NO QUICK FIXES TO FIT AND FAB

By Raia Darsey-Malloy

Self-Health Consultant with Fresh Beginnings Personal Development www.fresh-beginnings.com 

It is not a newsflash that the  weight loss, fitness industry is a multi-billion dollar generator and a ripe picking ground for desperate consumers looking for a quick fix to their body image and obesity concerns.

Consequently, every fitness-expert wannabe has a website proclaiming to have the magic bullet to turn the body into a fat-burning machine. This is cycle is all too familiar to me after struggling with anorexia nervosa, yo, yo dieting and all the associated self-image issues foisted on humanity trying to achieve the “ideal"whatever the hey that is. Throughout life until the past couple of years jumping on every fitness quick fix bandwagon was my style.   

After healing my own life and offering the benefit of my experiences to others through my career path as a professional writer, dynamic living coach I wrote a book called "I've Been There" because I have. For more information about that part of my journey, check out the website at www.ibtbook.com 

Some myths about boosting metabolism are so prevalent that they are consistently recycled and regurgitated with a mix of sincere, well-researched information to bloviating talking heads. You will hear personal trainers and nutrition counselors spew this information, as well.

For those who are open to hearing another perspective. Through trial and error it is clear to me that that there is nothing on the market that creates   a fit, fabulous lean, strong body over lifestyle and nutrition.  Sorry readers, it is the way it is.

Admitting to being a slow learner in some areas, after railing and resisting that way of life regime if there was a faster way you could count me in. Self-responsibility for changing the familiar is never easy. Personal growth and choosing a tortoise rather than a rabbit system is something many in society do not want to hear. Yet it is the only way to achieve success consistently over time.

There is no doubt that the truth may set us free, but for most of us, it usually ticks us off before we reach that point of acceptance. 

It is true that being active fires the metabolism over the short term. However, buying into the myriad of tips, trick and myths being marketed today to boost body systems without getting off the couch or giving up a junk food diet is a lie.

Any consistent fitness regime assists the resting metabolism to go down. Moving from patterns of inactivity and junk food junkie into using fitness to feel fit is pointless.

Internationally renowned obesity researcher Dr. Claude Bouchard, finds that muscle has a relatively low resting metabolic rate. Dr. Bouchard told me in an interview that, on average, a pound of muscle will only burn an extra six calories per day, and that this is marginally better than what a pound of fat burns in a day, which is two calories.

So the moral of this short but truth piece of fact over fancy. Achieving a fit and fab body, state of well being and a healthy, dynamic life is simple. Eat moderate amounts of clean, healthy foods in moderate amounts, increase activity, listen to your own biology, pace and be mindful without living beyond one's means and take responsibility for what we do over the long haul.

 No magic bullets, just assessing the cause and effect of everything we do and observing the consequences. The body does not lie, the challenge for all of us is to tune in, listen to what it is attempting to tell us and there is a very good chance that we could live longer and stronger as a result.

I admit to being overly focused and fixated in my thinking and investing in an activity tracker to log heart rate, energy output, calories sleep patterns is worth the investment. There is no wiggle room for deluded rationales because the tracker has it all right there every step of the way.

The billion-dollar myth building mania in the weight and fitness industry would not make the profits they do if consumers took the slow and steady sensible approach that works. This lower, balanced way will not fizzle and fade the way quickie schemes do. Personally, I am embracing the former. How about you?

It is not a newsflash that the  weight loss, fitness industry is a multi-billion dollar generator and a ripe picking ground for desperate consumers looking for a quick fix to their body image and obesity concerns.

Consequently, every fitness-expert wannabe has a website proclaiming to have the magic bullet to turn the body into a fat-burning machine. This is cycle is all too familiar to me after struggling with anorexia nervosa, yo, yo dieting and all the associated self-image issues foisted on humanity trying to achieve the “ideal"whatever the hey that is. Throughout life until the past couple of years jumping on every fitness quick fix bandwagon was my style.   

After healing my own life and offering the benefit of my experiences to others through my career path as a professional writer, dynamic living coach I wrote a book called "I've Been There" because I have. For more information about that part of my journey, check out the website at www.ibtbook.com 

Some myths about boosting metabolism are so prevalent that they are consistently recycled and regurgitated with a mix of sincere, well-researched information to bloviating talking heads. You will hear personal trainers and nutrition counselors spew this information, as well.

For those who are open to hearing another perspective. Through trial and error it is clear to me that that there is nothing on the market that creates   a fit, fabulous lean, strong body over lifestyle and nutrition.  Sorry readers, it is the way it is.

Admitting to being a slow learner in some areas, after railing and resisting that way of life regime if there was a faster way you could count me in. Self-responsibility for changing the familiar is never easy. Personal growth and choosing a tortoise rather than a rabbit system is something many in society do not want to hear. Yet it is the only way to achieve success consistently over time.

There is no doubt that the truth may set us free, but for most of us, it usually ticks us off before we reach that point of acceptance. 

It is true that being active fires the metabolism over the short term. However, buying into the myriad of tips, trick and myths being marketed today to boost body systems without getting off the couch or giving up a junk food diet is a lie.

Any consistent fitness regime assists the resting metabolism to go down. Moving from patterns of inactivity and junk food junkie into using fitness to feel fit is pointless.

Internationally renowned obesity researcher Dr. Claude Bouchard, finds that muscle has a relatively low resting metabolic rate. Dr. Bouchard told me in an interview that, on average, a pound of muscle will only burn an extra six calories per day, and that this is marginally better than what a pound of fat burns in a day, which is two calories.

So the moral of this short but truth piece of fact over fancy. Achieving a fit and fab body, state of well being and a healthy, dynamic life is simple. Eat moderate amounts of clean, healthy foods in moderate amounts, increase activity, listen to your own biology, pace and be mindful without living beyond one's means and take responsibility for what we do over the long haul.

 No magic bullets, just assessing the cause and effect of everything we do and observing the consequences. The body does not lie, the challenge for all of us is to tune in, listen to what it is attempting to tell us and there is a very good chance that we could live longer and stronger as a result.

I admit to being overly focused and fixated in my thinking and investing in an activity tracker to log heart rate, energy output, calories sleep patterns is worth the investment. There is no wiggle room for deluded rationales because the tracker has it all right there every step of the way.

The billion-dollar myth building mania in the weight and fitness industry would not make the profits they do if consumers took the slow and steady sensible approach that works. This lower, balanced way will not fizzle and fade the way quickie schemes do. Personally, I am embracing the former. How about you?