06/10/2026
Somebody is needing this mental recalibration…
How many pounds of fat do you think this represents? (Pen used for size comparison.)
I used this model during last week’s RECLAIM90 (wellness program) meeting and the guesses came in anywhere from 3-7 pounds.
This is what ONE pound of fat looks like. ONE.
And what I’m going for here is encouragement…
What if you lost four of these in 30 days? I hope to goodness that would feel like a victory.
If I was a betting man, I’d put a hefty chunk of change down to assert you know somebody who has lost a LOT of weight over a short period of time with a GLP-1 injection.
ALSO: I’d bet just as much that whoever you’re thinking of lost oh-so-valuable skeletal muscle as part of that weight equation.
We’re a dopamine-driven society.
We want what we want and we want a lot of it…NOW. (Like it or not, we’re conditioned for it.)
On the other (realistic success) side of things, we had a recent RECLAIM90 participant lose 16 pounds over the course of the 90-day program.
But wait. There’s more:
ALL 16 POUNDS WERE FAT.
ZERO MUSCLE LOST.
Verified by body composition check-ins throughout.
I won’t go deep into the weeds on goals right now, but I’ll step into the weeds for just a second…
→ We had a serious talk about goal setting before the 90 days kicked off.
→ She wanted to drop 30 pounds of fat in 90 days.
→ Loved the big dreams. Also, I pushed back.
→ After discussing the proven psychology regarding goals, we agreed that 20 pounds of fat and zero muscle lost was the North Star.
→ So, she got 80% there with 16 pounds of fat lost and learned a lot along the journey.
Achieved by:
→ Layering appropriate mental frameworks.
→ Zero pharmaceutical help.
→ Foundational supplement support and the boring stuff: Nutrition + Movement.
Bottom line?
Sustainable, real success rarely earns a headline in your life’s daily feed of information.
Hard truth?
The scale moves slower when you’re fueling properly and managing your muscle stores, which are the ticket to longevity and independence.
So: What if?
What if one of these melted off of your body every week?
What if half of one of these melted off every week?
What if you sustained either of these rates for a year?
What if you sustained either for half a year?
I’ll end with this…
I promise you that the you 15 years from now doesn't care if it took current you 10X the time to take care of yourself in a way that looked out for future you.
Hope this helps somebody.
-EB
