Fat loss programs.

A girl I was talking to today was telling me about how she has been training.

Girl: "I heard good things about NROL (New Rules of Lifting) so I bought it and did the fat loss routines"

Me: "Is that right..?"

All I could think of was YOU’RE STILL FAT.
***note.. NROL is an excellent book***

This kind of person exists everywhere, I call them the perpetually fat. Moving from one “fat loss” program, to another “fat loss” program... Maybe losing a pound or two, but nothing that their weekly binge won’t add right back on.

Most people can lose about 1% of their bodyweight per week without losing any muscle.

Lets say we have two initially eager girls, Shelly and Kacie. Both currently at 160lbs and both want to lose 20lbs.

Shelly goes the route of most, not really counting calories or meal sizes. She gets on a fat-loss program. Each week the scale goes down, but not by much. She completes the 3 month long fat-loss program and has lost 5 lbs. Not too bad. She goes onto phase two of the fat-loss program and loses 4 lbs for a total of 9 lbs in 6 months. Next she goes through phase three where the workouts get really painful. She’s beginning to adapt though, and only loses 3 lbs during this phase. That’s a total of 12 lbs in 9 months.
She’s a little over halfway to her goal, and it took the better part of a year to do.

Kacie puts forth a total commitment. She starts the same fat-loss program, but watches her diet 100%. Sure, 1 in 100 meals may be a cheat meal, but that’s it. Her target goal is to lose 1.5 lbs per week (1% per week). Boom, after the first month she has lost 6 lbs. Feeling confident she continues the next 2 months of the first phase. Since she is losing weight she also drops her intake appropriately. After the 3 month program, she has lost 18lbs.

Kacie ends up at a lean 142lbs after 3 months. Shelly ends up at a flabbier 148lbs after 9 months.

Kacie sees the results and sticks with it. From this point on, she is gaining LBM, getting more in shape and loving her new found fitness. Shelly continues her program hopping looking for that magical key. When Kacie tells Shelly how she did it, Shelly still thinks her diet is perfect and that her difficulties are all to do with “genetics”.

The reason why Shelly doesn't succeed is simple: she could not be fully dedicated for three months. Three months is shit all folks, 0.02% of an average person’s life.

Do things the right way folks, not the easy way. It WILL pay off.