Ponder this: Do you agree that someone who eats the right foods in the right amounts (but doesn’t exercise) will definitely release weight (assuming there are no weird medical issues)? Do you agree they would feel, look and be healthy (even if they didn’t exercise)? Okay, ponder that for a minute. Now, what about this: Do you agree that people who exercise (but do not eat healthy) will definitely release weight? Do you agree that people who exercise (but do not eat right) will feel, look and be healthy? Have you ever seen a not-so-healthy, overweight person talk about their daily workouts, while they are shoving a donut in their face? Have you ever seen a person who never works out a lick, but they eat all these weird “health foods” and have a great body?

I meet a lot of people that have a distorted view of the role of exercise in their lives. When people want to shed pounds and “get healthy”, the first solution is: “I need to start exercising”. When the motivation behind exercise is to “lose weight” it becomes very difficult to maintain this as a lifestyle. Going to the gym every day for exercise lessons for the rest of your life “to not get fat” is a crappy place to be.

Now, I can sense your apprehension. Don’t get me wrong, exercise is absolutely, positively a way to burn extra calories along with amazing health benefits, but it can be SO MUCH EASIER and permanent if you are living a healthy lifestyle. It doesn’t have to be an obsession, a chore or a daily necessity to maintain your weight and health.

Let’s take my friend John as an example. John spent nine months with a personal trainer and lost 70 pounds. He was physically in the best shape of his life, but after thousands of dollars and three years he had gained all his weight back and was in poorer health than when he started. This is because John chose not to maintain the 3 hour a day workouts, six days a week along with all of the metabolism boosters, protein shakes, energy drinks, etc. He was eating the same foods as when he was training, but without the training and exercise lessons. His personal trainer obviously had seen this before because she warned him that if he did not learn how to eat properly he would gain all of the weight back.

So, the point is this. It seem to make sense to start an intensive workout program and exercise lesson, hit the gym every morning at 5:00 am and hate every minute of it IF you are REALLY motivated to get your weight back in check. But what happens after the weight is gone? Are you still going to go to the gym six or seven days a week? What happens if the weight doesn’t come off as fast as you want it to? What happens when you go on vacation or work life gets hectic and a month’s gone by and you haven’t been to the gym?

Most fitness professionals agree that your results are a reflection of your eating habits and food choices! I would much rather adopt a healthy lifestyle and hit the gym three days a week for an exercise lesson than stuff myself full or additives, preservatives, fast food, soda, etc. and work out twice as long seven days a week. Your body LOVES healthy fuel and it will reward you by being more efficient in burning calories, higher energy levels, better sleep and an overall better mood! WOW! Confused? Check out our 7 week course the supports you in learning these tools for lifelong success!