armmewitharmony
Maximum Pace
- Mar 10, 2014
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I've gone chunkers and gone through the process of getting lean four times now.
The first three times it was relatively easy (once in childhood, once in university, and once in my thirties) - basically run around the block a few times and the blubber melts away. First the veins in your arms come back, then the legs, then you see veins in your stomach. The fourth time? Not so nice. Age? Probably a major factor. Years I spent battling, finally realizing I had to monitor my diet.
Not shitty vegan or veggie stuff, just cut out the chocolate, beer and chips and eat a lot of chicken tenderloins and veggies in the day and steak, nuts and tofu at night. And I like chicken and steak thank God so that wasn't so bad. Seriously, it's what worked for me, different stuff works for different people - there's more details of course I'll be glad to tell you all about it if you like.
Each time I promise myself "Never again do I let fatty boy out of the cage" and each time a couple years or whatever go by and when you're not looking, there he fucking is again! For those guys who've never experienced it this is literally what it's like.
It's terrifying to think it could happen yet again - I know it's not a popular topic (even though personally I think people shouldn't be so sensitive about weight - like get it out in the open and conquer it you know?) but anyways my strategy this time is to keep talking about it to keep it at the forefront of my mind at least.
I'd love to hear about how you've controlled / reduced / plan to control etc your body fat %. I hope that by sharing what we've experience and what we know we can help each other keep things on lockdown / get things under control.
The first three times it was relatively easy (once in childhood, once in university, and once in my thirties) - basically run around the block a few times and the blubber melts away. First the veins in your arms come back, then the legs, then you see veins in your stomach. The fourth time? Not so nice. Age? Probably a major factor. Years I spent battling, finally realizing I had to monitor my diet.
Not shitty vegan or veggie stuff, just cut out the chocolate, beer and chips and eat a lot of chicken tenderloins and veggies in the day and steak, nuts and tofu at night. And I like chicken and steak thank God so that wasn't so bad. Seriously, it's what worked for me, different stuff works for different people - there's more details of course I'll be glad to tell you all about it if you like.
Each time I promise myself "Never again do I let fatty boy out of the cage" and each time a couple years or whatever go by and when you're not looking, there he fucking is again! For those guys who've never experienced it this is literally what it's like.
It's terrifying to think it could happen yet again - I know it's not a popular topic (even though personally I think people shouldn't be so sensitive about weight - like get it out in the open and conquer it you know?) but anyways my strategy this time is to keep talking about it to keep it at the forefront of my mind at least.
I'd love to hear about how you've controlled / reduced / plan to control etc your body fat %. I hope that by sharing what we've experience and what we know we can help each other keep things on lockdown / get things under control.
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