Saturday, September 22, 2012

Spot reduction does NOT exist

As much as all women want to believe that spot reduction exists, trust me, it does not. Most women want to get rid of those problem areas like love handles, or inner thighs, but trying to just strictly do sit ups will not work. You have to change your diet and you will loose fat all over your body. It doesn't happen over night, (as much as we wish it would) it takes time. That is why you cannot give up if you are not seeing results.

I started seeing results pretty fast when I first started my journey (this is because I was doing something my body wasn't used to) but then the results quit coming for awhile and of course this was frustrating. This is the point when everyone wants to give up and most people do. The thing is though that your body has just gotten used to eating healthy and working out. Sometimes you can hit a plateau. DON'T GIVE UP! You just need to continue working hard and change up your workouts. Your body starts to get used to doing the same thing so you need to switch it up and change your workout routine every now and then. Also, it doesn't hurt to have a cheat meal every now and then, BUT have a limit! Limit your cheat meal to only once a week, and one meal during that day of week. Such as maybe dinner and dessert.

After I changed my workout routine and tricked my body, it took a little bit but then pounds just seemed to fall off and I was getting great results again. Once this happens, when you get past that first hump of no results and the frustration, you will feel incredible because you are one step closer to your goal and you will be very inspired to keep going.

That's another thing, set a goal for yourself. Make it realistic though. No it is not possible to loose 20 pounds in two weeks. It's also incredibly unhealthy. Pick a goal or two and focus solely on those. You can't change everything all at once, such as completely not eating any chocolate at all if you used to eat it everyday. You have to take baby steps, otherwise you will most likely get overwhelmed and binge. Same thing with working out. If your body is not used to working out and you take on a huge load for a long period of time, everyday, your body will get extremely fatigued and overwhelmed. You will most likely not be able to keep this up. Don't expect to be able to run for a long time at a fast pace or lift a ton of weights at a lot of reps right off the bat.
Set your goals, work towards them, reach them, and make new goals. It doesn't hurt to change or switch up your goals every now and then because the "new" challenge will be good motivation. Just don't give up.

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