I'm fairly fit and active. Exercise off and on, mainly sticking to MMA cross-training, heavy bag work and calisthenics. I used to have goals for the type of cut-body pro atheletes sport, but not enough time in the day unfortunately. I am happy just not being unhealthy, and happy overall with my self-discipline as of late (i'm a big eater, and LOVE trying new foods).
Since I'm 6'5 I hide my weight pretty well when I gain it. I have weighed upwards of 260 before and still 'looked' skinny with normal clothing on, but I usually maintain a weight between 212-220 nowadays.
The main rules I and many people in my life try to stick to (except on holidays because... I have an Italian mother and....foodpocalypse follows her):
- the
80/20 rule.
80% of your weekly meals should be balanced and healthy, cutting out unnecessary carbs/empties, refined sugars/hfc, white flour of any kind, sat fats, and any preservative based goods. I go the extra mile and also cut out grains, super starchy things and artificial flavoring.
20% of the time, as long as you have maintained an active lifestyle that week (ie. not laying around or sitting 90% of your day), you can eat whatever the funk you want... and I do so with extreme prejudice. I LOVE pizza, burgers, tacos and all kinds of other junk food meal items.
The trick is to just stay true to yourself. This isn't about bragging to your friends or keeping up appearances, it's just about simply rewarding yourself for a job well done.
80% of the time I am eating raw kale, spinach, nuts, carrots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onions, turkey ham and hard boiled eggs. All shit I can prepare easily, not care about same day spoilage and can just grab a handful and munch on in between work.
- Door gym
challenge. I have 2 door gyms in my house, 1 leading into my basement mancave and one on my bedroom door. I am not allowed to walk through either doorway before cracking out at least 5 pull ups and always try to beat my previous days best. (I can do just about 7 from a dead weight, full arm extension now, which is impressive for my long ass arms and body)
- Boredom
burpees. Watching a football/hockey game? Watching shows with the waifu? When a commercial/period change comes on, instead of meandering to the fridge to boredom snack on bullshit, crack out several 60 second intervals of
burpees 60 seconds straight, 60 seconds cool down, 60 seconds straight again, and so on, until you can't do anymore. Even one set is better than... not one set.
-walking/jogging on
breaks at work. Simply put and 'nuff said. I have a giant parkinglot and forest behind my work, I just walk around it and do random 'not sitting' activities as often as possible through my workday.
When I am in one of my non-working out periods, these are the base rules I try to stick to, for staying at least in moderate shape and good health.
Right now the holidays have kicked my ass but good. Time to get back on track and not because new years, I hate that resolutions crap. Do shit for yourself on your terms, not some fake pop culture peer pressure movement... you'll never stick to it that way.
Cheers!
