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The mindsets and beliefs I learned in the short time since I finally got my lazy a$$ up and started working on my journey to the Fastlane, helped me realize one big thing: those mindsets and beliefs can be used for more than just my journey to the Fastlane, while still supporting it.<br />
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Yep I am talking about losing weight, and getting fit.<br />
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Back in 2011 my weight was at about 194lbs (88kg for the European guys), over the next 2 years I gained about 55lbs (25kg). You can actually say I went from looking decent to shitty in 2 years.<br />
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I could tell you an endless list of reasons I gained the weight, and another list of reasons why I never lost it. But not one of those "reasons" would be anything else than BS excuses.<br />
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One of the reasons I'm doing this thread, is that it helps me to stay accountable and committed. I am not happy with my weight at the moment, so I want to change it. And it will support my journey to the Fastlane. Achieving this goal has the power to show me, that something that always seemed so far from possible can be done. Plus it has the power to make me feel better and happy, which of course also supports my journey.<br />
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Alright, I hope you can get some motivation of this thread, I will update it on a regular basis with my weight and what I do to lose it.<br />
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I started 2 weeks ago, with a starting weight of 255,74lbs (116kg), lost 3,30lbs (1,5kg) the first week and 2,20lbs (1kg) last week and am now at 250,00lbs (last friday).
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Good job! If you can motivate yourself to do it for the first 3-4 months then you'll stop needing motivation until you hit a plateau. I used to smoke a lot of weed when I was 16 and I ate once a day. At 19 years old I was like 135 lbs, skin and bones. Then I hit the gym, went for almost 3 months and stopped. I was at 140 lbs. 23 years old, went again, this time I was completely committed, not just to going to the gym but to building a lifestyle that supports it. At my peak I was at 180-185 lbs. I didn't have abs, but I wasn't fat, my stomach was pretty flat.<br />
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A couple of things I learned as somebody who did the cutting and the bulking phase:<br />
- In the beginning only you see the results<br />
- As a beginner, if you train right, you progress is incredible but after some time it slows down so it is important to change routines and have microcycles. There is more than one opinion on this and everyone is genetically different, but for me changing my routine every 3-4 months did the trick.<br />
- The lower your body fat gets, the bigger the risk of losing the muscle if you're losing weight too fast. So when you start seeing you muscles in the mirror without flexing, don't try to lose more than 1 lbs per week (3600 negative cals)<br />
- Set your goal because it will help you choose your diet and weight lifting routine - if you wanna bulk eat more but fewer times per day and do <b>A LOT</b> of compound exercises - your mass and strength will grow every week; also since you will be doing the whole body train once in two days. If you cut, eat 6 times a day but only small meals with a lot of protein (fish and chicken are no. 1!). <b>Don't </b>eat your daily cals in 2 meals and then stop eating for the day - it <b>WILL </b>backfire.<br />
- Don't believe in magic pills. Even if some are quite magic - they come with a price.<br />
- Train hard as you can, but don't hurt yourself. Always start with 40% percent of your max 10 rep weight<br />
- Use supersets, dropsets, plyometric exercices, body weight exercices and weights and negative sets (great for breaking the plateau)<br />
- Using different types of machines is good, but they don't help you train your stabilizers so be sure to use dumbbells and barbells also<br />
- Don't train 7 days a week. I believe that the word overtraining was made by p****es but you do need some rest. For me 5-6 times a week, 1h30 - 2h was perfect. Everyone is different.<br />
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And if you want to have a nice 6 pack - Abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym.<br />
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I hope I helped a little bit and I wish you all the luck in your weight lifting journey, it really is a beautiful lifestyle; in the end you feel better, happier and more disciplined.<br />
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<a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/34320/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="34320" data-username="@Potente">@Potente</a> Simple?! Have you even ever touched weights in your life?</div>
