Getting serious.
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@raznomore said in Getting serious.:
114kg - No injuries and I had access to a gym when no one else did, through the Mrs. I wasn't feeling bad or depressed about anything. I just enjoyed myself too much during the lockdown.
Im doing an extreme 8 weeker. 5x a week training. A completely unsustainable diet of 7 meals a day and about $60 worth of supplements a week.
Good luck uce.
Is the diet part of some specific program that someone has set for you?
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@ACT-Crusader about 5 years ago I did a Kris Gethin 12 week extreme program. It worked really well and I was in the best shape Ive probably ever been in. But its not sustainable. Working out twice a day 5 days a week. No cheat days. You look great but feel flat. So my wife worked out a more manageable plan with a less ridiculous diet I can slowly build-up to a more well-rounded one.
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Haven't enjoyed training much as of late as I'm only getting there later in the night. I have gotten used to training with my wife and she usually finishes at about 8 pm. I will organise dinner for Raz jr and then we hit the gym at about 9 pm. By that stage, I've been home for a couple of hours and it's hard to get in the right mindset.
Next week I'm splitting my workouts so should enjoy it a bit more. 3 days by myself and the weekend days with the wife. And just in case anyone is wondering, workouts with my wife has become our date nights so that's why I like going....
My diet is better now I get to have a regular dinner - Healthy dinner anyway.
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No massive weight loss but I'm feeling good. Haven't been drinking or eating shit. Mostly sticking to regular workouts and a consistent diet of tasty but healthy food.
Down to 5 meals a day. Breakfast, 3 small meals at work, and then a regular dinner sized meal.
Noticing my skin is looking healthier. More of a healthy "I work out" tan and not a fat, quarantined, self-loathing "People think I'm sad because I eat, but I eat because I'm sad.." greyish hue.
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It's been a while....
So I eventually, actually got serious. I'm now 92-95kg and have been holding around that for about 6months. During covid I got up to 117!
We moved house just before Xmas(worst move of our lives, worse than moving countries) and I injured myself(quad) carrying a microwave. Fairly routine carrying situation but my leg gave out under the weight. If you knew me, specifically as a younger man I carried about 10% body fat and was very thin. So what I'm driving at is that although I'm Samoan my frame was never built for that type of weight. Especially at just barely over 6 feet.
My wife as I've mentioned is a PT and I could tell she was very disappointed at how I had let myself go. The injury wasn't serious but it woke me up to myself. "Fat c@nt you got injured carrying a microwave up a flight of stairs. Lose some weight. "
So I stopped eating take away. Cold turkey. I limited drinking to one weekend a month, then not at all. Just lost my taste for it. I work out regularly but not crazy. 3-4 times a week. Mix of cardio and weights. But I'm not trying to set the world on fire with PBs. Just routine.
I'll drink if it's offered or if we go out for dinner but other wise I'm drinking water. As I said on the most missed thread, I spend more meaningful time with my family. Walks, hikes and activities. It's great for me. I feel like I wasted so much time previously.
I feel really good all of the time. I stopped snoring and my family love it. Work is full on as it was before but now when I come home I don't just flop on the couch. I want to do things. It's all cliche, look good, feel good etc. But I do and I think anyone who actually gives over to making the change and doing so for good will know they've made a life changing decision. Previously it was about fooling myself into thinking I could look like Bartman did when he was training he house down or the many young pricks down at burleigh beach. With their 6 packs etc. Thats not really always achievable, in my case it isn't. And the less realistic your expectations are the less likely you are to succeed. So I focused on not injuring myself doing menial tasks for a start. Then being able to run without it hurting all over. Then being able to fit a jacket I had never worn because it was too small from the get go.
Small achievable goals. Just 1 after the other.
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@raznomore mate, thats awesome. Really impressive. Losing 22-25kgs is an amazing effort.
Sounds like you're in a pretty solid space family-wise which is also great.
One thing though, tell me honestly - other than the injury pain initially, it must have been a shit-ton of fun eating and drinking your way to that weight...😁
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@voodoo it was crazy fun. There's a couple of NZ boys that started a NZ style pie business here. One of them represents NZ in swimming and was on the team to go to Tokyo. When covid his they had to pivot and start selling direct with delivery.
I kept those boys afloat by myself.
Cuzzie pies for anyone GC based. They sell at the local markets in the weekend too.
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@voodoo said in Getting serious.:
@raznomore holy shit those look amazing!!!
Thank fck they don't deliver to my area!
Would you even be able to fit them in after all the pork ?
I love pies but I’ve been extremely disciplined lately, might be time to dust the cobwebs off my fitness thread too.