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They love something that brought them failure and then they defend it! Talk about a deeply, painfully flawed belief system.
    Isn’t Einstein’s definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result? Why would anyone embrace the same results-free strategy over and over and expect a different outcome? They do so because their belief system is so very out of whack.
    So let’s get to the heart of that often misunderstood word, “metabolism.”
Understanding Your Basal Metabolic Rate
     
    Each of us possesses a basal metabolic rate, or BMR, defined as:
The amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state (meaning that the digestive system is inactive, which requires about twelve hours of fasting in humans). The release of energy in this state is sufficient only for the functioning of the vital organs, such as the heart, lungs, brain and the rest of the nervous system, liver, kidneys, sex organs, muscles and skin. BMR decreases with age and with the loss of lean body mass. Increasing muscle mass increases BMR . 1
    Please note the last two sentences of this definition: BMR decreases with age and with the loss of lean body mass. Increasing lean muscle mass increases BMR. My eating and exercise plan will keep your BMR from going down, even as you age. I know for a fact that the metabolic rate of some senior Petites I’ve worked with went up, because they started saying to me things like: “Jim, you know I have to have my hair colored every three weeks instead of every four. The roots seem to be showing faster as my stylist tells me my hair is growing faster.” That alone, along with nail growth (another easy indicator), can prove that your metabolism is accelerating.
    As a Petite, your goal is to do everything in your power to maintain and increase your metabolism, especially when you diet or restrict calories. When restricting calories, your body senses that there is not a readily available source of food. So the very smart human body slows down its need for food or calories. How does your body go about slowing itself down? It atrophies one of the body’s most metabolically active tissues–muscle. Muscle burns between twenty-two and thirty-six calories per pound per day. That is why it is so very important to your metabolism. If you diminish your muscle tissue, which is what happens when you diet without exercise or skip breakfast, your metabolism will go down. Again, less muscle will lead to a slower metabolism. You never want that to happen. By following my eating and exercise plan, you can prevent that from happening.
    For years, I have heard countless excuses concerning metabolism. I must be perfectly clear that the majority of them are unfounded, because virtually 99 percent of the time, the problem is not your metabolism. The problem is your behavior. No, actually it’s your belief system (like believing that cardio is the key to weight loss, which it is not) that led to your behavior (like performing cardio, a great weight-gain program). Sorry to be blunt, but it’s the truth. Stop for a moment and think:
     
• Were you always this weight?
     
• Was there a time when you were at a lower weight?
     
• Did this weight just creep up one pound at a time?
     
• Did you weigh yourself often to stop the increase?
     
• Did you count calories?
     
• Did you exercise the right way or did you perform cardio?
     
• Are you getting enough sleep?
     
• Are you stressed to the max?
     
    How, then, can you blame your metabolism? I bet your metabolism rocks. Or at least it used to rock before you annihilated it with a diet. But I can help you fix that! Don’t beat yourself up about the past. It’s over. Let’s move forward, with me as your guide, and shed that fat once and for all.
    Recently, there was a picture in a magazine of Oak Street Beach in Chicago, my hometown. The picture was from the 1950s and everyone