From "Fat-Me" to "Fit-Me", I'm sharing everything on my journey to transform health & fitness levels
Hey Guys! My name is Ankurman Shrestha and I have a question for you today - is it really possible to transform your health & fitness levels without having to try another fad diet or spending hours in the gym?
But wait.. before you answer, check out a recent pic of mine (taken on May 23rd, 2017).
You're probably thinking - "What a show off!..."
That's not my goal at all.
While my friends say that I'm fit and ripped... I'm currently not at par with my personal health & fitness standards.
For the last 3 months, I had been doing some emotional eating which led me to gain like 7-10 lbs of fat.
But thanks to my past experience with weight loss, I was aware of those patterns.
Now it's time to break those negative patterns.
But the part that I'm most happy with is how my recent blood test results came out to be.
So, I lived without health insurance for 2 years conducting a personal behavioral experiment. More on that later.
Even though my body doesn't look as aesthetic as back during my college (i.e. jobless) days, I'm stoked that my biomarkers are optimal. Got some room for improvement to get my LDL aka bad cholesterol down but rest of the numbers are in the sweet spot.
So what is Powered by Habits?
At Powered By Habits, we help you to transform your health & fitness levels withou t having to try another fad diet or spending hours in the gym - at any age, no matter where in the world you live.
Now you're probably thinking - "Why in the world would you create another website on health & fitness?? There's hundreds and thousands out there."
Yes, I thought just like you and wasn't quite motivated to start this website.
But after a brief research, here's what I found.
Just in the US -
And wait till you hear this.
It's not that people are not aware of these facts and what to do about it.
All of us know what we should be doing when it comes to health & fitness: we should be eating more of whole plants, vegetables & fruits, eating less sugary stuff, processed junk and foods with high saturated fat... that we should be averaging 8,000 steps per day, exercising moderately for 70-90 min per week...
So why don't we do it? Could it be that we don't just need more INFORMATION ... but instead we need to be SELF-AWARE and then master the psychology and systems that are effective based on our unique strengths and current lifestyle that helps us do what we already know we need to do?
The fact of the matter is that even though there's so much information out there, people are still CONFUSED .
Here's a TRUTH that the fitness industry doesn't want you to know.
Their marketing efforts have shaped people's behavior to be obsessed with weight loss , sometimes even at the expense of their health and well-being.
Your biomarkers could totally be in the optimal range i.e. you're perfectly healthy with no symptoms for the onset of a disease.
Yet due to the image perception across the media, you may FEEL that you need to lose weight... even when you may be in a healthy weight range based on your height.
This truth hit me hard with a 2 by 2 on the head when back in 2015 I was struggling with a chronic low back pain of over 2 years.
To the outside world, I had an athletic physique with 8% body fat. But from the inside, I was in serious amount of pain, and on prescription drugs.
But with some self-experimentation , I was able to reverse my low back pain and today I've been without drugs for over 15 months and feel stronger and healthier than ever.
Why Powered by Habits?
Because 95% of human decisions are automatic and only 5% of all your decisions are conscious [4].
You already know that starting a health & fitness routine is easy. Making it a habit is hard! But that's the KEY to create lasting changes and transform your health & fitness levels.
So our main focus is to help you automate your health & fitness based on your current lifestyle - whether you have a full-time job and are single or have a family who need your time... or if you're an entrepreneur or a freelancer with a flexible schedule.
How?
We do this by leveraging the science of behavioral psychology, cognitive neuroscience, kinesiology, and evidence-based nutrition.
See.. after numerous friends started asking me to help them with their weight management issues... that's when I made the decision to start Powered By Habits.
Automate your health & fitness so that you can use your 5% conscious decision making time to -
Aannnd much more...
"Who the heck is Ankurman Shrestha and why should I listen to him?"
Now if you're thinking - "So what's your credentials dude?"
No, I'm not a NASM certified trainer. Neither do I have a Ph.D. in behavioral psychology. Nor am I a certified nutritionist.
But below are some results I've gotten over the last decade (2007 - 2017) when it comes to health & fitness.
That pose won me the Mr. University title.
This was also the period when I t ook som e time off from doing physical workouts as a means to stay healthy, and started to dig deep into the world of behavioral psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and evidence-based nutrition with the goal to reverse my low back pain that puzzled doctor's and physical therapists and also figure out how to promote longevity and achieve health & overall well-being.
I had unlocked the power of health & fitness habits within me.
And guess what?...
The power of habits worked again!
Joey B.
Construction Analyst, USA
"I started at 191lbs (87kg) . Got down 3 inches of fat on the waist and 2 on the chest in 5 months. Now I'm 25lbs (12kg) lighter . All with habits - no motivation, didn't step inside the gym once."
Arun T.
Software Engineer, India
"After 20 weeks, I got rid of over 20lb s (9kg) of body fat permanently . But that's just the icing on the top. I also got ' Performer of the Year ' Award at my company and got a 7% salary hike. But my favorite reward is how I feel 10 years younger these days."
Anuj S.
Business Consultant, Thailand
"I'll cut the chase. I used to eat a lot and one day realized I looked like a fat pig. Not anymore. Burned over 40lbs . Increased my bench press from 120lbs (55kg) to 154lbs (70kg)."
Having automated my health & fitness, here are a few of the things I've been able to do so far -
Now I know that not everybody wants to travel the world or start their own business. Or may be they do... who knows?
But I'm confident that people would love to spend more high quality time with their loved ones if they didn't have to worry about the time they spend on worrying about their diet or spending hours working out in the gym.
So how would you feel if the above were to happen for real in your life?
How would you feel if you never had to motivate yourself again to hit the gym or go for a run?
Imagine if you became a person who just happens to eat more greens and beans and also gets 20-30 min of high intensity workouts 3 times per week?
Wouldn't it be awesome to be able to eat the food that works best for your body based on your current lifestyle and get in the best shape of your life?
The answer to the above questions isn't based on a magic diet or a quick transformational workout program.
The answer is - HABITS .
You've got to build habits around certain key routines that not only helps you to improve your health & fitness levels and but also automates it so that you can maintain your health as you age without having to worry about it.
Automate your health & fitness. Just set it and forget it.
As I write this, I've got a few lbs of fat around my belly and my LDL and Vitamin D levels to correct that I'm committed to get back in order using the power of habits over the next months.
During this process, I'm going to share everything I have learned from experimenting with my health for the last 10 years so that you can also transform your health & fitness levels and build life-long habits... without having to try another fad diet or spending hours in the gym.
Basically, I will share my secret sauc e on how you can automate your health & fitness so that you don't have to ever worry about those extra slices of pizza you end up eating anyway during the weekends.
No BS. No Gimmicks. Only stuff that is guaranteed to work.
See here's the thing...
12 months ago you wanted to lose weight, get fit, and start living a healthier lifestyle. Today you want to lose weight, get fit, and live a healthier lifestyle.
Where do you think you'll be 12 months from now?
Take the Powered By Habits' Fat-Me to Fit-Me Challenge and Transform Your Health & Fitness Levels
I want to discover how to lose belly fat permanently, get stronger, have more energy, build an attractive physique and transform my health & fitness levels. Please register me for 4 powerful lessons starting next Monday AND reserve my seat for your Free Live Healthinar (LIVE from San Francisco, CA, date and time TBA). Then send all materials to the following e-mail address (no charge to me, of course).
References
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2. Joseph L. Dieleman, Ranju Baral, Maxwell Birger et al . US Spending on Personal Health Care and Public Health, 1996-2013 . JAMA. 2016; 316(24): 2627-2646. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.16885
3. Adult Obesity Rates - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4. John O'Shaughnessy. Consumer Behaviour: Perspectives, Findings and Explanations, 2013 . Published by: Palgrave, ISBN: 9781137003768