THE KEY TO HEALTHY & SUSTAINABLE WEIGHT LOSS

The Key to Healthy & Sustainable Weight Loss is Support

By James White

There has never been a greater emphasis on health and fitness than there is today.

The evidence is irrefutable that being overweight doesn’t just cause health problems - it also ends up costing you a lot of money.

When you’re carrying more weight than you should, you’re essentially overloading your joints and organs, meaning that they have to perform at a higher level than they were designed for.

Sickness, joint pain and diseases like hypertension and diabetes almost always follow. However, this isn’t news to anyone.

We all know that being overweight is bad for you, but we also know that it can be hard to lose weight and keep it off! “

I’ve coached thousands of people on their weight loss journeys, and almost all of them shared the following three reasons why they had been unable to lose weight permanently beforehand:

1. They lacked motivation when things inevitably got tough. 2. There was no one to hold them accountable to the goals they had set for themselves. 3. They didn’t have affordable access to an expert who could help them. When you consider the above points, you can see that the thread that links all of them is that they lacked support.

When you’ve got a healthy support system around you, you’re able to achieve so much more than you ever “could on your own.

This is the reason group fitness has become so popular – you’re part of a group of people who are all striving towards the same goals.

But what about those who don’t have the time to get to a gym? Those who simply don’t feel comfortable or confident enough to join a group class? How do they find the support necessary to make a permanent and lasting change?

These are the reasons why we started Best10, where we believe that the thing missing from so many people’s weight loss journeys is affordable access to expert support.

Support, at Best10, means care, understanding, and empathy. It also means that you’ve got someone who is in your corner, cheering you on when you’re doing well and listening when you’re struggling.

Having an expert means that they can design a plan for you, based on where you’re currently at in your life; how much time you have; when you last worked out (if ever!); and how you actually like to eat. It’s standard practice to have a tax expert handle our “ returns or a lawyer assist in litigious disputes. So, when it comes to our health – the most important thing in life - why should we not seek out an expert to help us? “

Many people assume that there is an enormous cost attached to such help, however with Best10, for just R350 per month (the same amount most people spend on a meal at a restaurant), you can have your very own health and fitness expert to guide you, support you and hold you accountable throughout your weight loss journey – however long that takes.

We believe that this is the future of sustainable wellbeing. An app doesn’t care if you stop using it, but at Best10, we’ll reach out to you when the journey (inevitably) gets hard. We’ll walk this path with you, side by side, every step of the way.

Weight loss is a personal journey, and we could all do with a bit of personal support.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR James White is the CEO and Co-Founder of Best10.app, a dynamic, personalised online nutrition and fitness programme with expert coaching and support.