotional content can feel paralyzing... In other words, you want to pay more attention to simply sticking to the plan regardless how you "feel" about sticking to the plan!

Emotional content can trick you into thinking you are overwhelmed when in reality you're simply processing out emotional baggage. If you stop your program every time you feel overwhelmed you effectively train the body to procrastinate when you feel anything...which is a mis-use of your emotional power...emotions are meant to be experienced to enrich life, not held onto, nor suppressed or avoided.

If we "hold" emotions, ultimately they take on a life of their own which more or less turn into a self-recycling neurosis...what that looks like kid someone saying they want help from an expert, but then they insist they situation is different and that no one could possibly understand or help them: "I've tried everything, nothing works for me!"...or, "You can't make me do what's best for me,"...of course, it's an "inside job" that requires an attitudinal adjustment from the inside out.

Once you adjust your attitude, nutrition and exercise are the tools you use to get the job done.

Attitude is everything. Be reasonable and take suggestions from yourself. If you think a good attitude is B.S. you have a bad attitude!

"Do it now! Do it consistently!"