Most people think they need to lose weight so they can get healthier. This is physiologically invalid.

Here is THE most important thing you will EVER learn about fat loss…. Drum roll please……….

The unvarnished truth about losing weight is…

“You must get healthy FIRST…

to be ABLE to lose weight.”

Think about that for a moment, please, because it is the most important TRUTH I can ever teach you.

A healthy body isn’t overweight. Being overweight is an inflammatory state. Your body, at a cellular level, is inflamed. It’s really that simple. It actually is not that hard. So if you look at the big picture, your discontent when you look in the mirror, may be the least of your worries. When a body is inflamed it can create a whole host of inflammatory conditions. Heart disease is inflammatory, stroke is inflammatory, even cancer is an inflammatory disease.

So paying attention to your overall health and chipping away at things that make you healthier will indirectly help you solve your weight loss problem. It also solves the bigger more important problem of making you healthier overall.

And isn’t that the goal?

Here are a few examples…   Here are two major players that either keep you overweight or will sabotage your weight loss efforts…

1)    Stress (either too much or not dealing with it responsibly)

2)    Sleep (not restful or not enough)

You’ve probably heard that before right? But maybe you’re too busy spending your time counting calories.   I guarantee you that if you’ve spent time decreasing or mitigating the amounts of stress in your life, or spent time dedicated to stress relieving techniques; you would put a dent in your weight loss goal.   Similarly, if you got restful sleep and committed yourself to 8 hours a night (that’s when our exercise style actually burns the most fat) you would, as well, be taking great strides to break through barriers to achieve your ideal weight.  So, you see, there are powerful ‘indirect ways to lose weight.’  Meaning that you are cultivating healthy habits that will not only help you reach your weight loss goals but also help you reach your overall health goals as well. That is the overall goal… isn’t it.

I get so frustrated seeing people who try so hard to lose weight but who are unsuspectingly ‘fishing in a lake with no fish.’

Most people go about it all backwards; trying to look good first. Your body is an ever-changing, amazing machine that’s constantly trying to thrive.

You need to give it an environment in order to do so. If you do, you will be astounded at how it will respond.

Trust me. Smart exercise, plus smart weight loss, equals optimal health.

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