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Accountability For Fat Loss Success
By Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC
www.UnstoppableFatLoss.com
What you are about to read is an excerpt from an interview that I did with Rob Kottenbrock from the MP3 audio program, Unstoppable Fat Loss. If you adopt the mindset that we cover below and apply it to your workouts and nutrition plan, you can expect success and amazing results.
Scott: I have my goals written right next to my alarm clock and I look up on the wall: I have some other pictures of body parts that I want to achieve, so I've got those images there myself. But again, I like how you said, "You're accountable to yourself."
I know I've mentioned my goals to other people out there as well, but I may even sit in bed for two minutes after the alarm goes off and think to myself, for a brief moment, "Oh, man this is comfortable..."
But something kicks in, that purpose, that I know I've got reasons why I'm getting out of bed. That alarm went off, not to get me out of bed, but there's a reason why it went off...
Rob: It went off to get you leaner.
Scott: Yes, absolutely. And the feelings that are going to happen when I am reaching my goals that I'm aiming for right now. All right, so let's continue. You got your butt out of bed to do your cardio that you can't stand... [laughs]
Rob: [laughs]
Scott: And you're able to do that. Let's continue with the accountability. What other kinds of things do you do with your close friends and your accountability partners that really helps you out?
Rob: I have an Excel file that is now over two years old, where it's all done in the three‑month phases. Every three months, I add a new sheet. And what that does is, it's in four different quadrants, and in one quadrant, for each week, it's got my weight, my body fat percent, and then the actual pounds of lean muscle and fat, and then my goal for each week just down the column of how much each is going to change.
And then in another quadrant is the actual progress that I made, and then another quadrant is the difference between the two. And then the other quadrant is a bar chart that tracks actual against goal.
Scott: OK, excellent.
Rob: Yeah, and so every week, I have to update and send that file out to my accountability buddies. It's really weird, because every now and then, I'll get a note from one of them, and it's like, "Wow! You're really inspiring me to just go and get to the gym."
Scott: Right.
Rob: And basically, it's not so much for them to grade me or anything, it's just to hold me accountable to myself.
Scott: Right, exactly.
Rob: It's not that I'm asking for praise or support or anything. It's just kind of proving that, yeah, I did this.
Scott: Right.
Rob: But they also, more so when I first started, I actually made them agree, for that first phase, to just randomly call me one time a week to say, "Did you get on the bike?"
Scott: I love that.
Rob: Yeah, just random, just randomly call me.
Scott: Yeah.
Rob: You know, once a week and just say, "Did you get your workout in? Are you eating clean? Are you staying on program?" and basically just to say, you know, you started this, how well are you following through?
Scott: Yeah. Did they catch you a few times?
Rob: Yeah. Oh yeah, they did. Yeah, they did.
Scott: And what did that do for you? Did it give you that instant jump?
Rob: Yeah. You know, you have to find the right people.
Scott: Right.
Rob: Because they never yelled at me. You know, it was basically "You set up this plan for yourself Rob, how well are you following through with it?"
Scott: Excellent.
Rob: And you know, sometimes it was a voicemail. Because they knew if I let it go to voicemail that I wasn't on plan.
Scott: Right.
Rob: Because if you are like, "Oh God, that's one of my buddies, no, I'm not going to pick that up" and then you get the voicemail. And, you know, it was always encouraging.
And the weird thing is, is that these are people who have been fit their entire lives and they are the exact type of people that I had previously, stereotypically, you know, from my experience in high school and everything, deemed as the "jock" or the "gym jerk" or whatever.
Scott: Right.
Rob: But because they are friends and they knew me and I asked them to do this, to help me, and I said, "Just help me help myself. I'm laying out this plan and all I'm asking you to do is help me stick to the plan."
Scott: Wow.
Rob: And so, yeah, it takes a whole lot of, trust. But do it with friends.
Scott: Right.
Rob: And do it with people that know you.
Scott: Right.
Rob: Because they will genuinely want to help you help yourself.
Scott: Right, and then the more they see you making the progress, I mean, they probably would feel guilty themselves if they weren't calling up, they really want to see you succeed.
Rob: Yeah and especially for people that go to the gym regularly, they know how beneficial that can be. If you tell them, "OK, my experience has always been negative but I'm wanting to change and I need your help,” they are going to be so supportive.
Scott: That's right. Awesome. Accountability and surrounding yourself with the right people. I like what you did. You set out and you chose people who were in shape, people that you could look up to and use as role models and examples.
Rob: Yeah, and you know, there would be times that I would be like, OK, you know, because sometimes on Monday when I'd send that thing out, and you know, one time I had done everything according to plan but I gained a pound of fat.
Scott: Right.
Rob: I was just like, "What's the deal?" And you know, some of it was me venting, it's like I don't know what I'm doing wrong. And then one of them said "Rob, when was the last time you took a week off?"
Scott: Right.
Rob: You know, "When was the last time you just stopped and slept?"
Scott: Wow.
Rob: You know, I was like "Well, that was 20 weeks ago."
[laughter]
Scott: Yeah, yeah.
Rob: Then I replied back to all of them, "OK, it' s an off week. I'm taking the whole week to re‑feed and sleep and I'm not going to work out." And you know, that re‑feed week, not even working out, you know, a pound‑and‑a‑half gone.
Scott: Awesome.
Rob: It's just like" OK, this is just weird; I ate more, I didn't exercise at all, and I burned fat."
Scott: Right.
Rob: Go figure.
Scott: That's the coolest thing, when you do surround yourself with the successful people who have been there and are living that lifestyle, hearing that, "Take a week off" is totally different than what happened in the past. You treated this week off differently than you would have in the past, I'm sure.
Rob: Yeah, and after you're on the program for a while the junk you were eating doesn't even sound good.
Scott: That's so true.
Rob: And especially you know, my dad is four weeks on the program ‑ 12 pounds down ‑ Go, Dad. Go, Dad.
Scott: Awesome, yes, keep going, keep going.
Rob: Yesterday we had my sister's birthday party and there was the cake and the bowl of fruit. My dad looked at the cake and thought, "that doesn't even look good."
Scott: Wow.
Rob: It's just like, Wow! That didn't take as long as I thought it would.
Scott: It happens. It really happens.
Rob: It happens, it's amazing.
Scott: I love that part of it. That's the message that I like to get across so much. Because you can associate pleasure with these foods and lifestyle that you once thought was painful.
Rob: I love endorphins. I mean, that's the only thing about cardio that I love. I hate doing it, but I love when it's done.
Scott: Right. You know the out come. That purpose, that drive, you know what the outcome is going to be. That's great. And this is good, see, I love that you're at this point that you're teaching others. And that must really help things sink in for you as well. And give you more satisfaction for the whole process and really, you can learn even more about the process because you're seeing things through other people's eyes.
Rob: And it gives me more drive.
This interview was an excerpt from the MP3 audio interview program, Unstoppable Fat Loss
About The Author:
Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC is a personal trainer and motivation coach from Ontario, Canada. After graduating from the University of Windsor’s Human Kinetics Program with honors in movement science, Scott began his career with an intense interest in physiology and biomechanics, but quickly developed a love for sport psychology.
His interest in the power of the mind led him to create Unstoppable Fat loss, (UFL) an audio interview MP3 interview series. UFL is different because it’s not about what to eat or how to train. It’s about goals, mind, motivation, vision, persistence, emotions, passion, overcoming obstacles and even how fitness and health fit into your life purpose. The interviews include fitness professionals and “regular folks” who have overcome some very big problems.
You can visit Scott’s website at:
www.Unstoppablefatloss.com
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