By Samantha Taylor
Samantha Taylor Fitness
One of the things I have learned after being in the health and fitness industry for 25 years is that people have different thresholds when enough is enough and they are fed up. Some women can be 50 lbs. overweight and honestly not even really notice it until a series of events happens in her life.
Usually it’s a culmination of things happening that pile up on one another like her clothes not fitting anymore and she refuses to buy a larger size. Or she has stepped on the scale and she is now the heaviest she has ever been or she saw a picture of herself and didn’t even recognize herself. Or the worst, someone asked her, “When is the baby due?” when she is not pregnant (many women have told me this happened to them)!
Or she has noticed the intimacy in her marriage has been affected because of how she feels about herself or that her self-esteem has plummeted so much that she has become a hermit and doesn’t want to leave the house anymore in fear of people seeing how much weight she has gained.
These are the stories I hear every day from women and there is that moment where she is totally fed up with her current circumstances and she realizes she MUST do something about it. She says, “I can’t take this another second! I know I need help but know I can’t do this on my own.” It’s in that moment of frustration that can actually be her greatest step towards victory because she is fed up!
But what does she do? Another diet program that puts her on pills and has her on 500 calories a day so that she may lose the weight but when she goes off the meds she may gain it back because her hunger is no longer controlled by the drugs? Or an extreme diet of nothing but protein shakes all day?
Those are all methods to lose weight, but after training over 6,000 women in my four studios, I want to focus on solving this problem: how are you going to keep the weight off? Not just lose it. The only way is to learn how to eat healthier. I know that was not the quick fix some are looking for. However, it is the answer to lasting success.
I have found that a woman has to get to a place where she is so fed up with the negative consequences in her life from the extra weight or lack of health that she is compelled to do something. The question is, is she going to let it get worse before she does something about it?
You might find yourself being that woman and being fed up with your current situation can be a good place to be because that is when you are most likely to do something about it. I heard a saying, “You will never change what you tolerate.” That is SO true because if you put up with it, then it will stay the same.
If you are ready to stop being frustrated and start getting results, then I would like to give you a free Body Transformation Analysis. I will show you some tips on delicious healthy eating and map out a plan for you so we can achieve your goals together.
We have ongoing personal training programs where you can book a consult here at www.SamanthaTaylorFitness.com or you can check out our 6 Week Challenge where you can lose 9 to 28 lbs. and win a cruise for two! That starts Sept 25th. Visit www.6weekbtc.com or call 813-377-3739.