Welcome to today’s post.

So how are the resolutions coming?

By now you should be 8-10 pounds lighter if you’re goal was to drop unnecessary body fat to cure that chronic knee pain and get healthier.

Are you?

Have you implemented the proper system to get the weight off for good and finally feel that much needed knee pain relief?

We are already approaching the time of year when you’re more likely to see blowing dust and tumbleweeds across the expanses of the local gyms than all the resolutioners that started the year off with a bang.

December is known as the time of year for giving and late January seems to be the time of year for giving up.

If you are frustrated with your attempt at resolving your health and weight loss goals, know that you aren’t the only tumbleweed being tossed about by the January winds.  If a proper plan isn’t in place with the appropriate steps to elicit and track progress, the inner “You” says thanks, but it’s not worth it.

Lets take a look at some potential pitfalls and how we can avoid the eminent sabotage they can instigate.

1. Cutting calories too much.  Remember that you are not trying to starve the body.  It’s only necessary to reduce calorie intake by approximately 200 calories below your basal metabolic rate.  It’s important to maintain a rich metabolism and reducing calories exponentially will backfire on your weight loss goals.  Use www.fitday.com to track your food intake and caloric consumption.

2. Consuming so called “diet food”.  If your diet isn’t made up primarily of organic fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grass fed/wild protein sources, you’ll continue to fight the war on fat reduction.  Diet food is the food industry’s way of selling you a diet version of the inferior boxed product original that’s not worth the box it came in.  Get back to basics and stick to what works.

3. Portion control.  How much of that are you eating?  If you’re not measuring it, you don’t know.  Underestimation of caloric intake is one of the biggest pitfalls that will quickly sabotage your resolutions.  Measure the foods you eat regularly for 3-5 weeks until you get used to “realistically eyeing” portions.

4. Fixing the diet with more exercise.  I’ll say it once, twice, a thousand times-you cannot out exercise a poor diet.  The average person cannot compensate for a poor diet by exercising the calories away.  Eat well, very well, move your body in non-mechanistic fashion and you’ll be healthier and leaner for it.  And yes, most likely you are average the average person we‘re speaking of.

5. Putting too many eggs in the cardio basket.  If you want one of the best forms of cardio for weight management, walk…everywhere…a lot.  If you want to condition your cardiovascular system and lose body fat in the process with a time efficient workout, implement interval training several times per week.  If you want to maximize the health of your entire system, program body weight training several times into each week.  Better yet, do all three.  Cardio is far from the be all end all fat loss/health solution.

OK, time to regroup with all the suggestions.  If you continue to bail on every attempt at getting healthy, you’ll find the long run a lot harder than putting effort in the here and now.

If you want one of the best home remedies for knee pain, drop the excess body fat you’re carrying and follow the LoseTheKneePain exercise program for healthier knees and a fitter you.

One more thing:

If it isn’t working, don’t beat the dead horse.  What you’re doing really isn’t working and you must make adjustments.

If you are unsure of where to go next, leave me your questions and comments below and I’ll personally answer every one of them.

Get strong and stay strong,

Rochelle Gravance