Build Believe Become | The Fat Loss & Mindset Podcast | Fitt-On

In this episode of THE BUILD, I'm talking about GLP-1s, weight loss, and the difference between losing weight and actually changing.

Let me be clear up front — for some people these medications are a serious tool. They improve health, they improve longevity, and for those who genuinely need them I've got no argument. That's not who this episode is about.

It's about the majority who are buying privately and using the jab the same way they used every diet before it. A way to lose weight without ever addressing the root cause — their knowledge of food, and the lifestyle that put the weight on in the first place.

Because here's what happens. The weight comes off. The prescription ends. Nothing has been learned. And it goes straight back on, same as every diet that came before. Yo-yoing, just with a needle instead of a meal plan.

I lost seven stone without one. Not because I'm harder than anyone else, but because I had no choice but to learn the food part. And that knowledge is the reason it's stayed off.

If you're on a GLP-1, or thinking about it, this one isn't here to shame you. It's here to make sure you don't waste it.

Build. Believe. Become.

ABOUT YOUR HOST Alan Fitton is a Personal Trainer, Nutritional Coach, Life Coach and Online Coach who lost 7 stone himself. He gives real talk on fat loss, training and mindset on how to begin your Build, Believe, Become journey.

SUPPORT BREAST CANCER NOW Alan is running the Great North Run on 13th September for Breast Cancer Now, following Sally's journey through triple negative breast cancer. If you'd like to support the charity visit Alan's Instagram on @fittonofficial

WORK WITH ALAN 🌐 www.fitt-on.co.uk @fittonofficial 📱 +447739045159 📧 alan@fitt-on.co.uk

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Starting again in January, again in March, again in September. It isn't a discipline problem — it's a design problem.

If you've started over more times than you can count, the story you've probably been told is that you lack willpower.

I don't believe that, and after twelve years and more than 400 clients I've seen the same five things come up again and again instead. None of them are about character. All of them are about how the plan was built.

The five reasons:

1. The plan was built for a life you don't have
2. You changed everything at once on a Monday
3. There was no plan for a bad week
4. You were chasing a feeling instead of a number
5. Nobody was expecting you

I've been on both sides of this — seven stone down before I ever coached anyone, and plenty of failed restarts before that one stuck.

Every reason on that list is fixable. But you can't fix it while you still think the problem is you.

Ready to stop restarting? DM me BUILD on Instagram or book a Kickstart Session at fitt-on.co.uk.

Build. Believe. Become.

ABOUT YOUR HOST Alan Fitton is a Personal Trainer, Nutritional Coach, Life Coach and Online Coach who lost 7 stone himself. HE gives real talk on fat loss, training and mindset on how to begin your Build, Believe, Become journey.

SUPPORT BREAST CANCER NOW Alans partner Sally went through triple negative breast cancer, they are both fundraising for the breast cancer charity, Sally her fundraising hike and Alans first Half Marathon for Breast Cancer Now. If you'd like to support the charity visit Alans Instagram on @fittonofficial

WORK WITH ALAN 🌐 www.fitt-on.co.uk @fittonofficial 📱 +447739045159 📧 alan@fitt-on.co.uk

LISTEN & FOLLOW 🎙️ Spotify | Apple Podcasts | RSS.com 📱 Instagram: @buildbelievebecomethepodcast 👕 Clothing: @buildbelievebecome

Every time a holiday comes round, the same fear turns up: this is the week it all falls apart.

It isn't. In this episode I go through what actually happens to your body over seven days away from training — which is far less than most people think — and then the thing that genuinely derails people, which has nothing to do with the week itself.

I recorded this before heading away for a week, mid-block for the Great North Run, so it's the exact problem I'm solving for myself.

In this episode:

• What people fear a week off costs them
• What actually happens to strength, muscle and bodyweight over seven days
• Why the real risk is day nine, not day two
• The reason a week becomes three weeks becomes three months
• What to decide before you go, not after you're back
• How I'm handling my own week away mid-training block

You're not going to lose it in seven days. But you do need to know what the first session back looks like before you leave.

If you want a plan built to survive a week off — and a bad week, and a busy month — DM me BUILD on Instagram or book a Kickstart Session at fitt-on.co.uk.

Build. Believe. Become.

ABOUT YOUR HOST Alan Fitton is a Personal Trainer, Nutritional Coach, Life Coach and Online Coach who lost 7 stone himself. HE gives real talk on fat loss, training and mindset on how to begin your Build, Believe, Become journey.

SUPPORT BREAST CANCER NOW Alans partner Sally went through triple negative breast cancer, they are both fundraising for the breast cancer charity, Sally her fundraising hike and Alans first Half Marathon for Breast Cancer Now. If you'd like to support the charity visit Alans Instagram on @fittonofficial

WORK WITH ALAN 🌐 www.fitt-on.co.uk @fittonofficial 📱 +447739045159 📧 alan@fitt-on.co.uk

LISTEN & FOLLOW 🎙️ Spotify | Apple Podcasts | RSS.com 📱 Instagram: @buildbelievebecomethepodcast 👕 Clothing: @buildbelievebecome