AWESOME job to our Rapid Fat Loss Challengers – and congrats on your success!!

Today I have for you the final results … plus lessons we can learn from the most successful FVT Rapid Fat Loss Challenge yet.

As a group – among the 25 folks who finished the challenge – you lost a total of 181 pounds. That’s an AVERAGE of 7.24 pounds per person. Pretty darn impressive!

Our winner of the challenge with 7% of her starting body weight lost was Kellie M. 2nd place with over 6% of his starting body weight lost goes to Ruben M. 3rd place went to Andreas B, with over 5% of starting body weight lost. And honorable mention as well to Erik Z, who also lost over 5% of his starting body weight.

EVERYONE who finished, went down in weight. Again, really impressive, and our most successful challenge yet!!

So, there are a LOT of things we can learn from the challengers and their success. Here are three great ones to start:

FVT 30 Day Rapid Fat Loss Challenge – Recap + Tips for Success

1 – ANYONE can do it

Too often we hear folks say – “oh, I’m sure it CAN be done … but don’t think I can actually do it MYSELF”

They BELIEVE it can be done … they just don’t think that THEY can do it.

Here’s the deal. Men and women both competed in this challenge. People new to exercise competed in this challenge. Folks who have been training at our studio for years competed in this challenge. Folks in their 20’s competed in this challenge. Folks in their 70’s competed in this challenge. ALL lost weight and made improvements and finished slimmer, stronger, and BETTER than when they started.

DOING is always better than sitting on the sidelines and wondering what might have happened if you tried.

Barring a medical condition or some other reason that you specifically know you cannot lose weight – you CAN. And believing you can is truly the first step.

2 – It does NOT take extreme deprivation, 2+ hours per day of exercise, etc.

The strategy we recommended for our challengers – from a diet and workout perspective – was not extreme. (If you would like a more specific idea of what we did, check out the FVT 7 Day Rapid Fat Loss Blueprint report/package – free – HERE.)

In fact, I am fairly certain most folks went off the “diet”plan multiple times during the challenge. I am thinking average workout frequency was probaby three to five times per week. And STILL we AVERAGED 7.26 pounds lost in one month.

Take a reasonable, healthy approach to your workouts and diet – and you will make steady progress towards your fat loss goals. That’s the best way to do it in the long run, and that’s really all it takes.

3 – Shred your excuse list and get it DONE

At the end of the day, you just have to make it happen. If you want to change, if you want to lose weight and be more healthy and have less stress and just look great in a swimsuit – commit to a goal, and get it done.

Have a plan to eat right, and stick to it. Have a plan for your workouts, and do them consistently. And you WILL make progress.

It’s very simple at the end of the day. Don’t over-complicate success. Just show up, and get it done.

Well, that’s it for now. Hope these tips and take-aways from the rapid fat loss challenge have helped you. Train hard, have a great day, and talk soon –

Forest Vance
ForestVanceTraining.com

PS – If you’re interested in training at the FVT Studio – we’ll be doing another challenge in the fall (or possibly sooner) – but our regular boot camp and personal training programs are on-going, and we’d love to have you. Shoot us a message HERE to schedule your free Test-A-Trainer session today!!

Today we’re going to shift gears a bit. Got a story to share with you.

Whether you’re:

— having a hard time sticking to your nutrition plan
— inconsistent with your workouts for whatever reason
— coming back from an injury and just can’t quite get your training going
— etc.

It will make you think, reflect, and become a better and stronger version of yourself.

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Potatoes, eggs, and coffee beans

Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.

He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.

After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.

He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”

“Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied.

“Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity– the boiling water.

However, each one reacted differently.

The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.

The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.

However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

“Which are you,” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

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Things will happen TO you in life. You will be faced with DAILY challenges trying to eat healthy and stay consistent with your workouts. You WILL have MULTIPLE failures along the way. But that’s okay.

At the end of the day, what matters is what happens WITHIN you. How you adapt and change and become a better version of yourself.

Commit to learning from your mistakes and getting BETTER. EMBRACE adversity. And you will be unstoppable!!

Train hard, rock on, and talk soon –

Forest

 

PS – Another thing that is a HUGE part of being successful in any area of life – people you surround yourself with. Your support system. They say you are the sum of the five people you spend the most time with, after all.

This is a big part of what makes the community at FVT so powerful. Having like-minded folks around you that are working towards a common goal.

If you are a new/prospective client, click HERE to contact us and schedule your free intro session.

If you are already a client and are looking to take your NUTRITION to the next level, click HERE for more info on our nutrition coaching group.