Imagine this, you want to discover how to gain muscle and lose fat. Unfortunately, you've tried everything (or so you believe) and now you don't think that anything can really help you. Worse still, the solution to building muscle and losing fat at the same time actually exists and it's just two steps, but now you're not willing to take all of the appropriate steps to make it happen.
This is exactly the challenge that millions of people face everyday. Just the other day I was talking with a client who told me that she had gained 5 pounds since she started exercising. A quick questioning soon revealed that she had not completed any of the homework I had assigned her. Now, mind you, this wasn't calculus I was giving her. I gave her just two things to do.
What did I ask her to do?
I asked her to get her body composition measured and to drink 500 milliliters of water first thing in the morning.
She told me that yes she was drinking water in the morning. I asked her if it was 500 milliliters, immediately after waking up. She said, and I quote, "Yes, I drink some water in the morning". Not too much precision in her statement. Then, I asked her if she measured herself with bioelectrical impedance (standing on a twenty dollar scale that roughly estimates body fat percentage) or via hydrostatic weighing (a more accurate method a estimating body composition (weighing yourself underwater, but the most accurate method). She pleaded guilty on all counts. She had not done anything at all.
Now here's the kicker.
She also had missed more than 1-week of fitness training. She was doing absolutely nothing different than she had in the past, yet in our conversation, in her very next breath, she was complaining that her body was not changing.
Huh, go figure.
This is what I deal with everyday - people that want completely magical results with change, no effort and no discipline necessary.
Here's something to remember, if someone isn't willing to take two easy steps, they aren't going to be willing to take the bigger, more challenging steps later. Let's face it, exercising and eating supportive nutrition can be challenging.
I've given the map to many people. I've even offered to walk with them down the path. But there is so much truth in the statement, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink".
The people I've worked with who know how to gain muscle and lose belly fat also know that the easiest way to accomplish their objectives is to commit themselves to a result. They follow a step by step plan that has been proven to work.
They plan their journey, hire a guide, they take the first step and they keep stepping until they create what they want.
Gaining lean muscle, losing belly fat and transforming the body isn't rocket science. However, there are some key steps that must be taken if optimal body transformation is going to be achieved.
One of the most important steps is the very first one because it builds momentum and accomplishment feedback.