once was fat

Just wanted to see if anyone else goes through this as well.
Man it gets tough sometimes. Like tonight I just want to break open a bag chips with salsa and eat like a mad man. I was at wal-mart and couldnt help looking at all of the goodies although I did not buy any of the goodies I opted to buy some protein bars instead. Diet is definatley a change in lifesytle I always have to look at the package to see the nutrional facts on everything I buy. Its like im on a mission to find a bag of chips thats acutally good for you and no matter how many times I read the ingredients I am always looking at another bag to compare to see wich one is better for me and I come to the realazation that neither is good for you.

Theres that voice that comes out and says fuck it Im going to eat what I want to eat. Then the guilt sets in and you end up putting that certain food back on the shelf somewhere else in the store. After the guilt comes the dedication and all I can think about is Im going to get that six pack of abs like I have always dreamed of and all of the hard work that I have put in to building the best body that I can.

I sometimes get tierd of planning meals for the next day and I think about how it was before. No worries on what you eat. Now it is constantly on my mind to a certain extent. It is amazing how hard this really is and how easy this really is. I have to be honest here I used to live to eat and enjoyed it, now it is not so fun to eat. Even when you do have a cheat meal you just feel guilty for doing it.

This is how I would summerize the whole thing. There are diffrent pleasures in life. One eating whatever you want there is a pleasure involved. Two, eating right and having what you always dreamed of your perfect body. I guess you have to pick wich one is going to make you the happiest. To bad you couldnt have both.

All in all I will suceed in getting that perfect body. Sacrafice is a bitch.

Just wanted to express some emotions tonight. I hope that Im am not alone in this. Once was fat will never be fat again. It feels to good to put on that semi tight shirt that you could never wear and walk around knowin what you have accomplished.

He who speaks least, think's most.

Mudge

Of course man, training is a few times a week for maybe an hour a day. Your diet is something you are a slave to virtually every day and many times a day at that.

I am sitting here, full, no more meals for me thankfully. So even on a bulk it is "hard" for me unless I eat complete garbage, in which case it is very easy to take in 5k calories a day without even trying.

Its been said and I agree somewhat, that when you bulk you wish you were cutting, and when you cut you wish you were bulking.

One way for me to stick to a cutting diet, stay out of the grocery!!! Do your shopping once a week and thats it.

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HoldDaMayo

Once was fat... I completely hear you...

People I'm around are annoyed by my dieting needs...

I'm annoyed by my dieting needs...

I'm spending more money to eat things I don't even want to eat... I want a f'n pizze from Papa Johns or Pizza Hut with Cheese sticks and butter garlic sauce and a whole 2 liter of ice cold Coke to go with it... I could eat it all myself... then 4 hours later I would love to go to my Favorite fast food burger place... grab a double cheeseburger, large fries, Chocolate shake... then right before i go to bed... I want to eat a snickers bar, some reeses sticks and a bag of BUTTERY ASS SALTY popcorn... and fall asleep with a smile on my face... this whole can of tuna and EXTREMELY limited servings of EVERYTHING you are allowed to eat is very challenging indeed.

Like yourself... I have lost quite a bit of weight and wouldn't want to go back to my old shape for anything... but I think guys like us have to be real with ourselves... I don't believe it's in our best interest to never treat yourself... regardless of how poor the nutrional value may be...

Currently I've found a nice balance of eating VERY VERY perfectly for 6 days a week... then have one day where I don't go crazy, but I eat one meal of that day with a food I have been craving... I find that with 5 days at the gym, 3 weights, 2 cardio and the strict 6 day diet I am actually the lightest I have ever been now (173) and stronger than I have ever been as well...

I have to admit, probably one of my cheat days a month, I will binge eat and take in probably close to 8k calories eating what I want... the thing is, because i go so far with it... I actually end up feeling sick the next day, which is a GREAT feeling to have to start a strict couple weeks of cutting...

I know this might not be the greatest example... but for a while I was struggling with depression and I feel it was because I was going too far with the diet...

Are you kidding me????

Mudge

Me too mayo, when cutting I would still have pizza once a week, ~2400 calories.

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dodgyone

I used to be really overweight a few years back and used to eat anything and everything without giving it a second thought. I never knew any better.

It sounds pretty sad to say this but food no longer becomes a pleasure when you start bodybuilding. To me now it's all just carbs, protein and fat and how the food will be of benefit to me. Every nutritional label and ingredient list is scanned. If there is anything dodgy in it than more often then not it goes back on the shelf until I find something that looks more suitable.

But, saying that I'm not sure if I'd like to go back to being overweight/unhealthy and happy, eating what I want. Sometimes I think ignorance is bliss though! I now have the knowledge and I'm trapped in this health kick roller coaster ride!

Proteins are good... Fats are good... Carbs are the problem!

jmr1979

i agree with you mayo you i also eat strict six days a week and cheat with that one meal actually when you become low in body fat percentage i find cheat days are actually beneficial to you.

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Premo55

I feel y'all 200%...but really I'm not as hard on myself as I used to be...I used to be the WORST, no cheats at all, all year round, weighing everything PRECISELY, eating exactly the same thing every single day to make sure I met a certain caloric requirement, training like a madman till the point of overtraining, etc...Yeah I got down to 4% body fat, but I felt like an idiot going out to eat with my girl or friends and asking them to make a billion special request changes to my order...

Now I just make sure I eat healthy, wholesome meals (I still kind of measure my meat in terms of estimating portion size...I know what 5 ounces of meat looks like now) every three or four hours, that I have my EFAs and vitamins, a gallon and a half of water, and plenty of veggies, and I'm good. I'm not as anal as I used to be about seasonings, though I don't overdo it.

If I'm still hungry, I'll go for a second helping of greens and lean protein. Twice a week I'll have some dessert after a meal. As far as training goes I took my first week off in a lonnnggg while (and I mean long!) and really enjoyed it. I gained about 4 pounds on my week off, probably a lot of water, but I lived life without worrying about being a bodybuilder.

I have to say, though, my temptation to cheat really isn't that great. I'm hungry ALL the time, bulk OR cut, so I really do enjoy my food when I eat it, even if it's chicory, broccoli, spinach or collard greens raw with no dressing, chicken breast boiled in water and plain brown rice...I just wash it down with a hot beverage sweetened with Splenda and a tablespoon of natural peanut butter and it's all good in the end. I love my healthy food, I can't imagine eating any other way. Like I've said before on this board, my ultimate cheat meal is a whole 1kg bag of Quaker oats sweetened with a box of Splenda, protein powder and some strawberries, haha...

Peace.

T DOT O.

Monolith

Wow. Sounds like you were reading my mind.

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Jill

This is something I do!!!!

Tha Don

i hear you on that

i just started bulking a couple of months back, got impatient, went a bit OTT on the cals/slacked on the C.V.... BF% has rocketed up! and now i really wanna get lean again

it sucks!

reckon i could up my C.V. and cut down my eating a lil in an attempt to drop a lil fat? then gradually up my cals again?

or should i just keep bulking hard and worry bout saving my abs (and cutting for the summer) in April/May?

JLB001

I hate that little voice that comes out saying...oh just eat that, it won't hurt you......I want to shoot that voice in the rear! My very first time dieting back in March of 2002, I would wonder the food store, picking up packages of things I couldn't have and sniff the packages...then put them back on the shelf! I would be in the food store for a damn hour doing this! I know I must have looked like some kind of freak in workout clothes gropping the food sniffing the stuff inside.

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

greekblondechic

lmao @ jbl

since im still fairly new to all of this i definately agree that yeah its hard..but since I lost a bit of weight and was starting to like how I look then almost stopped caring for a month and a half and gained it back and then some..now I am even less satisfied with my body than b4 because I had a little taste of being leaner and it was good..basically what Im saying is sometimes it takes getting fat again to realize how much healthy eating is worth it!

BTW Premo invite me over when u have that cheat meal so we can share (im a fellow splenda addict!)

I can do it

I WILL be a size 5.

NeedMuscleMass

premos gonna get lucky

HoldDaMayo

I'd be scepticle of any guy offering white powdery substance who's nick name is Premo...

Are you kidding me????

greekblondechic

I can do it

I WILL be a size 5.

Mudge

At least its not Primo

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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu
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PreMier

Dieting does suck kinda... Well, not really... I basically eat whatever I want, but all I ever want now is chicken, fish and vegies haha!

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

Premo55

If you look like your avatar, I don't mind...Splenda as the way to a woman's heart? Who would've thought.

Peace.

T DOT O.

NeedMuscleMass

how generous of you

Skib

i've pretty much let myself go these past couple weeks... i've easily gained 5 lbs of body fat from eating like shit, drinking beer with all my buddies who are home from school and just not training... but starting monday it's time to clean up...

Jill

Me too

Premo55

I think my real problem is really eating too MUCH healthy food. I have a problem with natural peanut butter...and salmon....and sea bass...I eat way more than I'm supposed to sometimes.

Peace.

T DOT O.

TheGreatSatan

I totally agree. I have some of the worst problems with staying off the crap.

Hammerlynn

It is hard but do you give yourself a cheat (day or meal) once a week. I used to be HUGE and have allowed myself that luxury and have continued to lose. I dont ever want to be my former self again (binging) but the difference is I am in control now. We all trudge ahead and when that voice says F*it then you need to call someone or post..chances are someone on the board at that minute is feeling the same It's a challenge for me when my peers at work go to lunch. I am such a social person but just sit at my desk and eat my chx and broc. I know what the benefit will be for me in the long run. Oh yea and the fat pics in my purse are a good reminder too

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