Aug 31, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
We’ve been conditioned to expect fat loss to happen fast: six-week transformations, 30-day challenges and dramatic before-and-afters. But what does **successful fat loss actually look like when…
So let's start with the obvious.
I think that we have a timeline problem and we've all been conditioned to expect fast results.
We expect six weeks transformation.
That was the first evolution of Instagram where people were marketing themselves online.
We saw fast results, eight-week challenges, before and after pictures, drop X amount of kilos in 30 days.
Yeah, the fitness industry plays a large part in spreading misconceptions about the speed that normal weight loss actually occurs at.
And they're trying to sell speed because speed makes people click on.
Everyone's looking for that magic bullet.
And look, there is a reason for that.
Realistic weight loss isn't particularly sexy to market.
Imagine an advertisement that actually said, you know, come and train with us and you'll make some really good progress over 12 months.
You barely got to notice the progress month to month unless you're really paying attention, but you will be able to enjoy your life as it is, make some changes in your habits along the way.
It will be progressive.
You will have to work on navigating stressful weeks.
You're going to have to make sure that you're consistent and not give up.
And occasionally, you're going to miss some workouts and you're going to be living a normal life.
Could you imagine an advertisement that is actually selling that? It's probably not going to be the thing that goes viral, but That's what, if you actually look at it, that's what sustainable weight loss actually looks like in real terms.
Those transformation photos that we see online, it compresses someone's journey.
We don't see the middle.
We don't see the frustrating parts that that person has had to live through maybe month to month where they feel like their progress is just so slow.
We don't see the weeks where nothing happened at all.
We don't see the time that they took away.
We don't see their sick kids.
We don't see the stressful weeks that they might have had at work.
So let's start with the obvious.
I think that we have a timeline problem and we've all been conditioned to expect fast results.
We expect six weeks transformation.
That was the first evolution of Instagram where people were marketing themselves online.
We saw fast results, eight-week challenges, before and after pictures, drop X amount of kilos in 30 days.
Yeah, the fitness industry plays a large part in spreading misconceptions about the speed that normal weight loss actually occurs at.
And they're trying to sell speed because speed makes people click on.
Everyone's looking for that magic bullet.
And look, there is a reason for that.
Realistic weight loss isn't particularly sexy to market.
Imagine an advertisement that actually said, you know, come and train with us and you'll make some really good progress over 12 months.
You barely got to notice the progress month to month unless you're really paying attention, but you will be able to enjoy your life as it is, make some changes in your habits along the way.
It will be progressive.
You will have to work on navigating stressful weeks.
You're going to have to make sure that you're consistent and not give up.
And occasionally, you're going to miss some workouts and you're going to be living a normal life.
Could you imagine an advertisement that is actually selling that? It's probably not going to be the thing that goes viral, but That's what, if you actually look at it, that's what sustainable weight loss actually looks like in real terms.
Those transformation photos that we see online, it compresses someone's journey.
We don't see the middle.
We don't see the frustrating parts that that person has had to live through maybe month to month where they feel like their progress is just so slow.
We don't see the weeks where nothing happened at all.
We don't see the time that they took away.
We don't see their sick kids.
We don't see the stressful weeks that they might have had at work.
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