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Louis Dorman’s RULE #2 Persistence
If you want to go somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never ever give up. I’m proof that great achievements can happen to regular people if they work hard and never give up. I remember times when I would complain about homework, but I never once complained about the hours I spent weekly in the gym. To me, the payoff for fitness was going to change my life. Not that school wasn’t - I was always gifted in art so I always had that feeling of accomplishment from that.
The achievements in my weight loss were so new to me, since I was overweight all of my life.
There were times when I would invite girls back to my house and stay the night with me.
In the mornings, I would make sure I would get up before they would and do my morning cardio. I never made any excuses for myself - since its obvious that nobody has ever excused their way to weight loss success.
Try not to focus on too many things at once or wanting to achieve too many things at the beginning. Know what you want to accomplish, the one “reason” today and tomorrow. Persevere and don’t ever stop to you achieve it.
Results are best achieved by making long-term changes in nutrition and exercise that becomes part of a healthy lifestyle.
Small changes that cause little disruptions in life are more sustainable and more likely to help you keep the results from disappearing.
Patience is a very important part of your inner ability to stick to your program.
Eating properly is not something you are going to see instant results from. But consistent, proper nutrition is the biggest factor that leads to long-term results.
Remember that this is a lifestyle, Doing it correctly does not stop on the weekends, holidays, at night after a long day at work. You must constantly feed your body the right nutrients if you want to maintain your results and this lifestyle.
You can have the perfect plan and all the right supplements, but in the end it all comes down to consistency. Fat loss is a slow and steady process for a permanent result, but little by little, it all adds up.
Staying consistent will yield the best results in the quickest time. That’s why having a plan and preparing meals day in and day out helps you keep to your plan not allowing for variations or unexpected situations. You’ll always be prepared for those off days and maintain consistency to achieving your goal.
The reason consistency is so difficult to achieve is that it is not something in and of itself that you can work on. It is a testimony to the quality of the desire to achieve results. You should also love your new fitness lifestyle. So while you may think that drinking more water or perfecting your bench press form aren’t terribly important, they with the other “Rules” done day-in day-out are the “building blocks” to achieving your desired results.
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