This past weekend was Thanksgiving here in Canada and last night I was able to celebrate my way into a self induced turkey coma with full fledged meat sweats.  Still, I was able to recover enough today to write this post before enjoying the rest of my 3 day weekend.

As I’ve blogged before, I’m not a huge fan of rapid fat loss transformations.  Granted, it is incredible to see what can be accomplished in 12 weeks, but  most people just gain the weight back right after they’re done.  If you’ve been around the fitness industry long enough, you’ve probably seen this numerous times.

Truthfully, I very much prefer the slow and steady approach to fat loss.  My client Jeff is just one shining example of that.

Jeff came and asked me to help him get ripped without building too much muscle mass in the progress (Yes, I’m serious, there are people who really just wanted to get shredded).  After about a year of training I managed to snap a couple shots of Jeff at our facility.

All in all, Jeff was pretty happy with how things turned out and I was too.  What is even better to me though, is that when I saw him a year after these photos were taken his body fat percentage was almost exactly the same!  In fact, it was literally decimal places away from where it was a year previous.  Here is a recent photo to demonstrate my point.

To me, this is the biggest success.  Anyone can lose fat for 12 weeks.  The real test is losing it for life. 

Thoughts and comments are welcome below.