It all begins with diet. Diet is the muti-billion dollar word that is thrown around nowadays luring people to spend thousands of dollars in the search for the holy grail of existence - being skinny. I’ll admit, I was lured into this trap years ago before it became such a hot fad to pop diet pills and be associated with the latest [Name Brand] Diet. I used to be a GNC gold card carrying member and subjected my body to experiements by taking almost every single supplement that existed at GNC. Now I’ll admit, I was never “fat” per se, over weight as a child, skinny in High School, but then turned 21, started drinking and hanging out in bars, and I started getting a gut. So as an adult I’ve struggled for years to obtain the proverbial “six pack” and look like an athlete. Three years of training with a trainer did help add some muscle and definition, but no six pack. Then I started reading about different body building diets and discovered the low carb diet which was just starting to gain attention through The Atkins Diet. Six months later I had went from chubby at 185lbs and 30% bodyfat to 155lbs and 15% bodyfat. But the six pack still eluded me. I now needed more muscle. So once again I hired a trainer, started eating whatever I wanted, gained 10lbs of muscle, but then started gaining weight in my midsection again. So here I am again hovering around 180lbs/20% bodyfat. Now I am determined to go all the way and tranform my body into it’s peak physical state.
I could actually write pages on all the supplements and diet plans I’ve tried but I’ll cut to the chase and just mention what I plan to do now. I’ve basically sworn off of diet pills especially after I started having panic attacks from a possible overdose of stimulants. Instead, this time my plan is going to be all about quality organic food, eating more balanced meals and maximum effort at the gym.
Things I’ve definitely learned from years of research is - drink a gallon of water a day, eat 6 times a day, and limit or eliminate simple carbs, sugar and alcohol.
The current diet plans I am going to model is along the lines of Body for Life and the Abs Diet.
I am also going to journal my diet everyday to help me watch my diet and progress. I’m going to try the Abs Diet online site and Fit Day as well. I’ll see how useful these sites actually are.
On another note, I find it interesting that in all these different programs that talk about sef transformation, they always talk about journaling your progress. Whether it’s Anthony Robbins “Hour of Power”, or a diet program, or a training program. Journaling is a powerful tool.
