Hello all, I've been a long time lurker on this board. I have really gotten into the fitness thing around March of last year. My goal is a bit different from some here, but the basic principles are actually quite similar. Unfortunately, there are a LOT of false information, or just not so good information out there in the fitness industry, due to there being so much money involved. I will share some of my advice from all my research and personal experience into this for the past half year or so, if anyone want to hear/follow it.
Anyways, I should put my progress and goals here also:
* Was about 160 lbs around end of 2012, not fat by most American standards, but also didn't have that much muscles.
* Really watched my food intake for a couple of months beginning of 2013 - dropped to 152 lbs.
* Started a good lifting regime around March of 2013 - saw great strength gains, weight went up to around 157
* Found the good dietary program that I am on now - strength kept going up, while fat went down. My strength was at the highest point in my life, I was lifting numbers that I couldn't even image I would ever be able to lift before. Went on a cut to try to drop some more fat and try to finally get that six pack without flexing - managed to mostly keep strength up while weight dropped to ~148 lbs.
* Then I was out of the country on travel for most of the month of December. Returned just before New Year, but had to move out of my old apartment, just found a new place now but haven't moved in yet. This almost 2 months of interruption has set me back a bit - strength went down and weight went up.
Anyways, I can help share some information if people are interested in fat loss or muscle gains or both. But here's one quote I read, that I feel is really good for those trying to lose weight: "Don't try to out-run your mouth". What that means is, majority of your weight loss should be coming from your diet. Don't try to have a bad diet and make up for it by doing exercise, that's not very sustainable. This is a long term process, so you need something that you can keep up, ideally for the rest of your life.
Anyways, I should put my progress and goals here also:
* Was about 160 lbs around end of 2012, not fat by most American standards, but also didn't have that much muscles.
* Really watched my food intake for a couple of months beginning of 2013 - dropped to 152 lbs.
* Started a good lifting regime around March of 2013 - saw great strength gains, weight went up to around 157
* Found the good dietary program that I am on now - strength kept going up, while fat went down. My strength was at the highest point in my life, I was lifting numbers that I couldn't even image I would ever be able to lift before. Went on a cut to try to drop some more fat and try to finally get that six pack without flexing - managed to mostly keep strength up while weight dropped to ~148 lbs.
* Then I was out of the country on travel for most of the month of December. Returned just before New Year, but had to move out of my old apartment, just found a new place now but haven't moved in yet. This almost 2 months of interruption has set me back a bit - strength went down and weight went up.
Anyways, I can help share some information if people are interested in fat loss or muscle gains or both. But here's one quote I read, that I feel is really good for those trying to lose weight: "Don't try to out-run your mouth". What that means is, majority of your weight loss should be coming from your diet. Don't try to have a bad diet and make up for it by doing exercise, that's not very sustainable. This is a long term process, so you need something that you can keep up, ideally for the rest of your life.
