This document discusses common weight loss myths and strategies for maintaining motivation. It debunks 10 common myths that can waste time, such as spot reducing fat or eating many small meals. Different types of motivation, intrinsic vs. extrinsic, are explored. Maintaining a journal, setting short term goals, and acknowledging successes can help develop internal motivation. High intensity exercise, incidental movement, and muscle building are identified as strategies to boost metabolism and facilitate fat burning.

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5. The Top 10 Weight-Loss Myths…
That could waste your time.
The Top 10 Weight-Loss Myths…
That could waste your time.
1.Eat According to Your Metabolic Type
2.Don’t Eat Carbohydrates Because
They Turn to Fat
3.Eat Foods that Boost Metabolism or
Decrease Appetite

6. The Top 10 Weight-Loss Myths…
That could waste your time.
The Top 10 Weight-Loss Myths…
That could waste your time.
4. Negative Calorie Foods Can Help You Lose
Weight
5. You Can Spot-Reduce Body Fat
6. You Should Do Low-to-Moderate Intensity
Exercise to Burn Fat
7. Low-Carb Diets Have a Metabolic
Advantage

7. The Top 10 Weight-Loss Myths…
That could waste your time.
The Top 10 Weight-Loss Myths…
That could waste your time.
8. Eat Many Small Meals Rather Than
Three Big Meals
9. Weight Training is Superior to Cardio
for Weight-Loss
10. You Can Burn More Fat Exercising on
an Empty Stomach

8. Different Kinds of Motivation….
Are you motivated to lose weight?
Different Kinds of Motivation….
Are you motivated to lose weight?
• Extrinsic
• Intrinsic

9. Different Kinds of Motivation….
Do you use extrinsic motivation to accomplish short-term
goals?
Different Kinds of Motivation….
Do you use extrinsic motivation to accomplish short-term
goals?
• Extrinsic
• People often begin an
exercise or weight loss
program for external reasons

10. Different Kinds of Motivation….
3 Steps to Foster Internal Motivation
Different Kinds of Motivation….
3 Steps to Foster Internal Motivation
• Intrinsic
• Set short-term goals
• Keep a journal
• Acknowledge your success

11. "I can't lose weight…
I've got a slow metabolism.“
The three main activities that will make your body more efficient as a
fat-burning machine involve physical activity and body composition.
"I can't lose weight…
I've got a slow metabolism.“
The three main activities that will make your body more efficient as a
fat-burning machine involve physical activity and body composition.
1. High-Intensity Exercise
2. Fidgeting and Incidental
Movement
3. Muscle Building

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