Week 8

In the past 2 weeks we have taken a closer look at diets, fat loss myths and food in general, with the goal of improving your understanding around the subject as a whole, to help you start to remove the negative beliefs you may have, that will be getting in the way of you making progress.

This week I want us to address similar things but regarding exercise.

I want you to start by watching the course “Exercise & Its Role in Fat Loss”.

Just as there are certain foods that people have previously labelled as “good” or “bad”, there are exercises that people label as “fat burning” or “toning” exercises. And again this misunderstanding can lead people to doing lots of exercise they hate, that they don’t actually need to do, just because they think it is going to get them their desired result.

A prime example of this is – running. So many people when they want to lose weight, think I need to do cardio, or I need to run because it is good for weight loss. But let me reiterate something again – the only way to lose weight/lose fat is to create a calorie deficit.

If you go on a run, of course you burn more calories, but that won’t result in fat loss unless you are in a calorie deficit. You aren’t “burning fat”.

What is my point? It is not that running, or cardio is bad for you, it is simply you don’t HAVE to do any type of particular exercise to lose fat. You just need to create a calorie deficit.

Which means you can stop choposing which form of exercise you do, based on the fact you think it is going to be BEST for your fat loss progress. Because a “Fat Burning Exercise” doesn’t exist.

Instead you can focus on the types of exercise you may enjoy the most (if there are any), and if not maybe even just the one that you can bare doing the most, that provides you with a physical outcome you desire – like getting fitter, or stronger, or building muscle, or being more flexible, whatever it is.

Summary Week 8

• Watch course “Exercise & Its Role in Fat Loss”