Action Conditioning: Online Nutrition Prescription Client = Steph Starting = January 163lbs Today = June 146lbs Weight Lost = 17lbs Inches lost = 40" (Our Intent and Focus) BAM!!! In working with Stef our first goal was to increase her calories...yes eat more food! We wanted to get her body revving up, having great energy in workouts, plus recovering from workouts, sleeping great and waking up with vigor. The calories she started with were not going to do this, so in phase 1 we started upping her food slowly at first. with the goal of creating a larger caloric buffer diet down from. Yes diet down on more food rather that less....doesn't that sound good! We started seeing immediate results with the increase in carbs, fats and protein and Steph started to love counting macros have having the flexibility to choose the foods she liked after hitting her prerequisite foods prescribed by me :-) She kept asking me, "Why more food, really, aren't you supposed to eat less to burn fat?" I told her to trust in this process, enjoy the food increases and most of all be patient as we are going for inches lost. Once we hit a set point in her weight, we then made a small deficit via food & prescribed carido via energy system protocol to go along with her workouts. Today this is where we are at and we could not be more proud of Steph's accomplishments thus far :-) When starting a transformation journey most tend to look at the scale measuring progress and place all their hard work and dedication to 3 numbers that mean literally nothing to them! This scale watching is throwing most of you out of your actual INTENTION towards physical transformation. Knowone on the street or in the mall cares about your weight! What they care about is the actual physical transformation saying, "Dam she looks fantastic, I want that!". It is a physical transformation!!!! I guess you could wear your scale around your neck and show off that you lost 1 pound, like Flavor Flave! But really if you want to FEEL success try focusing on these areas: -inches lost -how your clothes feel -weekly photos -monthly measurements. In performing these tasks you are creating a healthier step forward towards progress and keeping the Focused Intent on your physical transformation goals. . When you are using inches lost this is actually something you can physically see and measure. What you do not want to do: - do cardio and step on the scale - binge eat the night before and step on the scale - step on the scale late at night after eating and drinking water all day - step on the scale just because you worked out harder than normal and expect a miracle - step on the scale just because you finally followed your nutrition plan for one day, expecting another miracle. *Please oh please, let your coaches use your scale weight as a tool to progressing you forward towards your physique and transformation goals. They are the masterminds helping to guide you, they have the knowledge, trust them! So when your coach asks for your weight, simply wake up, get the scale done, put the number in your phone and be done with it. Then put your pants on an notice how loose they are fitting! My point, change the way you think in terms of your fitness journey's progress and use Focused Intent on inches lost. Keep up the great work Steph!!! Chad