Not a Life Coach: Are You Ready to Change Your Life? From the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author

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Here are 11 no-nonsense fitness facts James Smith wants us all to know about… #1 Don’t fall for the fads We’ve all gone too far. Why can’t we all just be f*****g normal? Who wants to be perfect all of the time? James is most definitely not a life coach. The irony of the title is not lost. The writing style is painful, hard to read and full of repetitive phrases. The content too, is just awful, embarrassing almost, it makes me wonder who pushed it to publication. Fall in love with the process and see what happens. You may monetize in a few years, you may not. There are no rules and this is not a finite game. If you ask my mum and dad who don’t have social media, they completely understand how fat loss works. Younger generations though are far more susceptible to believing all the bulls**t that’s out there such as, ‘your not losing weight because you aren’t intermittent fasting’, ‘you need to be in a state of ketosis to lose weight’, ‘your body needs a juice cleanse’– or whatever other nonsense is going around these days.

This is the realistic way of thinking we need to incorporate when looking at our physique, and it goes something like this: ‘I should exercise and watch my calories as much as I can, but as long as I live a healthy, happy lifestyle who cares if I’m carrying a few extra pounds’. Quite possibly one of the worst “things” (book would be too generous) that I have ever read. I could not even finish it. Now though you get, ‘who is going downstairs to meet the delivery guy then?’ I mean come on, all you have to do is walk to your front door and even that’s too much of an effort for some people. A stand-up comedian stretches theirs at the small venues, repeating the same jokes, night in and night out, building up to the grand tour in front of thousands in an arena. The rate at which you stretch is governed by you and you alone. If you get nervous speaking in front of people, it is because of the feeling you choose to feel about it. You just need to tear down your self-imposed rules to stretch your fabric of confidence.

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Should I workout on an empty stomach to lose weight? Fitness fads exposed Healthista Content you may like: Someone with a great work-life balance on an average salary is far wealthier than a stressed, tired and overworked millionaire. Always keep that in mind.” In fact, around 70 per cent of the calories we burn a day are burnt without moving and this is what we call BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate). Instead of wasting your money on these weight loss plans, why don’t you join my academy JSA (James Smith Academy) where you can learn everything you need to know for a fraction of the cost and not be told off just because you haven’t dropped a few pounds of water weight.

I tried a low-carb diet for a year thinking carbs would kill me. Then I was worried sweeteners could cause cancer so I never consumed any diet drinks. When you get a bit skint you’ll announce to your mates that for the next two weeks you’re not going out because you need to balance your books. Then once you’ve done that you’re up for a night out again – tequila, pizza, kebabs – you know the drill. the key to a successful and sustainable calorie deficit is to not cut your calories so drastically that you feel like you’re on a restrictive diet Who you know and your social circle can have big impacts on your perception of yourself-worth. Some people can rate their status on who they know, who’s important and what influence they have. For some, what they do is often a big factor in self-esteem. This is highly influenced by culture but there’s often a stigma with certain processions (such as teaching), while some may consider a doctor or banker to be at a more important professional level. What you achieve is also a big player in self-esteem; for some, being the most qualified in the room is of the utmost importance in improving their self-esteem and therefore perceived self-worth. If someone said to me ‘James you could live for an extra ten years and be in a better shape if you didn’t drink’, I would say yeah I know that but I would rather have fun with my friends and moan about being hungover because that’s the life I enjoy.Let me give you another analogy. There’s a work life out there for all of us whereby if we got to the office at 6pm and didn’t leave till 10pm we could probably earn a hell of a lot more money. It’s very important that we have this approach to the worst-case scenario with our problems because – and this can be a very hard pill to swallow – we will always have problems. I’ve noticed that people brought up without real problems are some of the first to struggle with anxiety and sometimes depression. This isn’t to say that all depressed and anxious people were brought up with a silver spoon; more that we should sometimes count our problems as a blessing. Scott sold companies to IBM and made a fortune in his early twenties only to find out at twenty-six that he had a rare eye disease and would very soon be blind and no longer able to drive the fancy Porsche he’d just bought. Scott has forever been in my mind since I met him; if I knew I only had my eyesight for a few more years, I think any financial savings would be shunted down the priorities list and I’d set my sights (pardon the pun) on seeing as much of the world as I could, so that I’d always have the memories when I was older. Personal trainer James Smith’s new book, Not a Diet Book, offers frank advice on getting in shape and busts some major diet myths.’ Grazia

So, what determines our self-esteem? Interestingly, this ties in closely with our values and is defined as net worth for many people. How much they’re worth is usually based upon their place within a social hierarchy, which is fed by income, material possessions or the acquisition of as many assets as possible, like a financial monopoly. Describing himself as ‘that keen guy in the office who had protein powder and useless supplements in his drawer and made sure everyone knew I was off to train legs’, colleagues would often ask James for fitness tips and accompany him to the gym during lunch breaks. I gave up dieting – and lost weight’ – the serial dieting neuroscientist who FINALLY lost weight by giving up the fads and eat healthily Interestingly, self-esteem ties closely with our values and is defined as net worth for many people. How much they’re worth is usually based upon their place within a social hierarchy. This is usually fed by income, material possessions and social network. However, if someone was to say to me ‘I can go to the gym five times a week at lunchtimes’ then I would say that in addition to the compound exercises, you can have a little fun and spend extra time training your glutes or your calves (if you’re a dude), but it isn’t totally necessary.But in the fat loss world it just means getting bigger sized clothes or wearing darker colours, and often we only realise the repercussions when we have an obesity related health scare. I agree with him on most basic fitness related issues such as obesity and how individuals should take ownership of their health and their life. I have drawn many conclusions from modern-day social media and its diminishing effect on self-esteem, but what do you think about this for a hypothesis: are we relying so much on dating apps that we’re damaging our ability to boost each other’s self-esteem by no longer approaching people, flirting or asking anyone out? Which brings me to a very interesting point where we could bring two elements together and think about the potential outcome for confidence and self-esteem, or the ‘worst-case scenario’.