- What's up? It's your girl, FrumpyFit.
If you don't know who I am, I'm an online weight loss coach
who's dedicated to calling out all of the BS in the fitness industry
and providing you with accurate fitness, nutrition, and weight loss information.
Today we are talking about the top five things that I think people are doing wrong,
or mistakes they're making when it comes to weight loss.
And some tips of how to not do those things or what to do instead.
But before we jump straight into the content,
this video is sponsored by me!
My new course opening for enrollment and all the extra free stuff that I'm offering
this week to celebrate the launch of this course.
So if you're into free stuff, keep watching.
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to head straight into the content of this video.
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Number one, how to balance weight loss with real life.
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So the first mistake that I see so many people making,
like maybe 90% of people making, is that they follow what somebody else is doing,
or what they've heard somebody else has done.
And I get it, it makes sense, you follow the advice
of somebody who has the results that you want,
but here's the thing, we know that a calorie deficit is required for weight loss,
but there's a million different ways that you can accomplish a calorie deficit,
so following one persons way is potentially neglecting your specific needs,
which is gonna make it hard for you to be successful.
Like whatever they did worked for them
because they likely met their needs and it's not a guarantee to meet yours.
So what you should do instead is take the principals and the fundamentals of weight loss
and apply them to your life in the way that you need them to exist in your life.
The only must is be in a calorie deficit, but literally everything else is up to you.
And if you're confused about a calorie deficit
or wanting more information about the fundamentals so you can figure out
how to apply it in your life, then watch whatever videos I'm linking up here
because they're gonna talk all about a calorie deficit, calories, everything you need to know.
And just an FYI, these are not in any particular order, it's just the order that I thought of them in.
But number two is wanting to lose weight too quickly,
or expecting to lose weight too quickly.
By doing this you put so much pressure on yourself
to achieve a specific result in a specific amount of time,
and when that doesn't happen, you're usually disappointed.
You're disappointed when the scale doesn't move,
or when the mirror isn't showing you what you want it to,
or your clothes aren't fitting the way you want it to.
Disappointment ultimately sets you up for failure
'cause you're like, if nothing that I'm doing is working, why am I even trying?
So we wanna avoid that if we can.
What this also does is like when you're frustrated and you're not getting results,
it encourages you to increase restriction, or follow a very restrictive path
which is just gonna lead you to yo-yo dieting and what I call weight rollercoastering.
Which I'm gonna talk about in the webinar on Saturday.
So what you have to, what you must do instead, is have patience
and understand that any amount of progress,
literally the tiniest amount of progress, is still progress, and that deserves to be celebrated.
The third mistake that I see people making literally so often,
is they're trying to find or do the best of anything,
like the best workout program, the best diet, the best blah blah blah.
Here's the thing, it doesn't matter what's the best on paper,
because if you're not actually gonna do it,
or be able to stick to it long enough, you're not actually gonna get results from that.
So technically it's not really the best.
The best thing is what you're actually gonna be able to implement
on a consistant enough basis to get results.
And people with this all or nothing approach always tend to lean towards like,
I have to be doing the best or I shouldn't be doing it at all,
but I want you to re-frame this and think,
"It's only the best if I can do it, if I can stick to it, and I can get results from it."
So stop worrying about all these little tiny details
and just stick to a consistent, easy, simple, basic plan.
And the way that you come up with that plan,
which I will help you with if you attend all of these free
sessions that I am doing, and if you join my course.
But it relates back to number one about how you stop following
what other people are doing, you have to apply the principals
and the fundamentals of weight loss to your life and figure out what your specific needs are.
And the fourth mistake that I see people making
is that they're either not tracking their progress at all,
or they're obsessing over it.
And so let's talk about not tracking your progress first.
When you don't have a solid plan or strategy for tracking your progress,
then you are gonna miss it.
I know so many people who are like, "Oh well, I would notice.
I would notice if I was getting results."
But just like you don't wanna lose weight too quickly,
if you're losing weight in a slow and sustainable way,
it's very likely that you're gonna miss the results that are happening
because they are happening more slowely.
Even if you are losing weight at a faster rate,
it's very, very, very easy to miss or downplay the results that you're getting
because you're just not tracking them in an appropriate way.
So now let's say you're on the other side of this spectrum
and you're obsessing over tracking your progress.
You're weighing yourself every single day
and when you aren't seeing the results you're expecting,
you kinda start to freak out,
and so that's the problem with obsessing over it
is that chances are you are getting results,
it's just not showing up in the exact way that you are tracking it.
A lot of people think of weight loss progress tracking as just being the scale,
but there are also so many other different ways.
But even if you are adding in other types of ways,
you need an extremely holistic and balanced
and chill way that you're tracking your progress
and you shouldn't be putting so much pressure and expectations
on exactly what is gonna happen week by week
just because you're sticking to your plan.
Chances are you are getting results, but it's just not showing up
in the exact way that you want it to on the scale or in measurements or whatever else.
That's why in my course I literally have five, or six at least,
lessons on tracking progress alone
so you can come up with your strategy for tracking your progress
in a way that's gonna be most beneficial for you
because there are so many different ways
and the idea is to puzzle them together for whatever's gonna work best for you.
So whether you join my course or you don't, what you should do
instead of either not paying attention at all or obsessing,
is come up with a progress tracking strategy
that is gonna give you enough information to help you make
informed decisions about whether or not your weight loss plan is working,
but not so much that it's gonna make you obsessive over it.
So if the scale makes you obsessive no matter what, do not use the scale.
And the fifth mistake that I see people making
when it comes to weight loss is focusing on the wrong stuff.
And this kind of relates to the other four tips, but I'll give you an example.
I posted on my Instagram story a little question box
asking for YouTube video requests.
And I would say that 50% of the requests or suggestions
were things that either are not gonna move the needle at all for you with weight loss,
or are just not gonna move the needle enough
to even make it worth your time to pay attention to that thing.
And seeing all those requests really opened my eyes
to how much people don't realize what's useless to pay attention to
and what's important to pay attention to, or care about.
But honestly, this is so normal, so don't feel bad at all
if you're focusing on the wrong things because that's just like,
the fitness industry is so all or nothing, and I see so many content creators
related to fitness and nutrition making content about things
that really don't matter all that much to their audience
just because they need something to make content about
so they make it seem like it's more important or valuable than it actually is.
Or maybe they actually do think it's helpful and they don't really realize
that they're giving information to their audience that their audience doesn't actually need.
I guess there's no way to know, but also the fitness industry's tendency to be like all or nothing,
the need to know everything and like we said, perfection,
everything and do the best of everything, it all kinda plays into that same narrative.
And so what you should do instead is a concept that I refer to as minimum effective dose.
You may have heard me say that phrase in another YouTube video
or on Instagram, but this is actually what my entire webinar is about on Saturday.
You guys are gettin' like a little hint, sneak peak,
about what does minimum effective dose even mean and how can you implement that into your plan.
So coming up with your minimum effective dose
essentially means figuring out what's gonna get you
the most bang for your buck, and figuring out what's not and ignoring that stuff,
and that's how you build your plan.
So if you skipped ahead in the beginning
'cause you didn't wanna hear about the free stuff but now you hear this and you're interested,
I'm hosting a webinar this Saturday.
That's what this topic is about.
We're doing a live stream series, again,
you can go back and watch that if you skipped it in the beginning.
I don't blame you, it's fine.
And if you're watching this video after the fact,
like after all of these dates have passed, make sure you still subscribe here
and follow me on Instagram, and get on my email list
because these are things that I'm gonna offer on a continued basis.
I love doing live stuff with you guys.
So I'm sure there's gonna be a future date where all of this will be offered.
All right, those are my top five mistakes that I see people making.
I would say 90% of people making when it comes to their weight loss journey.
That is the end of the video.
As usual guys, thank you so much for watching.
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