400 Classes and 26 Pounds Lost - Why Most Fitness Influencers Are Selling You Crap

400 classes and 26 pounds later, here’s the truth: most fitness influencers are selling you stuff you don’t need. What actually works instead.

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I Lost 26 Pounds in 200 Days Without Buying What Influencers Push

Two Major Milestones

Last week I hit 400 classes completed and 200 days of maximum effort. And I plan to obnoxiously celebrate every single milestone in this fitness process.

Every celebration gets you excited and more pumped about your fitness. The more opportunities I have to celebrate, the more I want to work, the more I want to do, and the better I’m feeling about the effort I’m putting in.

It’s Not Just About the Scale

It’s not just about how I’m looking. It’s how I’m feeling.

I’m feeling so much better than I was six months ago. I have more energy. I’m sleeping better. The sleep I’m struggling with is my own stress, my own issues. But the exercise has been helping with the stress thing.

I’m down four pant sizes. I’m down 26 pounds. And I have no plans on stopping anytime soon.

This Wasn’t a Challenge

When I first started this podcast, this was not a challenge. Yes, everything I’m doing is challenging. But I didn’t sign up to do a 30-day challenge or a zero to 5K or 30 planks in 30 days.

This was about implementing a change in my lifestyle. And that is what I have done. That’s what I’m so excited about.

The More I Post, The More Ads I See

The more I get into fitness and try to make it a huge part of my life, the more crap I see in my feeds.

I get bombarded with ads to become a gym instructor, to become a Zumba instructor, to sign up for nutrition courses.

But the really interesting thing is seeing just how many fitness influencers are full of crap.

They’re Pushing Products, Not Progress

So many of them are just pushing vitamins. Pushing weight loss drugs. Pushing protein powders.

If I see one more protein powder get pimped to me, I’m going to scream.

The truth is, it’s not just about supplements. Don’t get me wrong, I do take supplements, especially ones I need for my own health issues. But some of the stuff being peddled just feels like snake oil.

If You’re Starting Your Fitness Path

If you’re starting your fitness path and you start posting about it the way I have, you’re probably going to get bombarded with ads too.

Please do your homework. Don’t just buy a bunch of crap. Don’t just believe all these fitness influencers.

I’m living proof that what you really need is to put in the work.

Yes, Nutrition Matters

Yeah, you might need to be in a calorie deficit. You might need to adjust your diet a little bit. But don’t go crazy with it.

Don’t do what I did before, taking a bunch of shots and pills. There’s a better way.

Put in the Movement

Putting in the movement, putting in the work, doing the work. You will get so many better results than you would if you just buy a bunch of crap that fitness influencers are peddling to you.