We’d like to be fitter not fatter, more trim than loose, and want to feel self-confident, not self-conscious. Ideally, we want all this to get done with as minimal of timely investment as possible. The problem here is: Time. It’s that precious commodity, that as a 20-year old you thought you’ll have in abundance, but the older you get, the more you realize that ‘time is flying’.

The Fastest Way to Lose Fat with Minimal Time Investment

(what most gyms don’t want you to know)

When it comes down to making a few basic, fat loss inducing changes, would it be better to hit the gym 4x/week, spending hours on the treadmill, or having a side salad instead of ‘side fries’ for lunch? Would it be smarter to buy fresh veggies or fruits at your next run to the grocery store or to load up on sweets and breaded chicken breast? Is continuous exercise more effective, or a better diet? The answer is self-evident.

Further complicating the idea of investing time, is that exercising, especially ineffective exercising, takes time. Eating is something you do anyways – in part because you have to, and takes the same amount of time you already devote to it. In the realm of weight & fat loss, your diet plays a larger role than exercise.

We Call This the 80 / 20 Rule

80% of your weight loss success happens in a realm of time that you can influence just by making different nutrition and dietary decisions. This is where weight and fat melts off you.

20% of your weight loss success happens in the realm of time that you can influence by (intelligently) exercising. This is where you the make it more effective and keep it off. Intelligent exercises are the key to success, though. The treadmill or isolation/body building exercises are not the key to success for most people!

The Context of Time.

To burn 3500 calories, you’d have to walk approximately 35 miles at moderate pace. That’s quite the distance, and it would take about 14 hours to complete your walk. Obviously, the example isn’t realistic for anyone to complete everyday. Let’s try something closer to ‘home’: A single Snickers bar contains 250 calories and 27g of sugar. To burn through the calories, you’d have to walk about 5 hours. If you’re stopping at a gas station and you’ll pick up the ‘dual pack’, you’ll increase your consumption to 500 calories, 54 grams of processed sugar and you’re looking at 10 hours to walk it off. It’s safe to say that cutting out the Snickers bar is a lot easier than spending 10 hours on a treadmill, walking into nowhere, just to clear the effects of your choices.

However, the fun continues. You know that 10 hours/day on a treadmill, or walking around the neighborhood, are not realistic. What you might not know though, is that what we were conditioned to eat, since early childhood days, is further setting us back. 80% nutrition – remember that number for the following lines.

Carbohydrates, commonly found in breakfast foods such as cereal, etc., if not burned by your body and used as fuel to get you through the day, will be stored as fat. During that process, carbs will also spike your blood sugar. Blood sugar stabilization (Read Here) is a huge area of concern and focus, because a balanced blood sugar WILL improve your life and prevent certain diseases.

An article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2014), conducting a meta-analysis of studies involving over 3,000 individuals, found the following: A diet that is high in protein and good fats, is linked to better health outcomes, fat loss and weight management/maintenance, especially when paired with the 20% ratio of exercise.

Cutting to the chase; your diet is your driver when it comes to weight loss, fat loss and since you’re eating everyday anyways, there is NO additional timely investment needed. What IS needed though, is your awareness and smarter decisions. That’s why, in a nutshell, your success doesn’t require additional time.

Over the course of the past years, we’ve effectively understood that diet and education go hand in hand. What to eat, when to eat, what ratios, where & when does it get difficult to stay on course, …so, we’ve built The Athlete Lab education series, which is part of every “TAL Challenge Bootcamp” – and the next one starts on June 25th.

About the TAL Challenge Bootcamp:

The Athlete Lab Challenge Bootcamp is a program specifically designed with education and exercise in mind. We’ll teach you the 80/20 rule, and give you the tools to succeed when you start using it. 80% nutrition education and 20% exercise at the gym, which is part of the TAL Challenge. Over the course of 6-weeks, you’ll get all the knowledge you need, and you’ll lose weight or body-fat percentage, or we’ll refund your money. Save your spot, we only make 30 available each TAL Challenge, for only $49. If you don’t like what you hear after our first-day nutrition seminar, you have no further obligations. Click to REGISTER.