March 07
Recruit: Ali I have been working out, but I don’t see any results?
Ali: How long have you been working out?
Recruit: I have been going to the gym regularly and eating healthy for 4 weeks now.
Ali: Try to maintain composure, do not laugh out loud.
This is from an actual conversation and because I knew the person for years I did laugh out loud and he shared the laugh although he did not why, however, laughter is contagious as we all know.
This person last exercised on a regular basis in high school and that was 60 lbs. and 20 years ago. He represents many of Americans with similar circumstances.
There is a disconnect of critical thinking skills when it comes to exercise and losing weight or re-shaping one’s body. In all other areas of life the same people can come to logical reasonable conclusions. When it comes to fitness something happens in the brain that continues to amaze and entertain me.
Let’s take my friend as the example, he was more than happy to tell me in high school he was a good athlete, Varsity Football Player, a strapping 190 lbs. of muscle with a 32 inch waistline. 20 years later he is 250lbs. of shall we say less than strapping and more like rounded matter with a 44 inch waistline.
OK, so averaging weight gain of 3 lbs. per year because he did not gain 60 lbs at once but gradually over 20 years. He, like most people want 4 weeks to fix what took multiple years to break.
I told him to keep doing everything he is doing to the best of his ability and after another 48 weeks let me know what his results are.
