You’ve heard it before. When
something sounds too good to be true, it is.
You’re smart. Think it through.
Losing weight isn’t easy. If it was, we’d
all look like Ryan Gosling and Mariah Carey.
It takes hard work and crazy mental dedication. Calories in versus calories out. This is what it boils down to. You can’t out work a bad diet. You’ve heard this before and know that it’s
true. So why are so many people buying
into the easy magic fixes? Is it
laziness? And is laziness what got you
to this point in the first place? Mine
was. And now, even with all my kickass
workouts, I still get lazy on my food some days. It happens.
But I know better than to put myself on a grapefruit diet or drinking
eight slimfast shakes a day and thinking this is going to be sustainable. I’m 36 years old and even if it worked now in
the short term, it wouldn’t last more than a few weeks and then, when you go
back to normal food and eating, guess what happens? That’s right, the weight comes back and then
some. Basic skills here of moderation,
avoiding fast food, portion control, high protein…these are the winning
combos! Not diets like hCG, twinkies,
tapeworm, baby food, cigarettes, Auqili soap, ear stapling and eating cotton
balls. Seriously!?!? These are diets people have tried that are
extremely dangerous and to be blunt, stupid.
What’s even wackier? The workout
gimmicks that people come up with. The
shake weight. 2 minutes ab crunch
machine. Or my new favorite…horse riding
fitness ace power. Yeah, check out this
video for a great laugh. But what’s
sad? People actually buy this stuff on
infomercials and think that the machine or equipment will do the work for them
and melt away fat. No, go get some
cardio if you want to melt away fat.
Find a simple strength training regimen.
Do a workout DVD or go for a swim.
Getting your sweat on will burn fat, not riding a ridiculous machine like
this! Fast forward about 30 seconds and
laugh away.
What’s even more disturbing to me?
People that say they can’t afford $20 a month to go to the gym, but have
no problem buying diet pills, eating cotton balls and spending money on crappy
equipment every month that ends up in the trash because it breaks and it doesn’t
work. If you can’t make the time to go
for a 30 minute walk (which is free!) then what makes you think you’re going to
climb on your gazelle or ab blaster for an hour a day? The industry takes advantage of our quick fix
attitude and exploits our pocket books.
So next time, before you try the next magic skinny diet or machine,
think first and ask yourself what you’re doing.
Shine, be brilliant and throw away your shake weight.
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