Burnout Principle No. 5 Stop when problems occur!

Try and ignore the resounding evidence proving that success in any field comes from persistence, patience, perseverance and practice. You must always ignore the idea that your achievements will only be worth anything BECAUSE of the problems you overcame. This really will do you no good at all and merely fill your life with results and achievements rather than excuses. Who wants this???

Burnout Principle No 6 Focus on the costs – NOT THE BENEFITS!

Never concentrate on the BENEFITS of what you are doing. Always focus on the COSTS.

Do you know how hard it is to abandon something when all you can think of are the amazing things that you will see, feel and be able to do when you have achieved it! It's a nightmare!

Burnout Principle No 7 Never commit to change!

Always use words like "I'll try" and "I really should".

These are fantastic!

Disempowering, non committal and, best of all, they actually make you sound as though you will probably fail!

NEVER use language like "I will", or "I must". These are quite scary because they entail that you might actually get what you want. This can lead to years of happiness, fun and confidence. Don't do it.

Burnout Principle No 8 Treat weight loss purely as a calorie and exercise issue!

Please ignore factors such as sleep, stress, food quality, the way you breathe, your beliefs and your genetic make up. These are unhelpful and damn effective if used in addition to an effective exercise and nutritional plan.

Burnout Principle No 9 NEVER Exercise Intelligently

PLEASE don't think of analysing your body to see where it is weakest in order to exercise for strength rather than injury.

DEFINITELY DON'T do movements that use up to 600 muscles, (burning loads of calories in the process)

PLEASE don't think about varying your workout's to avoid boredom and sustain improvement. (This IS clever and it does save you time, so DON'T DO IT)

(REMEMBER you want to be back in your old routine by mid January. Don't muck around with this stuff! Just get a free programme from a magazine or generic template from a fitness instructor and crack on with this. It will give you everything you need to be bored, confused and ready to give up in a few weeks)

Burnout Principle No 10 DO NOT enjoy the process!

NEVER go running in a park where there is a beautiful sunrise.

NEVER think of exercise as something that your body is designed to do. Believing that your body actually enjoys exercise is really damaging for rapid failure strategies.

Exercising in a social and fun atmosphere, such as the Urban Vitality Complete Boot Camps, is just stupid (Nearly 90% of people on it lose at least and inch a half of their waists, lose 6lbs of body fat or increase their energy by 30%)

EVEN WORSE...!

Committing to a programme that guarantee's both rapid results AND long lasting change, such as the Personal Coaching with the Urban Vitality Company is VERY DANGEROUS if you are serious about NOT changing.

PLEASE stick to what you know best and you'll be back where you started by January 10th 2008!

Have a great year,

Copyright (c) 2007 John Limpus

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