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hi all, i just signed up. i’m a 22 year old male from new york, and i think i need to build up some testosterone. as long as i can remember i was never interested in sports or ‘guy stuff’. i was always lazy and i would say i am a sissy. my muscles get tired easily and i feel weak in general. i’m not overweight because my metabolism was always fast. the past few years i found out i had high cholesterol so i’ve been eating even less like a man. i’ve never had any solid motivaton to work out or lift weights, i’d do it for a couple days and always give up. is there any hope for me at all or is it too late? i don’t want to be this way anymore.

thanks,
marcus

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Congrats, Marcus! You’ve taken one of the biggest steps toward becoming a man again: Admitting the problem.

If I could just rant for a bit. Personal Responsibility: I am SO SICK of all the fucking pussies in our country who blame everyone else for their problems. “I’m fat because of the way I was raised.” “I robbed that punk becase of the way I was raised.” “My genes made me do it.” “I’m riding this cart because my knees hurt” (let’s forget about the fact that you’re also 450 pounds and munching on a bag of fucking Oreo cookies while slurping a Cooler from Starbucks).
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Ok, sorry, I had to get that out of my system.

You have two options: 1) Make a complete, radical change to your lifestyle right now, or 2) Take small steps.

I took small steps. Increase your water intake dramatically. Shoot for a gallon a day. What works for me? I have a 1 liter Aquafina bottle. I make sure to fill it (and drink it, too!) no less than four times a day. Given the fact that 1 gallon is 3.79 liters, that assures that I get my water intake for the day.

Switch from regular soda to diet soda (don’t even THINK about cutting it out yet or, if you do, switch to black coffee).

Cut out things you KNOW are bad for you, like candy, donuts, cookies, etc. Try to eat every few hours, and get some protein in each meal.

Don’t worry about keeping a food log, weighing your food, or any of that other stuff right away. That will come later.

Making just those changes to your diet will help you drop fat and improve your complexion.

Finally, you know you need to get to the gymn. Do it.

Most of what I have said here has been said much better by people like Vroom and Chris Shugart. I would suggest two immediate readings:

  1. Vroom’s “Are You a Beginner” thread at http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=640350

  2. Shugart’s “The Newbie Paradox” at http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=621021

Finally, being an FFB (“Former-Fat-Boy”) myself, I am drawn to anything written by Chris Shugart and Christian Thibaudeau. You can’t go wrong with anything those guys say! Follow Shugart’s web log. It’ll keep you laughing while keeping you motivated. And go find Vegita’s “Ass Worship” thread while you’re at it. Think about touching those booties when you’ve got a great body to attract them!

Keep posting questions, and ignore those that flame you. They don’t know shit, anyway! Keep us up to date!

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[quote]marcus2k5 wrote:
hi all, i just signed up. i’m a 22 year old male from new york, and i think i need to build up some testosterone. as long as i can remember i was never interested in sports or ‘guy stuff’. i was always lazy and i would say i am a sissy. my muscles get tired easily and i feel weak in general. i’m not overweight because my metabolism was always fast. the past few years i found out i had high cholesterol so i’ve been eating even less like a man. i’ve never had any solid motivaton to work out or lift weights, i’d do it for a couple days and always give up. is there any hope for me at all or is it too late? i don’t want to be this way anymore.

thanks,
marcus [/quote]

Well lazy,sissy–get off your ass and do some work. You seem to want to ‘blame’ something for all your woes.

Being lazy is a fixable condition. It takes discipline and effort. The fact that you like dolls more than trucks doesn’t have anything to do with your ability to work hard.

It’s a damn good thing you had that fast metabolism or you’d be fat to go with all your other woes.

Many with high cholesterol diet like a man. What the hell is going on here. There are plenty of healthy alternatives to eat. Here comes that lazy gene again–take 20 minutes to read something regarding your ‘condition’ and move past it.

If you really didn’t want to be this way any more–you wouldn’t. Sorry for the hard ass post-but you need it–bad.

You need to get out of bed with a purpose and follow that purpose. Make a plan and stick to it, stop blaming genetics or anything else. Look in the mirror and decide what means more to you.

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im not sure how much it takes to motivate you but in my situation i just looked at pictures on here of people with really strong bodies and that right there was enough motivation for me to start putting the muscle on.