I am an addict, and I’m angry. I am angry at myself for flinching at every attempt to eat healthy, live healthy and improve myself. I am angry at my society, who is accepting of such high levels of obesity and mediocrity. I have handed my life over to food companies who play on my mental weaknesses to fatten their bottom line and bleed away my health and productivity. In my current state, my body is a poor excuse for a human’s, laden down with excess fat, high blood pressure and flabby resolve. Failure builds on failure, and every time I stick my arm out that window, waving my money at the wage slave whose job it is deliver my fix, I’m that much further from success.
No more. Control is mine and I have given it away for too long. Today I take back control over myself. I’ve spent long enough KNOWING what to do about it. The time has come to DO IT. Today is November 24, 2008. As of this date, I am 270 pounds, with a size 48 pair of pants and a 3XL shirt. I resolve, starting NOW, to lose 2 pounds of fat a week, for the next 55 weeks. By this date, I will weigh 160 pounds and wear a size 30 pant.
I am done with fast food. Fast food is the human equivalent of animal feed. Those in seats of power hold their rule through the use of this nutritionally barren slop. Dollar menu? Fuck you. Feed the masses with cheap, readily available food whose nutritive value falls somewhere between what it resembles and the packaging it comes in, and you’ll keep them dull, fat, and complacent – just like a lot full of cattle.
I am ready to change. I have seen too much time pass being less than I know that I can be. I am ready to meet the man who I know lives inside me. I’m ready to be ME.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle - Suggested Reading
Well, it’s been a good long while since I last posted here. After my daughter was born in April, a lot of things in my life fell by the wayside as our family adjusted to the new addition. Things have somewhat leveled out and I’m ready to get back to work with a vengeance. I’ve decided to post a bit about a book that inspired this entire blog, as well as my lifestyle change. This book is Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle. If you’ve searched around the internet for fitness books, it’s likely that you’ve come across it at least once.
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is an eBook authored by Tom Venuto, a professional bodybuilder and trainer who decided that too much misinformation had been passed on to the general public regarding losing fat and getting into shape. His book lays out, in scientific detail, what precisely is needed to get fit and lose fat. Notice, I said FAT, not weight, because the two things are not the same. BFFM (with a title like that, wouldn’t you abbreviate too?) discusses the three main pillars of getting into and staying in shape – motivation and mindset, diet, and exercise. There are also chapters on supplements and even a chapter on WATER – an untapped fat loss resource that is vitally important.
Let me say that this is the most important purchase I have made or will ever make for my health and fitness. After reading this book, I know that it is no longer a matter of whether or not I get into the best shape of my life, but WHEN. This is not a book that holds your hand and tells you what to eat and when to eat it – it gives you the information and the tools you need to empower you to decide what to eat, when to eat it, what methods of exercise work and how to implement them. Rather than give you a fish and feed you for a day, Tom teaches you how to fish, so you can feed yourself for the rest of your life.
If you haven’t figured it out already, I am very impressed by this book and I encourage everyone who reads this to visit his site and take a look at what Mr. Venuto has to offer. Starting this weekend, I will begin posting my weekly pics, along with my stats to this blog. This way you can see how well BFFM actually works.
Until next time, remember, those who quit never see their true potential.
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Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is an eBook authored by Tom Venuto, a professional bodybuilder and trainer who decided that too much misinformation had been passed on to the general public regarding losing fat and getting into shape. His book lays out, in scientific detail, what precisely is needed to get fit and lose fat. Notice, I said FAT, not weight, because the two things are not the same. BFFM (with a title like that, wouldn’t you abbreviate too?) discusses the three main pillars of getting into and staying in shape – motivation and mindset, diet, and exercise. There are also chapters on supplements and even a chapter on WATER – an untapped fat loss resource that is vitally important.
Let me say that this is the most important purchase I have made or will ever make for my health and fitness. After reading this book, I know that it is no longer a matter of whether or not I get into the best shape of my life, but WHEN. This is not a book that holds your hand and tells you what to eat and when to eat it – it gives you the information and the tools you need to empower you to decide what to eat, when to eat it, what methods of exercise work and how to implement them. Rather than give you a fish and feed you for a day, Tom teaches you how to fish, so you can feed yourself for the rest of your life.
If you haven’t figured it out already, I am very impressed by this book and I encourage everyone who reads this to visit his site and take a look at what Mr. Venuto has to offer. Starting this weekend, I will begin posting my weekly pics, along with my stats to this blog. This way you can see how well BFFM actually works.
Until next time, remember, those who quit never see their true potential.
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