Cosgrove - Drop two dress sizes: a proven plan to ditch the scale, get the body you want & wear the clothes you love

INTRODUCTION

Was it fairly easy to lose weight in the past, but now you cant shed a pound? Or worse, the more you try to lose weight, the more you seem to gain? Have you tried everything and still dont see results? Clients often come to me expressing their frustration that nothing is working. They need a different approach to weight loss. And you might, too.

There may be a few reasons your previous plans havent worked for you. After a lifetime of dieting, you have likely lost lean muscle each time you lost weight, slowing down your metabolism and making it harder and harder to see progress. This is especially true if you arent seeing results after following low-calorie diets and weight loss plans that may have worked in the past.

Maybe you need different external feedback to monitor your progress. Up until now the scale has been the indicator of whether your diet or exercise program is working. If the scale doesnt budge, then you assume that your program must not be working. You think: Im a failure. This is not true! And this cycle gets you nowhere closer to your goals.

By staying focused on the scale, you may be afraid of lifting weights and building muscle in fear that you will bulk up. But the fact is that your lean muscle mass, at this point, is most likely way below average. The only way to ever fit into your jeans again is to lift weights and gain lean body mass. This might keep that number on the scale from dropping as much as you are used to, but it will lead to an increased metabolism, which will reverse the damage you have done over a lifetime of dieting andbest of allwill lead to dropping two clothing sizes in just 8 to 12 weeks and completely reinventing your body. Now were talking!

Excited? This is the feeling I want you to experience as you go through this book, which will tell you step by step exactly how to undo any damage from past diet plans and truly transform your body. Starting now, you will end the yo-yo diet trap and finally fit into your hottest wardrobe ever.

How This Plan Works

In August of 2009, our team launched a Skinny Jeans Challenge at our gym, Results Fitness, in Southern California. Working closely with our team of trainers, we watched as 20 women lost two jeans sizes in less than 12 weeks (most of them within 8 weeks). Weve now run this challenge a number of times with consistent results. By following the very same program, you are guaranteed to drop two sizes in less than 12 weeks.

I have had women all over the United States follow the system and philosophies in this book, and theyve all dropped two sizes. Whats more, I have had coaches use this system at more than 50 gyms around the worldincluding gyms and clients in Switzerland, the Virgin Islands, Lebanon, Canada, and Englandusing this exact system and achieved the same results each time. This plan works! Youll read inspiring success stories from women all over the world who, just like you, wanted to transform their bodiesand they did.

The surprising thing, though, is that although my clients have dropped two sizesfor example, from a size 12 to a size 8the average weight loss during these challenges has been only 4 pounds on the scale. I have even had a woman gain 2 pounds on the scale over the 12 weeksand still drop two clothing sizes! My clients are always shocked and happy when they realize the scale no longer works as an indicator of how much fat they have lost.

Research at the Mayo Clinic published in Obesity Journal in May 2011 shows that weight loss does not equal fat loss. And two recent research studies from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands found clothing size to be an accurate indicator of your risk of health problems and disease. Clothesnot the scaleare the new indicator of health and fitness.

This book offers a proven, day-by-day solution to drop at least two sizes, fit into your favorite clothes in record time, and be able to maintain the results for the long term. Dont throw those skinny jeans out yet! Instead, throw out the scale and the fat clothes for good.