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05 November 2014
BULK SO STRONG MOFOS WANNA MIRE ME
Weigh-in:
220.5 lb
lost so far:
0 lb
still to go:
44.1 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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gaining 0.8 lb a week
03 August 2014
The bulk is a reality
God I love male androgens
Weigh-in:
209.4 lb
lost so far:
2.2 lb
still to go:
33.1 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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gaining 3.1 lb a week
23 May 2014
I figure I might as well start writing journal entries once a week to start contributing to this community since I've been using this site for a long time now,
Meeting Goals - Longevity in Fitness
You hear it all the time, 'It's not a sprint buddy, achieving your goals is a marathon, you can't rush these things.' The statement seems like a cop out to some people, and why should they listen to it right? Why should they have to wait? Why can't they diet hard, do 2 hours of cardio and eat only 1000 calories a day and drop kilogram after kilogram in rapid succession? Who are
you
to tell
me
how to approach my weight loss? Alas, the wisdom of the experienced has a tendency to prevail, and the same people whose minds ring with these questions inevitably find themselves caught in the middle of a week long binge involving thousands of calories which sure as hell don't fit
their
macros, and after awakening from their calorie induced coma a week later a couple kilograms heavier repeat the cycle once more, again and again, never achieving their goals.
I've been an athlete since the moment I could run. Soccer, cricket, karate, judo, in my adolescent years rugby and eventually the sport of powerlifting in which I find myself today. I've been lifting weights since I was 14 and have records to reflect the amount of work I've put into my physical excellence. In the time since I began competing and started coming into contact with the incredible people involved in the fitness world, I have seen people improve, not improve, become world record holders, and become the weekend warrior who barely makes it to the gym. I have learned through these observations and through my own experience, that there is a magic formula for achieving goals.
That's right, there is a way to guarantee yourself progress. It takes two factors, Time, and a Consistency. Now this seems overly simplified because it is, but the fundamentals are that if you spend enough time doing things in a consistently good way, that you will get better and achieve your goals if they were realistic. When I started deadlifting, I couldn't pull more than 60kg, yet each week I added a bit of weight to the bar (sometimes as little as 5kg a MONTH) and I now hold a Sub Junior commonwealth record of 230kg. It took me 2 years of slow progress to get to that point, and to this day I still make slow consistent progress.
When I started my weight loss journey, my first thought was he same as the ones mentioned in the opening paragraph. After going through a few cycles of binging it suddenly occurred to me to try something, I wanted to, for a month straight, just stay in a 250 calorie deficit. It's not much, in fact at that rate I shouldn't even lose a kilogram, but after I completed that month with out having to binge once, I tried a month at 500 calories below maintenance, then 750, and eventually 1000. By the time I got to such a deep deficit, I had already started seeing results from my dieting, and had become accustomed to consistently it racking my macronutrients and meeting my weight loss goals. It took another few months before I had lost a total of 16kg, going from a very chunky strong teenage athlete, to an lean and just as strong person who felt better about himself, and felt more assured about his ability to achieve the goals he sets for himself.
I feel that this really is the ultimate realization that all of us as people who wish to improve and become better at
anything
need to make. Improvement comes with consistency over time. I implore all of you on a journey to lose weight who are struggling to keep on the wagon and reach that big goal of yours, to just set out this week to make a small change, maybe 1 less packet of chips, or 1 more cardio session to burn those calories, and try keep doing it consistently. Remove or add more over time, and see how glad you are when you finally reach the end of the marathon.
Thank you for reading and I hope anybody who was motivated by this will feel motivated to follow me here, and on my Instagram account @The_Lifting_Doc.
-Girth
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21 May 2014
Weigh-in:
176.4 lb
lost so far:
35.3 lb
still to go:
0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 0.6 lb a week
25 April 2014
Weigh-in:
178.6 lb
lost so far:
33.1 lb
still to go:
2.2 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 1.9 lb a week
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