For years I have battles with clients who have taken it upon themselves to weigh in daily, or in extreme cases multiple times per day.  Drives me nuts.

The deal is scale weight can fluctuate greatly based on several factors including water retention and matter retention (poop).  So weighing yourself constantly is kinda dumb. I recommend weighing yourself at MOST once per week.  Make it the same day of the week and the same time of day. That way you can get the most accurate and consistent reading possible. Even then nothing is 100%, but so long as there is a downward trend (assuming you are trying to lose fat) then your you are doing fine.

I much prefer clients take measurement. Bodyfat calipers are always cool but not everyone has a set. A regular old tape measure does the trick quite nicely.  IF you simply track the measurements around your waist (or hips) and if it continues to decline it does not matter what the scale says - you’re doing great.

Read the next story to see what I mean.

Joshua Carter
http://carterfitness.com

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Bootcamp
We have a few (and only a few) slots left for the Ultimate Fat Loss Bootcamp in West Hills.  You can sign up online instantly and experience insane fat loss  Go HERE for more information.

Carter Fitness Forum
I created a forum on the Carter Fitness website. Click Here. I will be visiting it daily to answer questions on various topics. If you have any suggestions on how to make the forum even better let me know.

4 Minute Fat Loss
As many on you know I started a trial program last month called "4 Minute Fat Loss".  The final results will be in tomorrow and I cannot wait.  Week 3 results were fantastic.  I will be making a full DVD of the 4MFL process so everyone can experience the same success as my trial group.  I will be shooting at the end of this month, and hope to have it out to you guys mid to late April - just in time for summer! Email me if you have any questions.

Code Name: C-Diet
Along with the 4 Minute Fat Loss program I launched last month, I created a specific nutritional plan.  It is a type of Nutritional Intervention of sorts.  I started with the V-Diet and put my own spin on it.  The results have been tremendous.

It is what I have been doing personally, and here is something I have not told anyone yet: I am at the lowest bodyfat % of my life. Soon I will post pix to prove it.

I’ll be straight with you, this is just a tease.  I have not finished writing it up yet.  But when I do - you’ll be the first to know.

Joshua Cater
http://carterfitness.com

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I go a huge response from article I wrote for the last newsletter entitled Pants Lie. So I thought I’s share with you some of the things I learned.

One of my good friends is a marketing guru, and at some point had a meeting with a high level marketing person with Calvin Klein. They got to talking and she went on to tell how today’s size 2 is actually a size 4 from the 80’s. And as the sizes get bigger the gap gets larger. Example: today’s size 12 is a size 16 from the 80’s and the same applies for men.

That actually makes perfect sense.  For example let’s say a woman went to go buy some jeans and was choosing between 2 pairs. One said it was a size 12 while the other said size 8- otherwise the jeans are identical (they were in reality exactly the same size). Which one would she choose? The size 8 of course. She would probably be willing to pay more.

Another woman emailed me and told me the more expensive the brand, the bigger the lie. That goes back to what I said above: A person would be willing to pay more for a label that has a smaller number.

What am I saying here? I’m really not sure I guess.  It’s just another lie perpetrated on the good people of this country.  What it comes down to is that you should not base your worth as a person on numbers.  Any numbers. Whether it is the number you have in the bank or the number around your waist or even the number on the scale.

No number defines you.

Remember that.

Joshua Carter
http://carterfitness.com

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