5 REASONS YOU ARE NOT LOSING WEIGHT!

Lets first of all admit that weight loss (or fat loss) is one of the major reasons why we work out in the first place. All those long hours in the gym, the running, watching what you eat etc., we do it to lose the inches around our waist as well as those annoying love handles. So, I can imagine how you feel after 6 months of hard work and still no progress, it’s discouraging and I know you just want to pack it all in and say to hell with it! Don’t, if you are truly and honestly putting in the time in the gym and on the road and eating clean and healthy foods in moderate portions (very important!) and still not losing weight, then its time to consider the other reasons.

HOW YOU MIGHT BE SABOTAGING YOUR TESTOSTERONE LEVEL & 6 FOODS TO AVOID!

If you claim to have never heard of testosterone, I would be tempted to call you a liar, and if you are a guy reading this, I would definitely call you a liar! Testosterone is that most manly of hormones we guys crave, its what separates the boys from the men, literally. Its what gave your voice its base, helped you get your muscles and male aggression and is even responsible for your sex drive (more on this later, I promise!)

Feeling a little tired? Not motivated to exercise, muscle wasting, fat increasing? You could be suffering from low testosterone level my brother. Testosterone is important to both men and women but triple important in men, so I will be writing this strictly from a male point of view for the guys. Recent scientific studies have shown that there has been a general drop in male testosterone levels globally, this is not good. Many theories and reasons have been advanced for this drop. 

BENEFITS OF INTERMITTENT FASTING APART FROM WEIGHT LOSS

When you talk of fasting here in Nigeria, the average person believes you are engaged in a spiritual exercise, that you want to strengthen your spiritual connection to God and are seeking his face and his guidance. However today I am looking at fasting from the purely physical point of view, while the spiritual benefits of fasting can never be over emphasized, it’s the physical that takes my interest today and it’s what I would love to talk to you about.

Let’s come clean at the beginning and say most people do not like fasting! Why should you? Who wants to be deprived of good food, the tastes, aromas and flavours? You must be a masochist or something. Hang on for a second though, science of late has found some wonderful benefits of intermittent fasting, benefits that are worth looking into if your goal is to be stronger and healthier.

When people think about fasting from the physical point of view, they automatically assume you must be trying to lose weight. Yes, but fasting is so much more than that, so today I would like you to come along with me on a journey of discovery to find out what else fasting can do for you, the reward is worth the trip, I guarantee it!

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY: TIMBALAND’S STORY

Its 2020! A new year, a new decade and a brand-new slate to make all your dreams come true. First of all, I want to remind everybody that I truly dislike the R word (Resolution) I prefer the term “Commitment”. Instead of making resolutions that wont last till Valentine’s day, I would love you all to make a personal commitment to all your goals this year, whatever they may be ; losing weight, eating healthier, building muscle, starting a new business, learning how to swim, being more sensitive and caring, the list is endless folks and nothing can be achieved without commitment, grit if you like.

There will be days when you will fall of the wagon (I should know, but more on that later), days when like kicks you around so thoroughly that you just want to give up and stop trying, that’s when you need to remember that its only commitment and grit that will see you through to the promised land people.

2019 was a year like no other for me and not in the way I expected, there was a death in my family, which I am still coming to terms with. I felt so lost that I haven’t been able to write this blog since April 2019, I suffered a serious injury and have not been able to workout seriously for months and I have a long road of recovery ahead of me, so excuse me if I appear a little keyboard rusty.

However, in every situation there is a lesson and if the adversities of 2019 have taught me anything its that it’s not how hard you get hit, but how often you can get back up (I stole that from Rocky!) So no matter what life has thrown at you, I want to encourage you to take this new year as an opportunity to commit yourself to your goals and aspirations and dig deep to find the grit to soldier on, day by day, week by week, month by month till you hit your goals. Its possible, as long as you don’t give up.

I was inspired to write this post by a story I read on the website of men’s health magazine, it’s the story of one of the most prolific producers of the late 90’s and early 2000’s it’s the story of Tim Mosley aka TIMBALAND. I found it very inspiring and I hope you do too.

Thanks, and do have a wonderful year!

At the worst of his troubles, Timbaland stood at 5 feet 7 inches weighed over 350 pounds, was prediabetic, going through a messy divorce, addicted to painkillers and did I forget to mention that he owed the US government over $4 million in unpaid taxes? Now that’s a lot of trouble for one person!