[quote]NinjaTreeFrog wrote:
First Post - just joined up this week after spectating for months…
This topic really gets me worked up because it just happened to me. 6 months ago I was approaching 210 lbs. of fat laziness. After staring at myself in the mirror and being disgusted with myself for the 1000th time, I decided to take my health and fitness goals seriously.
I started with Rippetoe’s Starting Strength book and cleaned up my diet. To date I’ve lost 15 lbs. of fat and have increased my max lifts considerably (still pretty lame by many of the standards set here, but I’ll get there). The other day I was eating lunch with some collegues - Steak and Veggies with a chaser of Whole Milk - and a coworker says that I’m really lucky that I have good genetics.
He complained that nothing he does has ever worked, while eating a bag of Doritos and drinking Diet Mountain Dew. I told him that it wasn’t easy, but I’ve changed my diet and starting lifting heavy, but he insisted that it was luck. Everyone else at the table agreed with him.[/quote]
Whatever makes people feel better about themselves…