Nutritionists who have managed to gain a large number of followers through social networks have been endlessly repeating two messages for months. The first is that no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to lose weight (lose weight properly) if you do not radically change your life. That is to say: from a certain age (usually 40 years) there is no point depriving yourself for months of food or, for example, alcohol
The “rebound effect” cannot be combated if you do not work hard in your day to day. In this sense, the diet has to be aimed at improving your health because you eat healthier things and improving your physical level because you do sports with some regularity. The best thing you can do is consider an exercise routine for which you set aside an hour a day. Doesn’t your health deserve at least one simple hour a day?
The second message that nutritionists keep repeating is that every effort has a great reward. In this sense, Joel Torres, one of the most followed personal trainers and nutritionists on social networks who accumulates hundreds of thousands of followers, revealed days ago what he called the illusion of the iceberg.
“Change is not easy. We see people who have achieved what we want to achieve and we believe that it has been easier because they have good genetics or luck”, said the personal trainer, emphasizing that most people resist change. Almost everyone believes that trying is not worth it. But you have to give time to time.
If you change your diet (falling into a caloric deficit and forgetting about products such as alcohol) and, in addition, you do sports, it is most likely that you will be able to improve your physical condition and lose weight in the process. Don’t be obsessed with achieving everything on the first day. In fact, it is essential not to start weighing yourself until after several weeks of drastic changes in your life.
If you continue with the same life as before and do not make any changes, it is likely that nothing will improve, but if you change your habits, you will most likely see results sooner or later. The thing is, you have to be patient. The iceberg illusion speaks of the fact that there are many people who see little change and almost no one sees everything that is below.