- Scales kind of suck - I know this is gonna irritate my trainer, but it's true. There have been weeks that I have not dropped a pound, even after 6 days of cardio, 3 training sessions with Paul, and an on-point diet. It's very discouraging and it's not a good indicator in my opinion on weight-loss. The way your body looks, fits in your clothes, and how you feel is the most important way to know your losing weight. It's gradual but it will come if you keep working.
- You're gonna want to take a break - You need to stop sometimes and let your body rest and recharge. Things get sore, or plain hurt so you need to listen to your body. That doesn't mean you can go crazy and eat what you want the whole time, but you are allowed to rest for a few days.
- Treat yourself - I pretty much wore the same workout clothes as I lost my first 100 pounds. My shoes were beat to crap and my shirts grew looser and looser. I decided I lost enough weight to pick up some new workout shoes and some nice workout shirts. I started out at a 6XL shirt and now I can get into 3XL shirts. It feels really good to finally get into a new brand that didn't have your size before. I even went and bought a health-related toy; an Nike+ Fuel Band! I was curious to how much activity I was actually doing and since I knew it would be used everyday, I decided why not?! It tracks calories, steps, and and activity number called Nike Fuel... it's dorky, but I love it.
- Don't get distracted by compliments - You start losing a good percentage of your body weight and people around you will notice, they should. You will start hearing good things from the people you know, don't let yourself think you should slow down or stop... don't get content with yourself and get lazy.
I have a few more things, but I figure this post is long enough. So, to those looking to make a change, you have to just do it! Stop putting it off and get after it! It's gonna be tough at first, it's gonna plain suck, but it gets easier and becomes routine, I promise.
