My Response To Her Questions!

I received a message from a fellow comrade who asked me a few questions. Below are my responses take what you want from it, leave what you don't.

"You are very welcome, No I dont mind you asking questions at all

Now lets dive into this, shall we

How I did it?
I did a mixture of p90x and insanity for about 9 months the majority of the weight was lost in six months. And I ate 1600 calories a a day. I ate the same thing every single day for six months (would not recommend this). Because that was what I thought I had to do. I use to watch transformation videos daily and let myself know, if they can do it so can I. How I would do it now knowing what I know. I would keep the work out the same. But practice "If it fits your macros" (which i use now.) Losing the weight is the easy part.The hard part is maintaining the weight loss. Everyone is looking for the fast quick way. I was there before. But something to realize is that is not sustainable. So in my eyes the more extreme the diet plan the more it wont work for the long term.

Difficult bits. Nothing was harder then the other. Some days i didnt want to work out. or eat on my meal plan, but i sucked it up because my goals were bigger then then the hard ship. and nothing tastes as good as being fit feels. trust me The hardest thing for me was being consistent. I always tell people this is not the hardest thing I have done however it is the most consistent thing i have ever done.

Did i tell any one.
I told 2 people they are my 2 best friends, what made it easier is they were also working out and eating better with me so we had a little fitness group going. we would work out saturday mornings at the beach and report our weigh ins mondays mornings. Having them helped a lot. If you dont have anyone to be there with you you have to create your "Atmosphere" you need to eat sleep and breathe "fitness life style" When eating good and working out stops being something you do, and becomes something that is a part of you, success is inevitable.

I didnt tell people at work though, I work in a restaurant, and "Bad" foods are everywhere. I started bringing my food to work. The only thing I would eat from the restaurant would be grilled chicken, grilled fish or steak, occasionally white rice or veggies. I would weight and track everything before I ate it. after about 30 days I got my first "wow are you loosing weight?" comment boy did that feel good.

Now about you if I may...
I believe you wont tell anyone your going on this fitness journey because your scared of failing and/ or you feel you will look stupid in their eyes if you dont live up to their expectation of you. The person you have to make proud is the person who looks at you in the mirror. You cant fail if you keep trying, remember consistency If I were you I would only tell people who think are qualified to be in your "Atmosphere" Just make those life style changes and everyone else will take notice, any you will have your "wow are you loosing weight" comments too.


~ Demitris

p.s. Quote that helped me

-A non-doer is very often a critic-that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing

-You don’t try to build a wall. You don’t set out and say ‘I’m gonna build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that has ever been built’. You say ‘I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid’. You do this every single day, and soon you have a wall.

-everyone want to be fit but no one wants to do the work"