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Don Juan
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Hi,
I want to share my personal workout/diet principles. They are rather simple. I don't say it is superior to what Dash posted in his original post, but it's maybe simpler. I fully agree with him that motivation and self discipline are the key factors that decide about your success.
I'm 42 years old. Had my ups and downs in terms of shape and fitness. Never been extremely overweight, but became more and more lazy during the last years and had a lot of excuses. I didn't eat junk all day, but the little things added up: Office job, several bottles of beer 1-2 times a week, sweets here, ice cream there, like 2 times a week in the gym but without a real plan or purpose. That was sufficient to not become extremely overweight, but over the years it added up to 30 extra lbs.
Since March I:
- eat as "clean" as possible. Whatever I can make by myself, I do. Try to avoid industry food. No junk food. Limit things like sugar, wheat, sausages, etc. Prepare your meals in advance.
- no alcohol, no sweets.
- drink only water or coffee.
- get up early. You will probably have to go to bed earlier as well, but what important things do you do after 10 pm anyway?
- have at least 1 sports activity each day. Don't do the same everyday but pick several kinds of activities that you like and rotate. If you can, include lifting weights a few times a week. My current rotation: lifting (3 split, almost every day for an hour), running (2-3 times a week, right now it's only 8km, in Spring/Summer it was 20-40+ km but I recommend long runs only if you actually want to lose weight not while building muscles), martial arts (2 times a week), cycling (2-3 times a week). Right now, I do 2 activities of roughly an hour each day. I don't think that I'll keep this intensity permanently, but 1 hour per day should be the rule.
That's all. Eat clean, avoid alcohol, sweets and junk. Get up early and do at least 1 hour of sports every day. It takes discipline, but after a while it becomes a lifestyle. Build your life around things that in the end make you better. Not on instant gratifications like alcohol. Be patient and be proud of yourself.
I want to share my personal workout/diet principles. They are rather simple. I don't say it is superior to what Dash posted in his original post, but it's maybe simpler. I fully agree with him that motivation and self discipline are the key factors that decide about your success.
I'm 42 years old. Had my ups and downs in terms of shape and fitness. Never been extremely overweight, but became more and more lazy during the last years and had a lot of excuses. I didn't eat junk all day, but the little things added up: Office job, several bottles of beer 1-2 times a week, sweets here, ice cream there, like 2 times a week in the gym but without a real plan or purpose. That was sufficient to not become extremely overweight, but over the years it added up to 30 extra lbs.
Since March I:
- eat as "clean" as possible. Whatever I can make by myself, I do. Try to avoid industry food. No junk food. Limit things like sugar, wheat, sausages, etc. Prepare your meals in advance.
- no alcohol, no sweets.
- drink only water or coffee.
- get up early. You will probably have to go to bed earlier as well, but what important things do you do after 10 pm anyway?
- have at least 1 sports activity each day. Don't do the same everyday but pick several kinds of activities that you like and rotate. If you can, include lifting weights a few times a week. My current rotation: lifting (3 split, almost every day for an hour), running (2-3 times a week, right now it's only 8km, in Spring/Summer it was 20-40+ km but I recommend long runs only if you actually want to lose weight not while building muscles), martial arts (2 times a week), cycling (2-3 times a week). Right now, I do 2 activities of roughly an hour each day. I don't think that I'll keep this intensity permanently, but 1 hour per day should be the rule.
That's all. Eat clean, avoid alcohol, sweets and junk. Get up early and do at least 1 hour of sports every day. It takes discipline, but after a while it becomes a lifestyle. Build your life around things that in the end make you better. Not on instant gratifications like alcohol. Be patient and be proud of yourself.
