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Most people would say that no one can know where they will be at, or how they will look six months down the road. This is another way of saying " We expect nothing different as we don't believe that hard work will pay off." We say this because we tried to stay on a fitness course before, but found ourselves unable to stay at it. Far too many of us have started on the first of the year, only to quit by Easter, if not before. Health club statistics prove this to be true time and time again. And, that is the sum and substance of our experience--something which was never long enough to cause any kind of a real change. 

But this is not the only reason for being unable to imagine what we will look like in six months. The secret reason  is that we will not even try. That is because we demand instantaneous results in everything nowadays.Thus we refuse to  project our thoughts out for anyone who seems to be suggesting a virtual eternity. Instead, we do what the manufacturers of the latest fat burners want us to do, namely buy their new capsule which will get us looking like their model in less than two weeks. Actually, they might even hint that it will get you looking like that overnight (though "individual results may vary," as their disclaimers always read.)

When it comes to fitness, instantaneous lasting results are non-existent. But this does not mean that there are no "wonder pills." That is to say, there really are fat burners,  like those once used by the military,; and they can have a dramatic effect in a very short period of time (forty-eight hours.).Too, there are capsules requiring a prescription, which will eliminate  water weight, as much five to eight pounds overnight. But, the effects of both of these are short-lived.

Most of us accept that just as there is "no free lunch", that there is no easy answer to fitness. Nevertheless, we will buy the latest new product  to induce an at best ephemeral  overnight effect. This is probably no different than succumbing to the Fountain of Youth myth, wherein one swallow is supposed to immediately turn back the clock and keep  it there forever. As absurd as this is, it is a kinder version of the Shangri-la myth, wherein one ultimately pays the price for turning back the clock by having it thereafter rapidly turn disproportionately ahead.

Both of these myths are precisely what they are : they are fanciful stories. They are products of our imagination and should be treated as just that. They should be contemplated for a few moments, thought about for whatever good they may portend, and then forgotten about. In their place, or dominantly along side of them, should be the hard-headed realistic thoughts of well-planned meals, intelligently chosen supplements and workout dedication. These are the only things, over time will really cause one to physically change for the better. But, they have to be stuck with. There can be no deviation.

Miracle capsule manufacturers (as opposed to serious medical drug innovators) create pills to make dreams come true. That is why they have the models they do on their labels, The models are ideals of what we want to look like tomorrow if only we would swallow their product. What .we fail to realize is that these models did not just start taking the pill yesterday, and they have been at a fitness lifestyle since very early on. Furthermore,they dedicate themselves to rigorous daily training. That is how they can continue to be  hired by the big companies.

Nearly all of us know this but still buy these miracle products anyway. Furthermore, we expect them to do the impossible. How and why? Can we all really that well-off in a down-turned economy? The answer is no, but yes. We will find the money for whatever is important to us. And sadly, the power of illusion can make nothing seem very much like something.

It is hard to accept what we all know to be true, namely that there is nothing better for fitness than hard work and dedication. That is because hard word work means effort, and dedication means saying "no" to doing things more pleasant.. Thus, we internalize what the manufacturer's advertising departments put together. Unfortunately, their sales material works all too well on us, but that is largely because we do not have any realistic thoughts of our own.

What we need  in our heads is an image of how we will look like six months down the road. That is what needs to be there in place of the mesmerizing advertising pictures of the advertising people. They must be of how we might  look being able to lift ten pounds more or cycle twenty rpms faster. In a six month period, that would be possible and that could mean being down a belt notch or dress size. 

We all have the power to replace the images of the advertising people with those of our own. That is what we can do; and  If we do it well,  we will save money and we will stay motivated to continually do the right things. These will cause the desired changes to occur, by keeping us on track to do the right things.