Daniel Bartlett, founder of the Body Project team, which has a very popular page on youtube with free workout videos, lists 10 strategies to truly lose weight, which are very interesting because they range from the right mental approach to that of physical activity and nutrition.

He doesn’t mince words and says very true things that actually work.
I list the ten strategies to truly lose weight in this article.

10 STRATEGIES FOR TRULY LOSS ACCORDING TO A COACH

• Be disciplined and unmotivated

  The difference between those who lose weight and manage to maintain results compared to those who never manage to lose weight is discipline. Not the motivation. People who typically have weight problems that they can’t resolve make a mistake when evaluating the efforts of others. He thinks that they don’t mind them, that eating a certain way and training is easy for some, perhaps because they manage to find the motivation that he or she lacks. Not so, and this is a sacred truth. Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking how nice it is to train. Sure, it also happens, but the motivation is what makes you start the diet or activity, but it lasts two or three days. Instead, what is imposed on us, in one way or another, is instead to have discipline. Just like when we have a project and we want to keep it going. There are obviously no moments, but discipline requires us to follow a path and do it every day. Among the strategies to truly lose weight this is the most important of all.

• Every decision has a weight.

  Even if it seems obvious to us, every day we make decisions, and these decisions have a “weight” on our weight. So every morning we choose to follow a certain diet and exercise, to behave in a certain way or not. And in the long run, having made these decisions every day leads us to have results.

• But if for once you make a mistake or make a mistake it is not the case to screw everything up.

  Obviously man is a man and he is not perfect. He is not a machine. He makes mistakes in judgment all the time. Wrong. It’s normal. So point two and point one must merge in a way where even if one day we eat a croissant or a pizza, we know that we still have to move forward in a certain direction and get back on track. Conversely, you should never think that if you make a mistake or do not get the results immediately, then you should give up. Basically we need to get up and always continue our journey.

  

• Eat enough protein.

  Protein is very important in losing weight and maintaining it for a variety of reasons. They satiate more, preventing us from eating too much sugar and fat in one meal. They lower the glycemic load of the meal. They help maintain muscle mass. Therefore, they must be present at every meal, starting from the morning (egg whites, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt) until the evening (fish, legumes, etc.).

• Train because you love your body (and you want the best for yourself).

  Training is not a question of achieving a standard physique for everyone, it does not mean wanting to cancel the differences. On the contrary, it means wanting the best for us and for the health of our body. It means thinking of yourself more agile, more toned, in short, in shape. And not just thinner. So we must strive to think of activity as something like brushing your teeth, brushing your hair, eating fruit and vegetables. Something we do because it helps keep us healthy and in good physical condition.