Six words for a 6kg weight loss

If you ever wondered what 500g of fat looks like, here you go:

It is the perfect visual aid when someone has lost 500g of fat and they are complaining that they aren't losing enough weight.  As you can see, 500g is a significant amount of squishy, blobby, fatty mass.

At the time of writing, there are 12 weeks and two days until Christmas.  If you are able to lose just 500g per week, you will be down 6kgs by Christmas.

How good would that feel?

A loss of 6kgs may have you at a new decade.  It may take you from triple digits down to double digits.

One thing I know for sure – you will be feeling more confident about your Summer wardrobe if you are 6kgs lighter than where you are now.

Losing 500g per week is a very achievable goal, especially if you implement these three key actions: 

Limit Alcohol

The real problem with alcohol is not the calories it contains, it's what it does to your metabolism.  Studies have shown that alcohol can slow your metabolism down by up to 30% for up to three days.  Alcohol can also diminish self control, making someone more vulnerable to overeating, staying up later and feeling tired the next day (which can lead to overeating).  If you are making lots of good actions with your nutrition and exercise, it will be severely impacted with every drink you have.

For many people, limiting alcohol is the most effective action they can take to get consistent weight loss results.

Better weekends

It will be hard to get 500g off each week if you are consistently gaining more than a kilo each weekend. A good routine can easily  go out the window during the weekend, which can have a huge impact on the scales.  Meals out at restaurants.  Eating more indulgent foods.  Not drinking enough water.  Going to bed later.  It can all lead to undoing the good progress made during the week.   

Plan your weekend meals in advance and keep up with a good routine of meal times, water and sleep.

Top tip: weigh yourself regularly each Friday and Monday, to see the cold hard reality of what the weekend is doing to your weight loss progress.

Stop snacking

I don’t know who invented the idea that humans need to eat eat 5-6 times per day, but I suspect it was someone from a company who makes snacky, processed food!

If you are trying to burn fat, don’t eat extra snacks between meals.  Any time you eat, insulin increases, which will limit your body’s ability to burn fat.

Go as long as you comfortably can between meals, and give yourself the chance to tap into those stored energy reserves.

Taking action now will allow you to get momentum going and get real progress happening before the end of the year.

And if you want extra support to make sure you nail your goal, come and join my Breakthrough Bootcamp programme, starting on the 17^th of October.  Bootcamp is for anyone who has less than 5kgs to lose, or wants to break through a stubborn plateau on the scales.  Click here to find out more!