I was embarrassing wrong about fat-loss, nutrition & getting in shape…
[Photo: flight to Philippines 2016 to compete in natural bodybuilding]
In 2013, I started working out more, it was my escape from the stress and pressure of working in a startup company…
Spent hours on YouTube, websites and forums comparing supplements and looking for the best training trick/shortcut...
And when I hired a coach to help me compete, I thought I ‘knew everything’.
Truth was, I only knew how to follow a 'strict' meal plan, put food on a scale and eat it…
And eagerly await my next meal as the clock seemingly ticked slower and slower.
After competing I saw many amazing competitors who gained so much body-fat fast! They looked like a different person.
I thought it was all about ‘food’... Like the only way to lose body-fat was only eat sweet potato or brown rice…
Because bread, pasta, white potato and white rice would "make me fat"…
I had to eat steamed chicken breast or lean beef... because if I ate fatty meat or cooked with oil, I would get fat…
And I could only some nuts or avocado, otherwise, it was unhealthy and I would get fat.
Turns out I was dead wrong… and I had no idea about how the metabolism works.
Doing super-restricted 'dieting' makes the metabolism adapt to that level...
Like a car going from 8 cylinders… to 6 cylinders… to 4 cylinders (without turbo).
Hence, after the comps, people blow up their body-fat and weight within a few weeks (some even getting eating disorders ?? )
Once I understood the metabolism, I was able to slowly ramp it back up while eating a variety of food…
I quit the boiled chicken and broccoli and couldn't stomach any more brown rice or sweet potato…
And I started eating foods I enjoy to hit my targets based on where my metabolism was at and exercise I do...
Foods like white rice and potato, thick and fatty scotch fillet steaks (Rib-eye for my US pals), cooking with oil ?? and a daily dessert...
And I've sat around 13% body-fat ever since competing in 2016… (e.g. flat belly, some ab outlines, fit body look)
Without my body-fat going up and down like a yo-yo.
Only 6 years ago, I thought that eating super-strict lean and clean eating was the only way to lose body-fat and stay lean…
But I was dead wrong.
If you can align your metabolism with your goals and lifestyle…
You’ll never need to ‘diet’ to achieve and maintain a lean, fit healthy body for the long term.
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