Legendary Life | Change Your Health, Body, And Live a Legendary Life: 257: Why You're Not Losing Fat Even Though You Eat Right & Workout Regularly

Summary: Published on 11 Jul 2017. You’ve been walking the straight and narrow—eating healthy, working out—and yet you’re not dropping pounds or getting fitter. What gives? The answer may be hiding out amid the random things you do over the course of an average day—those little habits that have seemingly no connection to weight loss, but may in fact be sabotaging your best get-fit efforts. Listen to this episode to find out why and what to do about it.   So you started out by making a decision to clean up your diet and to begin an exercise program. At first the results come fast. A few weeks go by and you’re down a pounds on the scale. Your muscles feel much stronger and you ‘re starting to see a difference in the mirror. You think, “Wow, why didn’t I do this before. In another few months, I’ll be looking like one of those fitness magazine models!” Except, that never happens. A few months in and your results have stalled. You think, “I need to exercise more and eat ‘cleaner’.” So you start doing more exercise and only eat whole foods…with an occasional indulgence in some junky goodness. But you’re STILL not seeing much of a difference. In fact, you’re not sure if you see any difference at all even though you’re doing more exercise than before. You, my friend, have hit the dreaded plateau. You think to yourself, “I’m doing everything right. Maybe I hit the limit of my genetic potential. Or maybe my metabolism isn’t as fast as it used to be in my 20s. Maybe I’m just too old to get into great shape.” Well, like the saying goes, I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that your fat loss plateau is NOT due to a your 40-plus-year-old metabolism or hormone levels or endocrine disrupting chemicals in the environment. Maybe those play a part but none of them are the reason you’ve hit a plateau. And the best news is that you definitely can break through your plateau and start getting results again. Now for the bad news… You’re going to have to do things differently because you’re program isn’t good for you anymore. In fact, I’m wagering that you’ll also have to change what you think you know about burning fat and getting lean. How do I know? Well, I’ve been in the health & fitness industry for over 18 years. I know how confusing it can be to weed through all the misinformation and B.S. to figure out what you actually need to do to get in shape. Hell, I’ve been in the industry for nearly two decades and studied pre-med/biology in university and I’ve still had a problem vetting all the claims and new findings to figure out what would give my clients (and myself) the best results.  I’ve spent thousands of dollars and thousands of hours taking courses and attending seminars, hiring coaches and speaking 1-on-1 with some of the best and brightest researchers, nutritionists, strength coaches, medical doctors and more on my podcast Legendary Life. If you relate to any of the above statements then you’re going to appreciate what I’m about to teach you about the #1 key to weight loss, why it’s so hard to lose fat, your metabolism, how fat loss works and how to apply what you learn in this article to get results! Why It’s So Hard To Lose Fat Most people hear about the skyrocketing rates of obesity and just assume that being overweight is some unexplainable phenomenon. My dad even asked me why being overweight is such a problem in America--especially since there are so many diet books, gyms, health blogs, etc. ALL about how lose weight. He was dumbfounded. In fact, the rate of obesity has doubled worldwide and more than doubled in the US since 1980.   While some people argue that it’s the sugar, endocrine disrupting chemicals, genetically modified foods or disrupted gut microbiomes that has caused us to get fatter, the more likely answer is much more simple. To answer this question, let