The Fail-safe Weight Loss Formula

Yes Virginia, the fail-safe weight loss formula exists. Its so simple, we overlook it. Instead, we focus on the latest fad diet or the newest exercise video. The fail-safe weight loss formula appears in an audio program authored by the self-help guru Brian Tracey. Heres his version of this formula . . . Eat LESS, Exercise MORE. GUARANTEED EVERY TIME Disappointed? So was I. After all, we are very familiar with this message. But, if we pay attention to our daily habits, this formula will work EVERY TIME. Guaranteed. How can this formula succeed % of the time? Its simple math. And math always works. ALWAYS. Okay, so you have a trust issue when it comes to weight loss. Lets PROVE that it works. IT'S A NUMBERS GAME Suppose youve been gaining about pounds a year for the past years. If your daily caloric requirement is , you have been on average calories over your requirement every day for the past years. If your goal is to simply reverse the -pound weight gain, you need to reduce your daily caloric intake by calories. Do ONE of the following:

Eat calories LESS a day. Burn calories MORE a day. Combine eating less and increasing your activity level for a total of calories, for example, eat less and burn more.

You could lose the pounds by changing a few habits. First, eat half the usual muffin a day. Then, climb the stairs in your apartment building every day instead of pushing elevator buttons. The next month, you could lose the entire muffin and park your car a little further away from the building where you work as well as climbing the stairs. Over time, you will lose the weight. You have to. Its in the numbers. And you havent starved yourself or gotten into the dreaded I have to go to the health club routine. STEPS TO GUARANTEED WEIGHT LOSS If your eyes glaze over when you read numbers, heres the easy part: all the information you need is online at www.caloriecontrol.org The steps are as follows:

Decide how many pounds you want to lose. EXAMPLE: pounds Decide how long in days you want it to take. Be realistic about the length of time. EXAMPLE: days Multiply the pounds identified in number by . EXAMPLE: pounds X = , calories Divide the result in step by the number of days to get the number of daily calories. EXAMPLE: , calories divided by days = calories per day. Decide if you will eat less, increase your activity level, or both to get to the number in step . Use the web site calorie and exercise calculator (www.caloriecontrol.org) to figure out how you can eat less and exercise more.

So, are you going to be fat forever? Or will you use the fail-safe formula: Eat LESS, Exercise MORE. ALWAYS REMEMBER (and NEVER forget) Take it one day at a time.