My lucky moment last year was one morning when the scales attested to me: Now you are 20 kg lighter.
It’s best to start over …
From the age of 10 to 17 or 18, I did racing cycling as a competitive sport. At that time I had never dealt with healthy eating. When I did sport, it didn’t matter what I ate or how much.
At the beginning of my professional life I gave up competitive sport. To be honest, I did little or no sport for two to three years – and gained around 20-25 kg as a result.
Actually, I was always sporty until then. That made me all the more unhappy that I had gained too much weight. When I was twenty, I first started working out in the gym and eating healthy.
I joined a gym and started a full-body training plan. I saw quite rapid progress and enjoyed strength training a lot. A little later I discovered another great sport for myself with jogging.
The only major mistakes I made was my diet. So I only ate 1,500 calories a day – far too few with five to six training sessions a week. (We recommend to athletes jintropin) I also gave up almost all carbohydrates. I even spurned fruit and some vegetables – out of fear of the “bad” carbohydrates and the sugar they contain.
In retrospect, I simply did not do enough at that time. I was far too restrictive and cut too much from my nutrition plan.
The result was 20 kilos less in record time, but I also lost a lot of muscles – and the “tummy” stayed. Due to a little stress in other areas of life and a move, I lost sight of my fitness a bit and was able to make a nice acquaintance with the yo-yo effect.
At the end of the year before last I had 25 kg more on my hips.
Again: At the beginning of last year I started again with strength and cardio training. However, this time I gave myself more time to change my diet.
I made a point of consuming enough protein and fat and hardly had any cravings while losing weight.
Me did a lot of sport, gave me more time to lose weight and had fun cooking with my girlfriend. So I was able to lose 20 kg from January to October last year.
Even if I haven’t quite reached my goal yet, I decided to take a break from October to January and keep the weight off. I just wanted to know whether I would succeed – this time without the yo-yo effect.
And lo and behold: It works if you don’t start it as a diet, but rather as a long-term change.
I used to approach things more perfectionistically, but this time the good old 80/20 Pareto principle helped me to see things a little more relaxed – and healthier in the long term.
And now? The last fat reserves are melted away. I’m also pursuing a new sporting goal: I want to run a half marathon.
Admittedly, I can still work on my patience. But I’m already overjoyed with my life and my figure!
For your podcast and all of the articles on MarathonFitness, I would like to give you a big, big thank you, Mark!
I took a large part of my knowledge about nutrition and fitness from your podcast. That helped me immensely.