Welcome to the final installment of this 5-part series. Today we'll continue to explore the insider secrets of how to deal with the inevitable roadblocks, bumps, and barriers on the road to lifelong fitness success.

Last time we looked at Roadblocks 13-16 and how to blast them out of your way. In today's article (Part 5) we'll look at the last four in some detail.

Success Roadblock Number Seventeen:
Inadequate (Or Nonexistent) "Plan B"

Just as you need a good Plan A, you also need a workable Plan B. Like I said earlier, it's a given that you will "fall off the wagon" from time to time. You should expect it, and you should be ready for it when it happens. Otherwise you're just setting yourself up for failure.

It takes very little work to create a good Plan B. And just as with Plan A, it must also be subject to change as needed. If you're like most people, you will have plenty of opportunity to test how effective your Plan B actually is.

That's because nobody ever sticks perfectly to their Plan A. My coaching clients don't, and they have ready access to me -- to keep them "on the straight and narrow."

So don't expect that you'll do much better, especially if you're entirely on your own. Instead, be realistic. Just keep in mind that the whole purpose of Plan B is to get you back to Plan A as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Success Roadblock Number Eighteen:
Excessive Ego Resistance

This is the most subtle and elusive barrier you will have to deal with, and you may have to deal with it at any or every stage of the success process. That's because your ego is the single most resistant part of you to the "getting healthy" process.

But that doesn't make sense, you say. Why would my own ego want to sabotage my progress toward health, fitness, and happiness?

What you need to understand is that your ego couldn’t care less about what's healthy for you, because it has a very different agenda. The job of your ego is to maintain the status quo -- however healthy or unhealthy that may be.

As such, your ego may try to trip you up at every turn. It is at its stealthiest when you are nearest your goals. It is the little voice that says, "Hey, you have come such long way. You have worked hard. Don't you deserve a break? You look fine. I really don't think we need to lose those last 10 pounds, do you?"

It says, "And what's the point of exercising any way? Everybody else is overweight. Everybody else has a spare tire around their waist or saddlebags on their hips. Give it a rest. Boy, doesn't that pizza smell good? And look, right next door is that ice cream parlor. Mmmm….."

You can be 100 percent certain that you will hear your ego telling you things like that. That's when you need to be crystal clear about steps one and two in the success process -- clear goals and compelling motivations -- because if you give in to the voice of your ego, you are sure to lose.

Success Roadblock Number Nineteen:
Negative Self-Talk

To expand a bit, this Negativity Log serves the very powerful function of bringing your negativity fully to the attention of your conscious mind, and making it very hard to ignore or deny the connection between what you think, how you feel, and what you do.

My clients often tell me what a tremendous difference it makes in their lives when they finally come face-to-face with their own negativity. At first it's kind of scary. But eventually, you become so aware of it as it happens that you catch it quickly enough to stop it. Really, you just won't believe what a difference it makes when you get the negativity out of your thinking.

Success Roadblock Number Twenty:
Not Getting Outside Help If It Would Really Help

This is what I refer to as the "Maypo Syndrome." Do you remember that commercial on TV? It was popular for decades, and featured a child whose only line was, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!"

In the case of the child, it was (I think) about preparing oatmeal. It made a certain amount of sense. The child was attempting to do an adult task, and wanted to take responsibility for getting that task done.

But as adults, we have almost the opposite challenge. We need to know when it's time to stop trying to do it all by ourselves, and take advantage of the tremendous amount of outside help that really is available.

To help you do that, Chapters 11 and 12 are devoted to identifying the many resources available for you. And, of course, all through the book I have been referring to GHF and its many resources and experts. There is a reason why success tools exist, why counselors exist, why coaches exist, and why any kind of resource exist -- to help you reach your goals.

Of course, you are free to use them or not. But if you find that you're not reaching your goals quickly enough on your own steam, wouldn't it make sense to expand your team so that it consists of more than one member?

And bear in mind that working with a coach or counselor is not a "forever" proposition. You just use their help to get solidly headed in the right direction until you can take it yourself.

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The roadblocks you've just read about were excerpted from my new ebook, "Ultimate Fitness Secrets: Revealed!" To learn how to blast all 20 roadblocks out of your way, and discover the secrets of lifelong, struggle-free fitness, bulletproof health, and low-stress living, just click here now and get the whole story!

Yours in total health,

"Dr. Frank"