Don’t you hate that underarm jiggle? Who doesn’t? The only way to dump to lose the arm fat is to begin an all out assault on your body composition. You’ve got to make a commitment to weight loss, and begin right where you are, with the weight loss and diet tools that you have.

Losing weight seems like such a difficult endeavor. So much has been written, so many books, all these “gurus” have their own way of thought. But what’s the best weight loss plan for you? Answer: the one you can stick with. The best weight loss plan, is a plan you can begin and that will work for you over the long haul.

To lose weight you need to assess your starting point. That means evaluating your life right now. The most prudent way to do this would be to record your actions, on paper, over a three-day period. Get a notepad and carry it around with you. Write down your daily routine, your diet, when you eat, and maybe even record some of your thoughts as they occur to you.

At the end of the third day you should have a pretty good idea as to what your habits (good and bad) are. On the fourth day spare a moment and reassess all that you’ve written, circling the things you feel might be halting your weight loss progress.

Here’s a quick weight loss secret. It isn’t usually what you “need to do” to lose weight, it’s more likely what you need “to stop doing” to begin reaping weight loss benefits, which in turn will help you shrink your body and lose arm fat.

At the beginning there is internal struggle—many people prefer to grab an herbal supplement they heard was effective, rather than cut out engaging in a few of the activities that are causing weight gain. This is a mistake because in the end, no matter how much weight you choose to lose, your success will always be in direct proportion to how much discipline you can muster.

Your weight loss job is to slowly begin cutting back, and then eliminating, any one thing that is stopping you from making progress. Take down each weight loss obstacle on at a time. Once you’ve got one habit beat, begin conquering then next. The beauty of this approach is that while you are conquering a bad weight loss habit, you are automatically beginning a new, good weight loss habit.

There is joy in accomplishment, no matter how small. Follow these weight loss beginnings and you will quickly lose arm fat, belly fat, and thigh fat. You will lose so much fat that friends may not recognize you after a while.