98% of fat loss attempts fail.

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1. Trying to do it all with exercise.

Your Sunday morning bike ride doesn't justify you eating a triple cheese pizza.

Exercise burns way fewer calories than you think and foods contain way more.

You've got to attack this from the diet side FIRST.

2. No awareness of calorie intake.

You MUST consume fewer calories than you burn if you want to lose fat.

Even if you eat only "healthy foods", you need a calorie deficit.

You can't just load up on eggs, olives, salmon, rice, oats etc.

Calories have to be in the right range.

If you don't track you have no idea how much you're eating.

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3. Diet is too restrictive.

Attack fat loss from the diet side, but don't attack it too hard!

You need a calorie deficit, not starvation.

You should be aiming for a maximum of about 1% of your weight lost per week.

Too much more than that and it gets unsustainable.

4. Poor food choices.

You can be in the same size calorie deficit as another identical person, and have INSANE hunger while they have virtually none.

It comes down to food choices.

You've got to pick the most filling foods.

Focus on lean proteins, eggs, vegetables, fruits, and foods with a lot of fibre. 

Reduce calorie dense foods like oils, butters, nut butters etc.

You want to create as much food volume as possible.

Try to cram your plate as much as possible for the fewest calories possible.

5. Environment not set up for success.

If chocolates, cookies and takeaway menus are staring you in the face at the end of a hard day at work or with the kids, you're going to cave in eventually.

Get rid of temptation. Don't keep it in the house.

Make sure you have some healthy meals prepped ahead of time so you can stay on track when you're tired and short of time.

6. Black vs. white thinking.

Your whole diet isn't "ruined" because you accepted a cookie at work, or had pizza when you went out with your friends.

It's all just numbers.

If you can't make it fit the day, can it fit the week?

If not, get straight back on track and you'll be fine.

This isn't about how you do on one particular day.

It's about the AVERAGE of your days across a longer period - like 90-180 days.

7. No consistency.

It doesn't matter if you're in a 500 kcal deficit from Monday to Thursday if you're in a 1,000 kcal surplus from Friday to Sunday.

You've got to be on track over the LONG TERM.

You don't have to be perfect. You have to be good.

Read point 6 again.

8. Tracking calories poorly.

I advocate tracking, but you've got to do it properly.

That means you can't just "forget" to track hundreds of calories, your coffees that contain hundreds of calories, or just guess things and expect it to be accurate.

Do it properly.

9. Getting hung up on the scale.

No matter what you do, the scale doesn't go down linearly.

The scale measures more than just fat (mainly water & food weight). Ignore daily fluctuations.

Drink a glass of water, weigh yourself and you'll be heavier. See what I mean?

10. Poor Support Structure

If you're not single, you need the significant other in your life to support you in this.

You won't be successful if they're cooking meals that don't fit your goals, or always encouraging you to eat things that don't work with your targets.

Some people will even actively undermine you. If this is the case, you need to have a frank conversation.

The right person for you will understand why you need to do this and help you.

Sometimes hard questions need to be asked.

You'll notice I haven't spoken about training in this list.

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You don't need a sweaty, exhausting workout routine.

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Let your diet take care of fat loss.

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