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I recently went to visit my brother and his girlfriend at their house, just to chit chat. It had been about a month and a half since they last saw me. When I came home that same night, my brother called me because I had forgotten my bag at his place. At the end of this phone conversation he asked me "don't you work out anymore?" I said I had been very busy lately (which was true) and that I had to skip a lot of workouts and stuff. Then he said something that made me realize I need a post like this: "my girlfriend and I could see that you have gained quite a few pounds, and you don't look as fit as the last time we saw you".

And they were right of course, I just didn't notice it myself. I am really glad he mentioned this, otherwise I would not know about it. But now is the time to do something about it!

I am ready for blood, sweat and tears, pain and exhaustion and all the other things a great workout regime can throw at me. I will start my own personal fitness campaign. I will keep a journal and follow a program consisting of compound strength exercises, high intensity interval training (HIIT) and a great diet. In other words, in sync with my workout philosophy :)

To be continued...
 
Thats very good of him to mention it as all too often people are too nice to let us know what they think. Honesty is best policy.
Good that you have taken it positivley and are looking forward to the challenge.
Best of luck.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys.

My stats:
- height 5' 5'' (165 cm)
- weight 157 pounds (71 kg)
- body fat about 15 %

My goal:
- weight 145 pounds
- body fat 9 %
- accomplished in 8 weeks (by 16th of November)

I have been working out for many years and during periods my fitness level was really good. However, the last few years I have not been following a specific plan regarding diet and workout, meaning weight gain and lowered fitness level. I have some muscle, but too much body fat at the moment.
But I will fix that now!!


This is what my meal plan will look like for a typical day:

Breakfast: oatmeal with low fat milk and 1/2 serving protein shake
Snack: an apple
Lunch: whole grain wrap with lean meat, salad, tomatoes, paprika and taco sauce
Post workout meal: 1 banana and 1 serving protein shake
Dinner: chicken, whole grain rice and vegetables
Snack: almonds

I will also drink a lot of water during the day.

My calorie intake will be about 2000 a day. I will lower it a little bit if necessary.

I will undertake my first workout later today, and update this post with my workout program then.

I am really excited to get started!!!
 
I'm ready for pain!

Oh my God!

I just completed the first workout in my fitness campaign, and it was both great and awful! Great in the sense that I really feel like I got an excellent workout done, and I am 1 step closer to a ripped, lean body!
Awful because it was painful, hard and I actually only managed to complete the circuit 2 times (should have been 3). I had to skip the abs exercises at the end of the program as well :)

But all things considered, I feel great and I'm happy I got the first workout out of the way. I have to keep in mind that I haven't been working out properly for a couple of months, and the first few workouts I probably have to get used to the program.

Here is the workout I completed as a circuit:

- incline push ups (my body weight focused on one side of the chest/one arm at a time, alternating sides)

- dumbbell lunges

- pull ups

- 1 arm snatch

- dumbbell row

- dumbbell squat & presses

- close grip push ups

I had about 20 seconds rest between each exercise, and about 3 minutes rest after completing 1 circuit. I pretty much lifted to failure minus 1 or 2 rep on every exercise.

The diet is going very well so far, and that's important!!

It was a tough start, but I feel great and look forward to my next workout!!
 
Hey you do what you can do, and you'll continue to make progress! It isn't easy, and to jump into any program and expect to be able to do it all isn't always going to happen. The fact that you did what you did is great! Just continue to challenge yourself and you will keep moving forward!

Kudos!
 
Much better!

Today's workout was way easier than the first one, but still a challenge of course. I managed to complete all 3 circuits and the ab exercises in the end, despite very short periods of rest between exercises. I'm very happy :)

My program today had different exercises than the first one, as I have a workout A and B. Here are the exercises in today's circuit:

- weighted push ups

- squats

- chin ups

- dumbbell clean and push press

- dumbbell step up

- dumbbell swings

- standing bicep curl with dumbbells

- abdominal bicycles

- plank

My diet is still good as well. Hopefully I will see results soon :)
 
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