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If you had a toothache, you (I hope) would not decide to pick up a dental drill and start repairing your teeth. If your car broke down and you had never looked under the hood before, you likely wouldn’t decide to fix your own engine. But when it comes to exercise, most of us decide

WEIGHT LOSS IS LIKE A BRIGHT RED FERRARI 5 Consider weight loss to be like purchasing something extravagant. In this example, we’ll use a Ferrari. Most car enthusiasts, if offered a Ferrari, would happily accept the gift. Similarly, most people would happily accept instant weight loss if it were magically offered to them. But Ferraris,

WHEN YOUR GOAL PREVENTS YOUR GOAL FROM HAPPENING 7 But what if you didn’t have to sacrifice so much for such a long consecutive period of time? You don’t. Consider, instead, eating this weight-loss-elephant one bite at a time. If you have 15 pounds you want to lose (or 50 pounds, or 150 pounds), I’d

HAVE WE BEEN WASTING FOOD THIS ENTIRE TIME?!? 9 As you can imagine, this often can run in direct opposition to strategies for weight loss via eating less. If your weight is currently stuck and you want it to go down, you could theoretically just stop eating every meal/snack/drink when there is 10% remaining, and

EVERYTHING IS GOOD. NOTHING IS GOOD 11 How good (or useful) a food is to a particular goal is all relative to what you might be eating if you weren’t eating that particular food? For example, “Are granola bars a good food for weight loss?” Well, if it’s replacing a Snickers Bar, then yes, it’s

ON THE TOPIC OF EATING PIZZA WHILE LOSING WEIGHT 13 The answer is less about how often you go off plan and more about how far you go off plan (and if you are able to do anything to compensate for it). When eating a meal that isn’t part of our plan, it’s tempting to

THE RIVER IS ALWAYS FLOWING, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS PADDLE 15 You have a paddle with you on this raft, so when you find a spot along the river you especially enjoy, you can row against the water’s current to slow your pace and hang out at that spot a bit longer. With aggressive paddling,

FAT LOSS IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU, BUT HAVING LOST FAT IS 17 Achieving a fat loss goal can get you to a healthier state, but the process can be anything but. Remember that to lose weight, by definition, you must undernourish your body to the point that it consumes its own tissue for sustenance.

HOW TO GET AN A+ IN WEIGHT LOSS 19 Every class includes those who barely have to try, yet cruise to an A. In weight loss you’ll hear stories of others who barely did anything, yet reached all of their weight loss goals ahead of schedule. This doesn’t mean it’s going to be as easy