06/05/2022
You Have To Look Bad Before You Can Look Good
The past 2 years, I have sacrificed having visible abs, being lean, my personal brand on social media (because no one is interested unless you’re shredded), and I’ve had to live with putting a lot of weight on even around my face which would bother a lot of people including myself.
People usually have someone they are inspired by and would like to look like in terms of a physique.
Usually, their strategy to look like that person is a 12-16 week plan, when the reality is that anyone who is in good shape takes years to get there.
The best example of this is people who yo-yo diet (probably more than half of the population).
These people often end up struggling to lose weight even on very low calories and with A LOT of exercise.
They get in that position because they repeat these short term strategies over and over again.
What they need to do is forget their fat loss goals and focus on sorting out their metabolism by spending months (sometimes over a year) INCREASING their calorie intake.
This is what I had to do.
My maintenance calories in 2019 were 1800 calories per day, and I was training twice per day.
I would have probably had to drop down to 1500-1600 to continue to lose any more body fat.
Now, I can maintain my weight on 4000 calories, and I would lose weight eating 3500 calories per day.
I have made it easy for myself to lose fat because I have spent a long time NOT dieting.
I was able to do this because I knew that in order to bring the best physique I’ve ever had come September, I had to look worse before I look better
This requires a long term approach 💪🏼