Will Power SUCKS?

I have a confession to make. I have ZERO willpower. That’s right, Me, Paul Mort, The leading fat loss speciailist in the UK has NO willpower, absolutely none.

‘But you have a 6 pack, you must have some?’

Nope, I have none. I have a problem saying no to things I enjoy. Food talks to me.
I HATE denying myself the things I really really want. I LOVE indulgence.

I bet you’re the same. Denial is just not my style.
You wanna know my secret to staying lean WITHOUT willpower?

Lack of Opportunity.

Simple as that.
Do not give food or drink the opportunity to tempt you.
Don’t keep chocolate and sweets in the house and then try to deny yourself and commence a battle of will with the fruit and nut- itll be you that ends up nuts!

As ridiculous as it may sound, will power is completely over rated.
Heres a recent example.

A few of my friends were going out for a drink one Saturday afternoon and I knew they’d end up heading into the town centre to get ‘merry’.
In fact, scratch that they were going to get p*ssed.

So, as I was in training for a photoshoot I drove down had 1 ‘drink’ (a blackcurrant and soda) then told the lads that I would be dropping the car off and meeting them in the town centre.

KNOWING that I’d struggle to avoid having booze and KNOWING that booze has one use (it makes you fat and gives you MEGA carb cravings the day after) I turned my phone off!
Yes, I know that’s a bit naughty but do you see my point?

Willpower is just not my forte, so its easier to take myself out of the situation and if there’s an occasion where I can have a drink- I have a few voddies or amarettos, simple.

Need more examples?

When I eat out and it isn’t my ‘cheat meal’ I eat out with friends who have similar goals to me and don’t just binge at any given opportunity (see my article ‘are your friends making you fat?').

Politely ask the waiter not to bring the bread basket out.

Don’t even bother tempting yourself.

If its not the bread that gets you, it might be the desert.

Tell the waiter you don’t want to ‘see if the dessert menu has anything healthy’ it wont and you probably don’t even need desert.

Girls wanna come over for a girly night in with a bottle of wine?
Your on antibiotics- they’ll never know! ;-)

This is an obvious one, but NEVER EVER, EVER go food shopping when your hungry.
When travelling plan and pack your meals in advance.

I can never understand you guys that eat well and train for 6 months to get in shape for a holiday that eat junk food at the airport- before you’ve even took off??!!?
Exercise in the morning if you cant motivate yourself to go at night. You have less time to lie to yourself that you have too much to do.

Get yourself a motivated gym partner. They’ll drag you there when you cant be arsed!

Join a group training program. Bootcamps are awesome. RAMMED with people who have a similar goal and want to get healthy.

A little different from your pisshead friends who always try to tempt you to make themselves feel better?
So, just a little tip but potentially crucial to your fat loss success.

Lack of opportunity will ALWAYS trump will power.