Fat loss is not for idiots

Don't get me wrong, the diet and exercise program Fat Loss 4 Idiots is an admirable one (you can read more about it on my website if you feel like a visit). Why I'm claiming that fat loss is not for idiots is because of what we in Australia call the "Tall Poppy Syndrome". I'm sure you have a version of it wherever you may be.

If you are a tall poppy (i.e. stick your head up above the crowd and do something individual and challenging and good for yourself) you can fully expect to be cut down by those around you for your efforts. It seems that humans abhor a trier just as surely as nature abhors a vacuum. Generally speaking we are happy to be unchanged, unchallenged and fat as fools and woe betide anyone who attempts a breakaway from the norm.

If you truly want to lose weight and put the detailed planning and long term effort into making it happen for you, you have to ignore those around you who don't seem to want to see you succeed. It is simple - if you succeed, then your friends, family and workmates have to acknowledge that long term weight loss and a healthy lifestyle is not just a vague possibility, but happening right before their wanting-to-be-disbelieving eyes. They feel the pressure to get off their own dimpled bottoms and block their flabby ears to the siren song of the refrigerator. And as we all know, it's much easier to give in than to make a stand.

So be prepared for a lack of real enthusiasm as you embark on your life changing diet and exercise program. You have to be strong and focus on what is good for you - a weight control diet and fitness program for life is an admirable pursuit and you deserve to succeed. You have to do it for entirely personal and selfish reasons. I mean selfish in a noble and positive way - be good to yourself. You are the most important person in your life and you owe it to yourself to look after you. Let's face it, no one else is going to do it for you.

Therefore don't expect your nearest and dearest to be your personal cheer squad, though you may well win them over as time goes by.

Use your good brain to be your personal cheer squad. Ignore the sibilant whisperings of your evil brain claiming that you are an idiot for trying to lose weight while everyone around you is scoffing down a third helping of saturated fats. You are a winner for embarking on your personal weight loss journey and you know it. Get out there and enjoy your trip to a trim and healthy lifestyle.

Once you have lose a significant amount of weight over a period of perhaps 3 to 4 months, something wonderful may start to happen to the people around you. Your family and work colleagues may stop muttering darkly about the perils of skipping desert and the horror of shin splints. They may start quizzing you on your methods for weight loss and fitness success.

This is your opportunity to be positive not only about yourself but about those around you. If you encourage others in conversations about how much you enjoyed your walk this morning or how your tastebuds now crave nutritious food, you are on an absolute winner.

Avoid becoming a born again diet and fitness guru, cause no one really enjoys being lectured to about how they can be exactly like you if only they'd make a bit of effort.

Focus instead on sharing the feel goods. Give compliments and encouragement and you will receive an abundant quantity in return. The positive vibes are infectious and uplifting and definitely not for idiots.

Weight Control Diet Advice
Rosie Peters gives common sense advice, encouragement and tips for weight loss, sensible diet and lifelong fitness. Sometimes it's not what you want to hear, but what you need to know.