Who NOT to Trust When it Comes to Weight Loss Advice

There are some people you shouldn’t trust to give you good weight loss and muscle building advice.

Your friends, family members, and even trusted fitness personalities might mean well, but the advice they offer could lead you astray.

These people can be called the “Early Adopters.” Does this conversation sound familiar to you?

“How’s that new workout you’re trying?”

“It’s great! The pounds are just disappearing!”

If you’ve heard that conversation before, you’ve been in the presence of an Early Adopter.

Early Adopters get excited about a new diet or a new workout routine – simply because it’s new.

They will give you great advice about the program, but only because they are still new to it.

A month from now, they may completely change their tune about their great new program, so you shouldn’t take their advice too seriously.

If your friend just started CrossFit and he thinks it’s the greatest thing ever, ask him about it again in six months. If your mother just started the Eat Stop Eat program and is really excited about it, ask her about it again in six months. If your brother says he’s gaining muscle because he’s getting more protein, see how he looks in six months.

Early Adopters will try to sell you on their new program any chance they get, but they’re not the best people to give you advice.

If you hear or read about something that seems too good to be true, you may want to ask yourself if you’re hearing from an Early Adopter.

Give them a little time. Let the newness of the program wear off. Then ask them for their thoughts again.

You may get a more honest response.