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Free registration at the forum removes this block.I looks like you got angry with my last comment, am I wrong?
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I think THIS is the key! For people who are hard-starters (motivational equivalent to hard-gainers), a way I successfully began and maintained a routine years ago when I had very little time for working out was to start small - start with a small block of time but do it EVERY DAY and slowly expand that time. Start with very low weight/reps/sets of basic lifts and slowly add to them. This is also good because it helps you first focus on form as well as building the connective tissues in preparing them to handle the heavier weight when the time comes where you're actually lifting enough to tax the muscles themselves.
You still eat pizza while doing 75 hard?Im currently on day 16 (20% of the way through) - Started on 01/01 with a bunch of colleagues (my first New Years resolution in 10+ years
My aim is to cut out the complacency and bad habits I picked up since that dreadful start to current life (Covid).
I magically put on 15kg (over 2 years) and stopped doing any kind of exercise activity. The toll that took on my mental health was insane!
I personally don't like all the "Bro Bro" talk and think that the book and most messages are aimed at a crown I'm not a part of!
BUT, there is great value in the psychology behind it.
I am not one for restricting/counting things, so I went for the OMAD diet (One Meal a Day) - Pizza is unfairly discriminated against in almost every other diet
For working out, I purchased a power rack and weights (amazing what you can get for less than $1k//€900)
2nd Workout is a "PowerWalk" outside.
And I set up a routine!
Most importantly, I set up the expectations that this will not be hard. Its an easy challenge, its something I can do.
Having an app to remind me and allow me to tick things off is super valuable!
Oh, and my wife decided to join in on the workouts, so its not as lonely!
Anyone else actively doing the challenge?
Technically it's not 75 hard though. Macro and calorie counting in exchange for dirty food is a fail. Sorry man!Yup! Every Friday like clockwork!
Its one thing I can't give up - that and Rice!
So instead of restricting food based on my diet, I switched to reducing when I eat. Just a simple 2 hour window each day (7-9pm) to eat, and there rest of the time is nothing but water. No restrictions on what, just on when!
You can think of it as "Intermittent Fasting on Hard Mode"
Listen to his podcasts on it. You can't eat pizza lol. Maybe you're healthier than before but it's not 75 hard.I appreciate your perspective.
The Challenge is: "Pick a diet, any diet, and stick to it - no cheat days" - not pick a calorie counting diet.
There are plenty of diets that don't require any calorie counting. Keto, Vegan, etc... All of which are accepted widely in the community!
You can be a dirty Keto eater, or dirty vegan... Diets are never exclusively counting
The aim of the challenge isn't to lose weight, its to build mental toughness and grittiness.
That's why your workouts can simply be "45 minute brisk walk" and not "45 minutes of restless HIIT".
And regardless, I am doing this for me, not for a badge.
OMAD works for me and I am making significant progress to my goals!
There's no raining here, all sun and shine! Again its about perspective.
Wow, that is epic - Subscribed! Thank you so much!
I myself eat very low carb. I was pre-diabetic with hypertension and high cholesterol. I can absolutely tell the difference between when I eat carbs and when I don't. When I eat any significant amount of carbs, I feel sluggish, my joints ache, and my face feels 'puffy'. But I don't go nuts on the fat either. I eat high protein so that my body can burn the fat I already have instead of ingesting a bunch that my body would have to burn first. I truly believe that the ultimate healthy way to eat is raw vegan BUT making sure you get lots of high quality fat from avocado, nuts and coconut. Watch Life generator on YT. He has amazing videos and I bought his program for $97 a couple of years ago with hundreds of hours of content and lots of e-books as well. He is the example of what a raw vegan should look like - lean, but with good muscle definition, not emaciated the way some look. The difference has to be the raw sources of fat he consumes. He lives in Hawaii and harvests his own coconuts. One video, he said he drinks about ten coconuts each morning and eats the meat from 2-3 of them. I feel that the way I am eating now is the transition into that lifestyle. I just have to reset my liver and pancreas over a long enough period of low-to-no carbs so I can one day eat fruits again, which i LOVE. I also incorporate OMAD and even extended fasts sometimes to ramp up the autophagy.
What were your choice supplements? I did the Warrior Diet for about a year. I would literally eat an amount of food that would normally leave me feeling like a bloated tick but which eating after fasting for 20 hours left me comfortably satisfied - and still left me well below my minimum daily calories.
Nice, how is it going for you?
and yeah, think it's a good idea to set some strict and clear rules now instead of trying to figure them out once you get hangry. Once you've set clear rules and follow them with zero compromise, that should be good, you won't be able to figure out exactly what the perfect diet is anyway and it will vary from person to person and even with time passing it seems.
So I read the faq and it’s a no for the adding to water which you said.Nice, how is it going for you?
What kind of diet is it you're doing? Do you have any requirements like an eating window or amount of calories/macro/micro nutrients you need to hit every day? I've 'completed' it twice, but, like you, I struggled with the diet part mostly and there were things in there that shouldn't have been in hindsight, so I actually didn't complete it at all and want to do it exactly right next time. I was doing well this year, but had to stop as I got sick and will start again in a few weeks (weak, I know). You're probably saving a lot of time compared to that by starting with a PT
Andy actually mentions eating out on one of the podcasts and said you should be living as normal as possible while doing the program and you could just customize your order and avoid the menu if there's things on it which you can't eat, which makes sense I guess, but I'm not sure how that would work in practice if you want to follow the diet 100% without compromise. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but for me that would mean having to stand in the kitchen checking how they're making the food or having a checklist asking about their ingredients and stuff lol
Regarding counting water if you've mixed it with other stuff, I'm not 100% sure, but would say that's an example of the 'if you have to ask the answer is no' mentioned in the thread.
Mostly for protein content. I'm essentially vegetarian with fish/seafood maybe three times a month.
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