Is This You At The Beach!
Or are you just a little overweight, want to get in shape, want to be proud when you remove your clothes on holiday! Then read on........
I just returned Sunday night from a very relaxing vacation in
warm sunny Jamaica, and I'm not happy about being back in snowy, cold
New Jersey...but I guess I'll deal with it.
Yes, I'll admit that even a fitness freak like me ate until I was
stuffed everyday, and drank more rum than I can remember, packing on a
few pounds while I was there. But now it's back to my normal lifestyle
and the extra fat gained last week will be gone by the end of this
week...I guarantee it! No excuses!
Anyway, I wanted to share something with you all that I noticed while I was in Jamaica on the beaches and in the pools.
One of the things that I do on a regular basis to help me continually
learn about fitness success and failure is observing people's habits
and actions. I feel that these observations are equally as important as
reading books, journals, articles, etc. for improving my knowledge of
what works and what doesn't in fitness.
Something that happens to me on a regular basis when I meet people is
that once they find out that I'm a fitness professional, they start
asking me questions about the things that they eat or how they exercise,
and what my opinion is on it. I don't mind this, because it gives me
some insight on exactly what people do, what they believe, and how
things have worked for them.
I will qualify that I only give my advice if it is asked for. I never
preach about fitness to someone who didn't ask for my advice. After
all, I know I don't want people preaching to me about their expertise if
I didn't ask for the advice.
So, one thing I noticed while on vacation last week was that out of
hundreds and hundreds of people from all different countries that were
walking around the sunny resorts in bathing suits, I only saw a grand
total of about 4 people that had anything resembling six-pack abs.
That's only 4 people out of probably close to 1000 that I saw throughout
the 7 days!
This observation has nothing to do with their actions on vacation,
just about their current state of fitness. Now obviously most people,
including myself, are not following their normal actions and behaviors
on vacation that they would in normal life. That's not the point.
I make observations about the habits and actions of both the fit
people and the fat people on a daily basis to help determine successful
vs. unsuccessful actions regarding weight management and general
fitness. It could be at grocery stores, at the gym, at restaurants, at
the office, at someone's house...all are potential spots to learn why
people are either fit or fat.
Start paying attention to the actions of the people around you on a
daily basis, and their corresponding body shape, and you'll learn a lot.
Here are some examples of things you may notice...
You might notice that the overweight woman at the office who claims
she can never lose any weight is actually the first one in the kitchen
whenever someone brings in free donuts or cookies.
You might also notice that the guy with the beer gut, who says it's
impossible for him to get rid of the gut, is skipping breakfast on a
regular basis (a killer for your metabolism), and drinking 2 or 3 sodas a
day without even realizing it. No wonder he's got a beer gut!
On the other hand, you might also notice that the girl with the slim
figure, who seemingly eats all kinds of junk food (and everyone gripes
that she should be fat with all of that crap she eats), never actually
finishes more than half of what she's eating. When you take a closer
look, she's actually not eating that many calories day in and day out,
and that's why she's lean. It's not always as it appears on the surface.
The point is that there's always an underlying reason why someone is
either fat or fit, and it revolves around
their lifestyle, their
actions, their habits. Look a little deeper and you'll learn a lot about
what people do successfully and where they fail in their quest for a
lean body.
If you want to be included among the fitness elite, those 4 out of
1000 people that have six-pack abs, your fully comprehensive guide,
revealing all of the secrets of the super-fit class is found in my
Truth about Six Pack Abs program. Action mean results!
If you've ever watched a fight on TV, you know that fighters have
some of the best bodies of almost any athlete most of the time. They
usually have six pack abs, and not a love handle in sight!
