So, when will I lose my belly?

I remember around 3 years ago, I asked my personal trainer, just like every desperate guy who is sick of looking at his flabby stomach fold when he sits down: "So coach, when do you think I can lose the belly?" he confidently replied: "no problem, 3 months only" and i was like...

But little did I know, it wasn't about the time, it's about what I DO in those 3 months...if 3 months was even enough.

And we hear it every..single..day..in the gym. Everybody just wants to lose that gut, it's the ultimate goal to many.

Many of us quit, we give up, why? Because it's either too hard for us, or we don't see results.

And others, they reach that goal...and in comes the wave of selfies in the bathroom! Yes, achieving your goal sure is pleasing and as we know it demands hard work and determination.

So, you finally shaved off that extra layer of flab around your waist, shopped for smaller waist size jeans and bombarded the social media with your selfies. Oh, and you went on preaching about how you did it! (Just like this post) but now what?

Many people take this issue as a project...a start date and an end date, then they perceive things will get back to normal, and by normal I mean, that unhealthy lifestyle they used to enjoy very much.

Hence, the question they asked at the very beginning of the journey, "(((When))) do you think I can lose the belly?"

And then you get people bragging about the past showing their photos of last summer and how they USED to have "abs"...stop living in the past.

You must change this mindset, stop asking when, and just live a healthy lifestyle, get used to it, and have your occasional cheat meals or even cheat days, its ok! But don't let yourself go, you can't afford it, trust me.

after 30, your body is in decline, you need to seriously think about maintaining a healthy lifestyle, eat healthy, and exercise, stop asking when will I get abs, this should be secondary.

Understand this, apply it, and learn to sustain it and you'll be fine.

Don't get in to the - "how many grams per meal", and "how many calories per day “yet; for most of us, this is too complicated and too tiring to apply, with all the calculations we do and the stress in our lives, we don't need this!

Workout, lift weights, start moving! I must say this requires some knowledge, my advice get a personal trainer for at least 3 months and apply the good ol' Chinese proverb:

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Learn from him the basics, the techniques, and understand how this whole training thing works.

but, for the love of GOD, don't declare yourself as a coach yet...not yet, we have enough of these in the industry, that are cheating people for a service not worth a Dirham! And they are all over the internet!