SoltaniKabob
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- Jul 18, 2024
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I'm getting back in shape.
Growing up, I was very skinny until around 3rd grade when I started eating school lunches and became the fat kid. I started exercising, working out, etc and was in pretty good shape by the time I was 15. I read the Warrior Diet by Ori Hofmekler around that time and was in excellent shape until my late mid-20s. I was still in okay shape, just not as good. I started 2020 in very good shape, but my lifestyle was turned upside down. Up until that point, I had been a very in-demand chef. The restaurant industry was already dying before Covid, and I figured that I'd be leaving the industry soon enough anyways.
The problem wasn't so much finding work. It's the structural change of going from working 5PM until 4AM 3 days a week to working a traditional Monday through Friday job that killed the fitness routine that I'd basically had for the past 20 years. I went to a workbook-based private school, so even when I was growing up I slept late, played around during the day and did most of my coursework at night. I'm almost 36 now, and I still struggle 4 years later with a schedule that is completely out of sync with my body's natural cycle.
But, I have to do something to adapt. I've maintained a sort of base level of lifting at home with free weights, so I'm not complete flab, but I've got a big belly now and just look (and feel) terrible. So, anyways, I came here to keep myself motivated, have some accountability, track my progress, etc.
Here's my pre-2020 workout plan:
7 days per week
Wake up around 11:00
Do 1 hour (2 episodes) of Gilad - 1 Bodies in Motion to warmup and 1 Total Body Sculpt for my more advanced
10 minutes of kettlebell (mostly traditional Russian moves, not the more Americanized exercises)
20 minutes of Total Gym
1-2 mile walk
3 days per week
12 hours of fast-paced, constantly moving work
Moderate heavy barbell workout
For my meal, I basically followed a low-carb, low-fat diet based around the Warrior Diet. I would eat a few cucumbers for breakfast, then around 3PM two or three boneless skinless breasts or 6 grilled wings for lunch with homemade Caesar salad and whatever for dinner (usually some kind of blue plate meat + 3 type meal centered around pot roast, steak or Swedish meatballs).
Anyways, here I am, 250 LBS and out of shape. That's going to change, though. I'm not sure exactly what my workout routine is going to be, but I honestly can't stand how I look and feel at this point.
Growing up, I was very skinny until around 3rd grade when I started eating school lunches and became the fat kid. I started exercising, working out, etc and was in pretty good shape by the time I was 15. I read the Warrior Diet by Ori Hofmekler around that time and was in excellent shape until my late mid-20s. I was still in okay shape, just not as good. I started 2020 in very good shape, but my lifestyle was turned upside down. Up until that point, I had been a very in-demand chef. The restaurant industry was already dying before Covid, and I figured that I'd be leaving the industry soon enough anyways.
The problem wasn't so much finding work. It's the structural change of going from working 5PM until 4AM 3 days a week to working a traditional Monday through Friday job that killed the fitness routine that I'd basically had for the past 20 years. I went to a workbook-based private school, so even when I was growing up I slept late, played around during the day and did most of my coursework at night. I'm almost 36 now, and I still struggle 4 years later with a schedule that is completely out of sync with my body's natural cycle.
But, I have to do something to adapt. I've maintained a sort of base level of lifting at home with free weights, so I'm not complete flab, but I've got a big belly now and just look (and feel) terrible. So, anyways, I came here to keep myself motivated, have some accountability, track my progress, etc.
Here's my pre-2020 workout plan:
7 days per week
Wake up around 11:00
Do 1 hour (2 episodes) of Gilad - 1 Bodies in Motion to warmup and 1 Total Body Sculpt for my more advanced
10 minutes of kettlebell (mostly traditional Russian moves, not the more Americanized exercises)
20 minutes of Total Gym
1-2 mile walk
3 days per week
12 hours of fast-paced, constantly moving work
Moderate heavy barbell workout
For my meal, I basically followed a low-carb, low-fat diet based around the Warrior Diet. I would eat a few cucumbers for breakfast, then around 3PM two or three boneless skinless breasts or 6 grilled wings for lunch with homemade Caesar salad and whatever for dinner (usually some kind of blue plate meat + 3 type meal centered around pot roast, steak or Swedish meatballs).
Anyways, here I am, 250 LBS and out of shape. That's going to change, though. I'm not sure exactly what my workout routine is going to be, but I honestly can't stand how I look and feel at this point.
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