[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
I hate seeing my old pics. I cringe.
Sadly I never looked at a picture of myself and said “Wow I gotta lose weight”
And I kinda wished that I wasn’t so nice in high school so that I could have had bullies tell me how fat I was lol
You don’t have to be the strongest you ever were, just the strongest you could’ve been today.
Looks like a job well done to me.[/quote]
We’ll you are certainly not fat now, you look great! Well done.
[quote]dday wrote:
[quote]DJHT wrote:
^ Same here. I dont like Fast food anyway or buffets any longer. Maybe cause I am getting older or something, but I like to sit down order and be served food. When we go out its always the same question from the wife Where do you want to go, answer where ever I can get meat.
Right now though not even doing that, stay at home. I am grilling a shit load of meat and veggies.
So you were big too at one point?[/quote]
My wife does the same thing, when I say where I want to go 99% of the time she then says she doesn’t want to go there.
Yep, I was a fat body waddler, there are pics in my hub. Around 2007-8 I saw a picture that made me realize how fat I was, decided to change. Found this site at the same time CT and shugs were doing the body make over things and I followed Bartl’s training, lost 80lbs in like 8-10months. With the exception of some failed bulks I’ve kept the weight in check. Now I want to finish what I started.[/quote]
dday, I looked at your pix. Congrats on trimming up. And you’ve got some strength as well.
I’ve always been a thin thing, only been fat once. Twenty years ago, got real pissed at not gaining in the gym, so I just ate like a man pocessed. Alas, it was all the wrong stuff, and just got flabby. Didn’t even look big, just had a belly on a thin frame. Talk about ugly. Managed to get it off eventually, eating big now but staying strict on diet. It does take some discipline.
^Thanks Cav, it was so worth the sacrifice.
I felt the same way when I was 214, just flabby and almost sickly.
I’ve been reading your log you’re doing great. Keep your head up and stick to it, the gains will come.
[quote]dday wrote:
^Thanks Cav, it was so worth the sacrifice.
I felt the same way when I was 214, just flabby and almost sickly.
I’ve been reading your log you’re doing great. Keep your head up and stick to it, the gains will come. [/quote]
Kind words, dday. Funny you mentioned 214, that’s just what I weight now, but I’m trying to go up, not down. I just feel small, really trying to get into the big boys’ club.
[quote]dday wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Both of you guys deserve a shit ton of credit for taking matters in your own hands and taking your health seriously…many people would use the excuse of leading busy lives, but you guys didn’t and thats real commendable. really inspiring stuff.[/quote]
Thanks Matty. Back then I was working a full time job that required a lot of OT, I got training in when I could usually at 4am, like DJ does now and cardio at lunch.
I hate to say it but I’m like an ex-smoker that hates smoke, I see fat people who give excuses about why they can’t lose weight and it pisses me off. If I can do it anyone can.[/quote]
Thanks Matty, I will say that when you catch your wife with another man it changes you. I was 305 pounds with tits and a dickiedo. That was the driving force and I never looked back.
Dday like you I have little sympathy for lazy fatties, being in medicine I know there are medical conditions so I try to hold judgement. But if I can work 40+ with kids, wife and still take care of myself anybody can.
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]dday wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Both of you guys deserve a shit ton of credit for taking matters in your own hands and taking your health seriously…many people would use the excuse of leading busy lives, but you guys didn’t and thats real commendable. really inspiring stuff.[/quote]
Thanks Matty. Back then I was working a full time job that required a lot of OT, I got training in when I could usually at 4am, like DJ does now and cardio at lunch.
I hate to say it but I’m like an ex-smoker that hates smoke, I see fat people who give excuses about why they can’t lose weight and it pisses me off. If I can do it anyone can.[/quote]
Thanks Matty, I will say that when you catch your wife with another man it changes you. I was 305 pounds with tits and a dickiedo. That was the driving force and I never looked back.
Dday like you I have little sympathy for lazy fatties, being in medicine I know there are medical conditions so I try to hold judgement. But if I can work 40+ with kids, wife and still take care of myself anybody can.[/quote]
Oh man, just thinking about it makes me nuts.
[quote]cavalier wrote:
[quote]dday wrote:
^Thanks Cav, it was so worth the sacrifice.
I felt the same way when I was 214, just flabby and almost sickly.
I’ve been reading your log you’re doing great. Keep your head up and stick to it, the gains will come. [/quote]
Kind words, dday. Funny you mentioned 214, that’s just what I weight now, but I’m trying to go up, not down. I just feel small, really trying to get into the big boys’ club.[/quote]
Anytime. We’re all here to help one another, doesn’t matter if you squat the bar or 800lbs everyone was there at some point.
Oh man, just thinking about it makes me nuts. [/quote]
After I lost all that weight I went to school to become a trainer thinking I could help so many people reach their weight loss goals. I got my NSCA CPT and headed out to change the world. Turns out most people have no motivation to actually lose weight, they talk like they do but when it comes time to really do it, they all quit. I went from making custom programs and going to clients to putting everyone on 5/3/1 or 5x5 and making them come to me. In the end not one client lasted. They all said they lost weight and that they liked me as trainer but in the end none of them really wanted to do the damn thing. Most of us around here have the desire and drive to reach our goals, which is why I come back.
Bingo,at one time when I was in between jobs I decided I wanted to be a personal trainer, got my BS cert AAAI, then NASM and ISSA. I really had an idea that I was really going to help people. Man you really have to want to help yourself before anyone can help you, the amount of bitching and moaning was sickening. Also the amount of ridiculous ideas and time constraints were equally stupid. stuff like I want to train twice a week and hopefully gain 20 lbs of muscle in 3 months, or I have to drop 5 dress sizes in 3 weeks, and so on and so forth…
The instant gratification people feel they deserve is what kills the old adage of hard work, and real appreciation of what you put into your training. Now I have made my mistakes and have had lapses of laziness, but I have always realized that you have to be in it for the long haul…clients for the most part didnt have any idea…
It’s funny. All of us here are so used to doing it, doing it, doing it, month after month, year after year, that we don’t stop to realize a lot of people don’t do it. Our only issue is what to do, not whether to do it.
A lot of times I’ve thought “What’s wrong with me? I keep training, yet I’m not getting what I want. Am I mental?” But you’re right, it’s the other way that’s shameful.
I’ve thought about becoming a trainer, but I just assumed everyone wants what I want, AND keeps at it for however long it takes. I would just help them avoid the mistakes I made. Of course, not everyone is like that.
Yeah, people here bitch and moan, but we always turn around and go back to the iron.
I bought the Rhodiola today, took my first pill a couple hours ago.
I took bodyfat measurements of my waist and lower pooch, I’ll keep you updated.
I haven’t felt any happiness yet but then again the stress my mother induces can overcome any herb.
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
I bought the Rhodiola today, took my first pill a couple hours ago.
I took bodyfat measurements of my waist and lower pooch, I’ll keep you updated.
I haven’t felt any happiness yet but then again the stress my mother induces can overcome any herb.[/quote]
I kept meaning to mention it but I went ahead and ordered some the other night. I also ordered some Powerdrive because I’m pretty sure I’m losing my mind, cannot seem to think straight and forget easy stuff a lot lately.
We can compare notes on what results we see. Your mom doesn’t work for a cable company is Kansas City does she? This lady I work with is driving me EFFING CRAZY!!!
Matty- I’ve had those clients myself, they think all they have to do is run a mile or two and do some curls and all their wildest dreams will come true. I had one girl who I would beat her ass twice a week and she’d post on facebook later saying she was having chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy for dinner…WTF?
Cav- Yep, people want to believe they have the drive then let themselves down at the drop of a hat.
Op gotta run, my lifting partner just showed up. Deadlift time…I’m thinking Slipknot for a sound track.
a little wait and bleed maybe?
Yes brothers have suffered like I did with the belief of helping others. I was going to get my masters in Nursing (which I did) so I could open a rehab facility. Well I did some rehab as a nurse and you know what, people who had bypasses and cardiac stents come out all help me change. Then 2 months later they change to well the surgeon fixed me I am going back to eating fried chicken, smoking and drinking a 6 pack a night.
I learned give the information wish them God speed and then move on. If they use it great, but 95% of the time they do not.
[quote]dday wrote:
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
I bought the Rhodiola today, took my first pill a couple hours ago.
I took bodyfat measurements of my waist and lower pooch, I’ll keep you updated.
I haven’t felt any happiness yet but then again the stress my mother induces can overcome any herb.[/quote]
I kept meaning to mention it but I went ahead and ordered some the other night. I also ordered some Powerdrive because I’m pretty sure I’m losing my mind, cannot seem to think straight and forget easy stuff a lot lately.
We can compare notes on what results we see. Your mom doesn’t work for a cable company is Kansas City does she? This lady I work with is driving me EFFING CRAZY!!![/quote]
That’s perfect, I just got GNC brand. $30 for 100 capsules. But I see TN is $34.99 for 120 capsules basically, but the serving size is larger. I take one pill a day, TN requires a few caps a day. It’ll be interesting to compare notes, seems like TN’s formula is more potent.
Lol no, that must be someone else’s mom driving you crazy. Mine likes to be bothersome in the privacy of her home lol
My next post will be a video from tonights DL session. I’m warning you to turn down your volume, really in the mood to blow off some steam. Physcosocial FTW.
DL
135x10
185x5
225x5
275x5
working
320x5
370x3
415x3
V bar pull downs
170 4 set 10
curls and shit.
Tried sumo again, I just cannot get comfortable. Over all I’m pleased, I’ve rack pull for a few more reps but not many.
WTF no video, try again
^ Nice pulling Dday