Fat Loss Sabotage... And How To Avoid It

One of the major influencing factors to weight loss, fat loss (or any other life change for that matter) is the people who are close to us in our lives.
It might not sound like that much but it's honestly one massive thing to consider if you are trying to make positive changes in your life.
If you have friends, family and/or a spouse who is not fully supportive of making your health and fitness goals a reality it will make your journey 100% harder to succeed with.
A lot of fitness experts say the number one difference (if you want to achieve a goal like to get sexy abs) is setting realistic, time-bound, tangible goals. Well, I say that even more important than setting the goals is having a psychological environment that will support and enhance those goals.

Friends and family might seem like they "mean well" when they tell you things like:

• I wouldn't bother trying something like that.
• Are you seriously going to do that?
• You don't need to change anything, everything is fine.
• I've tried that before and it didn't work
• Why are you eating cinnamon!!?

What you have to recognize is that when your friends and family say things like this, they are not acting in your interest because they are (unwittingly perhaps) sabotaging your goals that will ultimately make a huge difference in your life. Put yourself and your goals in priority to pleasing other people around you.

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