Is denial holding you back?

Elastic waist pants are the enemy to everyone trying to stay fit. Isn't it amazing how they allow people to gain tons of weight without having to acknowledge it? Are you one of those people in the stretchy pants? If so......go jean shopping. Jeans rarely lie. Neither does the scale.

I've had several new clients come in lately who underestimated their weight by well over ten pounds. How does that happen? Elastic waists. No.......I'm not writing this to pick on pants. I'm writing this, because lately I've experienced an influx of people who just have no clue where they are at physically. When they tell me they 'think' they weigh 146, but then find out they weigh159 when they land on my scale...alarms go off in my head.

Thirteen pounds isn't an enormous amount of weight to gain, but it's not irrelevant either. Do you think if they had weighed themselves weekly or even biweekly they would have put the breaks on before they gained that much? Yeah. I think so. I'm not a proponent of obsessing about weight. If you've read my blogs in the past you'll know that I NEVER concern over a clients appearance. That is their issue to deal with...

...my job is to increase my clients overall health and help them to achieve their fitness goals. Weight is a factor in fitness. It just is. Weigh too much and you increase your chances of diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, injuries, etc...

Denial doesn't do any of us any favors. If you have an issue, deal with it. If it's your waistline...measure it. Ever wonder how people get to 300, 400 or 500 pounds? They were in denial. Sure, they may have realized they weren't slim and trim, but I'm confident most just avoided the scale after they hit 250. Then they just invested in elastic waist pants.

Don't be that guy. Don't be that girl. Get real with yourself. If you believe you might have gained weight, jump on the scale and find out. If you believe you may be in over your head financially, do the math. Either way, get educated on how to solve your problem, create a plan and stick with it. Then MONITOR your progress. If you are moving forward, stick with your program. If you are falling back do some re-evaluating. If you're sticking with your plan and going nowhere.....get a new plan. If you are just failing to stick with the plan, then put your foot down and get back to it. Excuses rank right up their with denial.

Life is short people. We only have so much time to be the people we want to be. Live the life you want to live. Go someplace. Be something. Be proud. This fitness thing......it's absolutely attainable. No denying it.