Ok, I’ll admit, all women are a little preoccupied with their weight. But I recently met with someone about my personal training services that I would say fell into the category of obsessed with weight loss. Not just any weight loss, FAST weight loss.

She listed to me every fad diet and gimmick under the sun that she had tried to lose weight including some
pretty dangerous prescription diet drugs.

This person bluntly told me that the whole 1-2lbs a week thing didn’t cut it for her. She was only interested in super fast weight loss.
She wanted to see 4-5lbs a week come off every single week. That was the only way she was going to stay interested.

Of course I told her about the difference in scale weight and body fat and how slower safe weight loss would result in long term results that she could maintain for life.

Not interested.

I told her that in just 3 months she could get to her goal and learn the habits along the way that would keep her there.

Not sexy enough.

I told her that if she did not decide to finally do things the right way 90 days would roll around and she would be right where she was now.

Yeah, ok, but can I lose 30 lbs in about 4 weeks with you?

I left that appointment shaking my head, wondering why someone would be so stuck on doing things in a way that she had proven to herself time and time again would not work.

Have you ever heard of self-sabotage?

One way women often do this when it comes to fitness and fat loss is by setting unrealistic expectations of what they can do or what they should expect.

For example: Trying to lose 30lbs in 30 days, trying to exercise 7 days a week from day one. Expecting to be able to keep up with other women who have been exercising for months or years. Feeling like if they haven’t eaten perfectly all day the day is a total loss.

If you read my blog post from a few days ago where I talked about “trying” to do something, you now realize that “trying” is nothing more than giving yourself a way out.

Well the same is true of unrealistic expectations.

Trying to be perfect and then failing because you are not is a vicious cycle you will be bound to repeat for your entire life.

When you set the bar so impossibly high for yourself that you can’t help but fail, you are doing nothing more than giving yourself a way out.

I know I ask this a lot but……aren’t you tired of that yet?

If you want a step-by-step nutrition program and a tough, enjoyable, effective fitness plan that will get you to your goal as quickly and safely as possible, come talk to me.

http://www.getfitwithsarai.com/boot-camps-for-women.html

Sarai Jones