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NOTE: I have learned a lot about fitness in the past several years, and a lot of what I did was trial and error. Be sure you read the whole thing before you embark upon your road to swoll. |
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Be careful with the passing out, though. If you have friends like mine they are likely to put a funny hat on your head and take a picture of you with their asses in your face. Generally, you shouldn't drink on Saturday night. You really do need a chance to rest, and hugging a toilet for 3 hours isn't very refreshing for your muscles. So only drink on Saturday nights if it is an emergency. But remember: NO DRINKING DURING THE WEEK!! One word of warning...as you get less and less disgustingly fat, your alchohol tolerance lowers. You need to keep track of this! When you're fat you can slam them back and not even notice. You'll never be the butt of practical "drunk guy passed out" jokes. But once you shed those toxin storing fat cells you'll find that you pass out much much easier. Know your limits fatty! Permalink to this post. |
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This is a dangerous time for you. It is very possible that at this point you may actually get laid. But don't let this make you lax in your dedication! Keep fat pictures of yourself handy. Put one on your refrigerator. Put another by your treadmill. When you're having sex remind yourself, "This chick would never have given me a second look when I was a fatty." When you're losing weight it's easy to notice. After all, it takes effort. You will be checking the scales every day. Your friends will be compelled to tell you how impressed they are with your weight loss. But when the tide shifts it is an insidious beast. You won't be checking the scales daily. Your friends will be much less likely to point out that you're getting fat again. You will say "Well, I'm not as fat as I was before..." Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. Not being fat is a way of life. Sure, some people stay thin their whole lives without trying. Those people can eat shit and die. You and I have to work at it. You and I are better than them (unless you're still fat). You and I must have the dedication that only a destructive alter ego can provide. In closing, just remember: Beauty comes and goes, but being fat always sucks. Permalink to this post. |
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Case in point: my good friend Anthony Thibault. He and I used to write computer games together back in the day. And back in the day we were fat. Back when we were writing computer games we would sit at Goldtree and code for 20 hours at a time, stopping only to shove pizza and Coca Cola in our faces. Stacks of pizza boxes 10 deep littered the building. Occasionally we would go outside to play hacky sack. Within 10 minutes of starting we would both be wheezing and panting, our T-Shirts plastered to our bellies with sweat. Fast forward five years to my weight loss program. I got swoll. Tony got motivated. In the picture above you can see the results. Coincidentally, tony also started at 265. Also coincidentally, he is now 175. The picture above shows him at 190. I talked to Tony tonight and heard a familiar story. Girls now make eye contact with him. They will now initiate conversation. He said "I must have had some sort of female repulsion device attached to me before!" Yes he did. It's called fat. Now look at him! Remember, cultivate your inner voice! Negative reinforcement works! Permalink to this post. |
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*Ahem*...excuse me. Sorry about that. Anyway, back to my random diet advice. Note that this is not really for people losing weight. It is more of a muscle maintenance diet: 1) EAT BREAKFAST. Everything I read backs this up. Your metabolism doesn't properly start until you have eaten breakfast. This means you are sluggish. This means you are not burning fat. This means you are still sort of asleep. Eat your damn breakfast. 2) Have a cheat day. This was in my original routine also, and I am a big believer. It is very important that you allow yourself to cheat once a week to avoid burnout and cravings. It is easier to resist the cheesecake on Tuesday when you know that Friday means beers and chili cheese fries. 3) Eat plain yogurt. High in protein and high in calcium. It also gives you energy, which you need with a relatively low carb diet. After a couple of weeks I really started to like it. Which brings me to an important point: Once you have a diet low in rich foods, sugars, and fats, your palette will begin to appreciate food much more. Your body will get used to anything. 4) Drink 2 cans of V8 a day. I hate this stuff. It's nasty. It's gross. But calcium is very bad for a man's prostate in the long term. And I just mentioned eating lots of yogurt. So drink V8, which is high in Lycopene. Studies show that men with high Lycopene intake have a lower incidence of prostate problems. 5) Buy Egg Beaters. They are basically yolkless eggs. High protein, low fat. They taste rocking good. 6) Buy straight Whey Protein and mix it with your yogurt twice daily. 7) Eat your 3 meals, and snack once between each meal. (I have also taken to a small snack a couple hours after dinner). You end up less hungry at mealtime. Plus, I have read that going over 3 hours without eating causes your body to begin breaking down muscle for energy. 8) Snack on Fiber One cereal out of the box without milk. This is a very filling snack, is high in fiber, and gives you some carbs for energy. 9) An apple a day. And a banana. That's just me. I like them. 10) Remember that the following are high in carbohydrates and calories and you should not load up on them: Rice, bread (including muffins, etc.), pasta, and potatoes. Some veggies that are high in sugars are peas, carrots, and corn. 11) Lots of grilled chicken breast. This is your meat staple. It is high in protein and low in fat. When you go to a restaurant look for something with grilled chicken breast or grilled fish. 12) Broccoli. It is God's vegetable. It is at the top of every list for everything. Eat it. Permalink to this post. |
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Stop two was becoming skinny. That took about six months. Stop three was getting a decent build. That took an additional six months. Next stop: Abs. Up until this weekend I was convinced I was going to have to get surgery to remove some of the skin on my stomach in order to achieve cut-abness. It is kind of hard to see in the picture, but I do in fact have a fair amount of flabby skin on my stomach. My stomach muscles have become fairly well defined to the touch. If I press on my stomach I can feel several solid "squares". On my upper stomach, after a good workout, you can even see their outline. But on my lower stomach it is just not happening. I was certain that I was going to have to get surgery to deal with this flabby shit. My friend Austin said that after extensive reading he feels that if I got my body fat low enough and lost the subcutaneous fat, that the elasticity of the skin would take over and you would be able to see my abs. I have been fairly liberal with my diet in the past several months. And my workout plan, until very recently, had reached a sort of repetitious phase. My body was used to it. I had gotten to the point where I was 4 on and 3 off with both diet and exercise. No longer. I have upped my workout considerably, and I am going to switch to 4 on, 1 off, 1 on, 1 off, repeat. I am cutting out the fattening lunches I have been having, and I am upping my protein intake to 1 gram per pound of body weight. My daily ab routine will be as follows: 3 sets of 40 situps 3 sets of 50 bicycles 3 sets of 30 leg raises Now that I look at it, that seems a bit woosy. Let's add to that: 3 sets of 20 side crunches on each side. 3 sets of 20 weighted crunches And: I am not going to drink alcohol at all. I made this decision in the most blasphemous of ways: on St. Patrick's Day. So, We are going to follow my weekly progress. I expect to see results within one month. If I cannot see my upper abs by April 16 I am going to abandon this plan and return to my hollow and empty washboard-free life. Stay tuned... Permalink to this post. |
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