Does Fat Loss Automatically Conjur Up Thoughts Of Restriction?

The most common denominator that presents when meeting with individuals keen to lose body fat is they have tried almost every diet imaginable before they go to a Fitness Professional. This firstly highlights how ineffective diets are and how they reinforce an expectation of failure. Plus it highlights to me that the public perception of the way we go about losing body fat is incorrect and dangerous.

When speaking to anyone who wants to lose weight or is thinking about it, the dominating thought is restriction. For example some cease eating dinners, stop consuming carbohydrates after 6.00pm and a very common restrictive practice is to cut out all fat. Unfortunately this may help you lose weight in the short term, so people looking for quick fixes, have their actions justified. But long term, these measures are unsustainable for both fat reduction and for health.

This unsustainable practice stems from a couple of factors. The most alarming factor is the practice of restricting food types and sources. Doing this means you lose out on a lot of important nutrients that keep you healthy and energised. Food groups such as natural fats and unprocessed carbohydrates are a great energy source. Secondly to act in this manner means your thinking is to stop, restrict, lose and cut out which all have negative connotations. This is not a natural and happy way to think and live your life. So hence long term fat loss can't be sustained unless you want to live your life unhappily denying yourself of pleasurable experiences.

You need to take the mentality of improvement into a fat loss campaign not restriction. Plant a seed in your mindset that needs fertilising with positivity, action, good nutrition, persistence and most of all happiness. If need be, get help, because once the seed is planted properly in your mind, the rest of the journey will be an adventure not a restriction.