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There are just too many skeptics in this world.  Skeptics about whether exercise will help with weight loss and skeptics about whether eating well will help with weight loss.  I have been working with skeptics since before I graduated from college.  I have proven a few skeptics wrong and they are what keep me going to prove the others wrong too.

Right now my toughest battle seems to be nutrition. With all the magical pills on the market that claim to raise metabolism and melt fat away it is difficult as a Fitness Specialist to convince people that calorie balance is the best way and really only scientifically proven way to lose or maintain weight.

The latest battle I have at Fitness Together is our new Nutrition Together program.  It is a fantastic program designed to teach people how to make healthy and sustainable lifestyle choices that will allow them to lose weight without having to be deprived or make drastic caloric changes.

I have several clients that began the Nutrition Together program with desperation, skepticism and fear.  They need the program and information but don’t trust it will work. They have doubts and fears that they will put in the effort and make changes but they still won’t succeed.  Skeptics! What to do, what to do?

What do I do? Offer hope. Offer assistance. Offer my unwavering support. Whether my clients think they can lose weight or not, if they follow Nutrition Together, they will be pleasantly surprised that they can lose 1-2 pounds a week!  And without naming names, I currently have three clients that have lost weight on a healthy, steady basis since beginning the program!

I think I will always have skeptics either with exercise or nutrition, but when the numbers on the scale do not lie, I have hope for changing the minds of all other skeptics out there that think they can never lose weight.  It is why I do what I do and will continue to do so until I have reached all the skeptics!

Tags: Fitness Together, Nutrition Together, skeptics, weight loss

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