Skyler Meine

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As a weight loss expert, I have asked myself one question more than any other:

Why do weight loss programs and diets ultimately fail for the majority?

I have read hundreds of different diets and weight loss programs—many from the best personal trainers and nutritionists in the world. The principles are sound. They should work. So why aren’t more people getting to their IdealShape and staying there? Aren’t thousands of these programs being sold every day? (more…)

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Are you one of those people who jumps out of bed in the morning just in time to get a shower in before you have to run to work? Then, you are so busy at work that you only have a few minutes to grab a snack. By the end of the work day you realize you are starving, so you pick up something on the way home or go home and eat way too much to make up for your lack of food throughout the day.

If you can relate to this story it is time to make some changes to your eating habits because what you are doing is killing your metabolism! On top of killing your metabolism, if you are exercising you are seriously going to hamper your improvement in the gym.

It’s going to take some effort on your part but eating five to six small meals a day will give you more energy. It will keep your metabolism burning as many calories as possible throughout the entire day. Just three hours after you eat, your body will have used or stored all the energy from that meal. This allows your body to utilize fat as a source of energy so that your energy levels stay up, and your body doesn’t hear the starvation alarm and attack lean muscle mass for fuel.

Eating every three hours will keep your metabolism burning calories non-stop, targeting the fat stores to get those extra calories it needs. Remember, healthy weight loss is all about maintaining lean muscle to keep your metabolism cranked up and burning fat. Make sure that each meal is balanced with protein, carbohydrates and fat. The closer the meals are to each other in number of calories, the better.

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Everyone has the ability to lose weight. For a very small (and I mean very small) portion of the population, losing weight requires the help of a medical doctor but weight loss is still possible. For everyone else it comes down to doing the work to find the solution that will work for you. When I hear people say they can’t lose weight, it makes me want to rip my hair out and scream from the roof tops, “Stop Lying To Yourself.” The formula is simple: burn more calories than you eat and you will lose weight. Honestly, it is that simple.

I can hear you saying, “It isn’t that simple, Skyler. Every time I try to lose weight, I exercise and eat right and nothing happens.”

Well, guys, the answer is simple: you aren’t burning more calories than you are eating. One of two things is happening: you are eating more than you think or your metabolism is really slow. And both things can be remedied. By learning to eat the right things at the right time and practicing fat-burning, metabolism-enhancing exercise, you can and will start to lose weight.

I guarantee when I work with my clients that they are going to lose weight if they are willing to follow my program. I have never meet a client who didn’t lose weight if they followed through on their end. Sometimes it does take working with a weight loss expert to figure it out. Sometimes it is to difficult to figure out on your own, but I want to emphasize that it can be done. If you want to achieve your IdealShape, you can.

And as an incentive to come back we will be discussing what to eat and the fat-burning, metabolism-enhancing exercise that you should be doing.

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Ever meet someone who wanted to get in shape, so they opened their front door and started running? Two days later, they were back on their couch eating Twinkies. The yellow foamy part first and then the creamy center. Maybe that person was you. You never really had a plan. You saw people running around your neighborhood and they all looked like they were in shape.

You wanted to lose weight, too. When you ran you got out of breath, so you thought running must be a great exercise to burn the maximum amount of calories. You thought if you could just run one cement slab further each day, you would be in the best shape of your life before long.

Did you know what you were going to eat to help get rid of those extra pounds, or what to eat to recover from that run you just went on? Did you know the more you run the less calories you are going to burn, and the less effective your exercise is going to be?

When you dove headfirst into a program like this, your intentions were great. But you didn’t succeed. Why not? What do you need to master this time in order to be successful?

You need to get your priorities straight.

The weight loss expert’s list of priorities in order of importance:

1. Your Mind: Check out the previous posts to get your mind in the right place.

2. Healthy Eating For Weight Loss:  The answers are coming!

3. Resistance Exercise: Future posts will reveal the secret to making this more effective than running.

4. Fat Burning and Muscle Building Cardio: Is it possible?

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We have all heard the quote, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Well, it is the truth and none of us want to be failures.  If I told you all you had to do for the next 90 days to achieve your IdealShape was take 15 minute every night before bed and plan the next day… would you do it? Once you know what you should be doing, that’s really all it takes to become insanely successful with your exercise and nutrition programs.

Planning makes you accountable to both yourself and the weight loss expert you’re working with. Planning will give you a quick reference to your compliance with the designated program. For example, I teach all of my clients what they need to be doing with nutrition and have them plan and track their nutrition at dailyburn.com. When we weigh each week, if they aren’t seeing the success they want to, we jump on the computer and look at their diets to see what they’re doing. Because they are planning and tracking, I easily see what nutrition mistakes they are making and help them adjust.

Not too long ago I had a client come in who wasn’t losing weight as quickly as they wanted.  They said they were eating the designated amount of calories explained in the IdealShape eBook. So I said, “Let’s check out what you’re eating and when you are eating it.” We jumped on dailyburn and the problem was clear: they were eating a majority of their calories in one meal even though they were eating six meals a day. I made minor adjustments and got them planning proportionate meals every day. They lost four pounds the next week.

I couldn’t have made the changes to help this client achieve success if they weren’t planning and tracking. Get tips on foolproof tracking and planning here.

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It isn’t enough to set goals or tell everyone you have a goal. You actually have to do everything possible to accomplish the goal, and that is going to take commitment. Commitment is a total investment in completing what you set out to accomplish. Your goal weight, inches and fitness level should be prominently displayed on your mirror, so you can read those numbers each morning.

If you really want to make your goals happen, close your eyes for 10-20 seconds and visualize what you will look like when you get there and how you will feel. No kidding. This works and you will accomplish your goals faster if you can see and feel what it will be like to accomplish them.

Remember: if you have a bad day or a bad month, your goals shouldn’t change. If you plateau (which you won’t if you are on a great weight loss program and actually following it 100%), that doesn’t give you the excuse to give up. The solution is right around the corner.

Now you have your goal and can see and feel what it will be like to get your IdealShape. The only limiting factor is having the knowledge to get there. That’s why, as a weight loss expert, I am going to give you the answers to these question in each upcoming post.

If you are having a hard time finding the determination to commit or follow through, I would highly recommend that you try hypnosis for weight loss. Sometimes we don’t know what is really causing us to sabotage our weight loss goals. Hypnotherapy can help you overcome many obstacles very quickly, with lasting results.

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If you are like many of my weight loss clients, you have started more programs than you would like to count. You had high hopes and those hopes quickly faded, either because you didn’t follow through or you weren’t seeing the results you wanted to see. Was it your fault? Consciously maybe it wasn’t. But maybe something was going on in your head, unconsciously, that sabotaged your weight loss goals.

If you struggled to stay on track with your goals, you were probably frustrated because you didn’t understand why. As a weight loss expert I sometimes have to be a psychologist, too. I have to determine what is going on in my clients’ minds that is keeping them from being successful with program I have given them. I know it isn’t the program, per se, because everyone else following it is losing weight. So I realized early on that I had to find other solutions in addition to motivation, good nutrition and exercise to help them accomplish their goals. And, by the way, I am not a big fan of trying to be psychologist or counselor to my clients. So instead I found a resource that is much, much more effective: hypnosis for weight loss.

Weight loss hypnotherapy can help you overcome the roadblocks that have kept you from losing weight. It also helps you develop the habits that will let you lose weight successfully and keep it off. This isn’t like the hypnosis you see in the movies. Instead, you put in a Weight Loss Hypnotherapy CD right before you go to bed at night. Through guided meditation, it imprints on your subconscious the determination to accomplish your goals. It also relaxes and grounds you, so you’ll sleep better and wake up to continue your program with a clear mind.

Many of my clients who once looked at their weight loss journey negatively are now finding it enjoyable and worthwhile. This is due to the impact that hypnosis for weight loss has had on their subconscious. To learn more about hypnosis for weight loss, click here. If it sounds like I am giving you a sales pitch, that’s because I am. Hypnotherapy has proven to be incredibly successful for weight loss, and it’s something people need to look into if they are encountering roadblocks in their weight loss journey.

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Find someone or a whole group of people to keep you accountable to your goals. Seriously, tell someone. Tell everyone. Tell the person in line at the grocery store, and tell the clerk as they scan your food items. Post a sign on your porch saying “Do not disturb: in the process of losing 30 pounds.”  Make a bumper sticker that allows you to check off the pounds as you lose weight. I know I am going a little overboard here, but if you are going to do it, everyone should know. You should believe in your goal enough that you are comfortable telling everyone because you aren’t going to let them down.

For some people, working with a weight loss expert and discussing it with them is enough to get the accountability levels up and truly commit.  But some of you may need stronger forms of accountability. For example, one of my clients has created a blog to tell the world about his weight loss journey. Stop by www.nomorebacon.com and show him some support!

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Starting today I will be writing a post each day identifying one thing you need to be doing to improve your weight loss results. I hope you will take the challenge to implement these tips into your daily life. I will only be doing one each day to keep it simple.

Tip #1: Determine Your Weight Loss Goals

If you want to be successful make sure you set multiple goals. Weight isn’t going to be the only thing that determines whether your weight loss program is working.  Tracking your inches, jean size, body fat and energy levels will give you a much clearer picture of what your weight loss program is doing for you. Each measurement should be done on a biweekly or monthly basis.

Example: I had a client come do their measurements and was very upset because they didn’t lose any weight. However, they lost 6 inches and decreased one jeans size. When I pointed out to them the amazing inches lost, their whole perspective changed. They realized that over that two week period, they had lost many pounds of fat and had gained muscle. They even commented on how much better they thought they looked and felt.

Make sure your goals are realistic. The promise of websites and billboards that say you can lose 30 pounds in one month is unrealistic and unhealthy. Healthy weight loss should help you make lifestyle changes that allow you to maintain the weight loss over a long period of time. Consistent effort to improve your fitness level and health will have greater positive benefits than any miracle diet pill.

Weekly and monthly goals that focus on changing behaviors are going to produce greater results than just putting down numbers. That doesn’t mean the numbers aren’t important because they are, and they will be a guide to whether you are addressing the right behaviors. We will be looking at some of the behaviors that you will need to change in order to be successful in future weight loss tips posts.

Take a few minutes and write down your goals now.

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