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Earlier this week, I introduced you to Angela.

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I told you of her failed attempts to lose the fat that has piled on since having her kids.

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And I told you how she came to me desperate for an answer to her question.

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“Why can’t I lose this fat”?

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Angela has tried everything.

• She has read every diet book.

• She has exercised like an Olympic athlete.

• She has cleansed.

• She has choked down dietary supplements.

• She has joined and quit three different diet programs.

She did what she was supposed to do.

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She listened to the experts and did what they said.

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And yet, through all of her ups and downs, she couldn’t convince her body to abandon that unwanted body-fat.

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• How come?

• Did the diet industry lie to her?

• What does Angela have to do to transform her body?

How Come?

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There are a variety of reasons why people gain weight.

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And each of these reasons spawns a variety of experts to tell you how to correct the problem.

• Hormonal causes leads to a variety of dietary, exercise and pharmaceutical solutions

• Lifestyle causes lead to a variety of lifestyle / exercise solutions

• Dietary causes lead to a variety of dietary solutions

• Emotional causes lead to a variety of psychological, social and pharmaceutical solutions

Like most people, Angela’s weight gain isn’t the result of one thing.

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Her weight gain is multi-dimensional and is going to require a multi-dimensional solution.

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Did The Diet Industry Lie To Her?

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Yes and no

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Most of the people involved in the weight loss industry have good intentions. They want you to lose weight. They are not lying to you.

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However, in their desire to separate themselves from the rest of their business competition, they have to come up with a Unique Selling Proposition.

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And since they are all offering quick and easy (ok, that is a lie) weight loss, they have to differentiate themselves by their method of weight loss.

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They have to prove to you that their approach is right and that the other company is wrong.

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• The low-fat diet guru has to attack the low-carb diet guru

• The cardio queen has to criticize the weight lifters, and

• The drug companies just spend millions of dollars brainwashing us with marketing

And at the end of the day, when you fail to lose and / or maintain the weight loss, who is to blame?

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You are.

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You and your lack of will power.

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It’s all your fault.

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Right???

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So, What does Angela have to do to transform her body?

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• She needs to realize that health and weight loss are twinned goals

• She needs to realize that health and weight loss are multi-faceted issues

• She needs to realize that she needs a multi-faceted solution

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• She needs to know that she can lose the weight

So What Is Angela’s Plan?

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To achieve successful and permanent weight loss, Angela needs to address each of the 3 Paths to Fat Loss

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Path # 1 Nutrition

Path # 2 Exercise

Path # 3 Mental / Emotional / Spiritual Strategies

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Nutrition

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There is no way around this one. You will never exercise your way around a diet based on pie ala mode.  It’s just not going to happen.

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Exercise

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When I design a exercise program geared towards melting body-fat, I follow a very definite strategy. I always choose exercises that:

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• Burn a lot of calories

• Maintain / Encourage muscle growth

• Elevate resting metabolism

• Elevate post-workout metabolism

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Mental / Emotional / Spiritual Strategies

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This path to fat loss is easily the most complicated, confusing and crucial of the 3 paths.

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It is the most complicated because it is the most personal. It requires that we ask questions about our thoughts and emotions.

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Somewhere between our urges / thoughts / desires and our actions lies our free will.

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For some people, a desire for a great big bowl of ice cream right before bedtime is not a problem.

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They have the ability to weigh the pros and cons and make a decision that is in their best interest. They also have the emotional control to act upon that decision.

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For other people, that desire for ice cream overpowers their conscious mind.

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And until they can gain control over their mind / emotions / spirit, they will break their diets, skip their workouts and gain more weight.

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That’s it for now.

In my next post, I will cover my exercise plan for weight loss.

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Stay tuned.

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