What keeps you going ?

My coworker is 26. Hes probably 5'7 at least 280. Just had to go to the doctor becauae his liver enzymes are high. They said its because of his weight. Just lazy man. He would rather eat pizza, drink mountain dew, and play video games. Working out is "hard" and so is eating right because "there isnt enough variety". He doesnt see a problem with it now, so it doesnt concern him. Hopefully this liver thing would kick him into a better place.
This is exactly what happened with my Dad and he had five blocked arteries. After open heart surgery and everything going well, he didn't change anything and now like 3ish years later he's having the same issues again. They told him if he didn't change his diet it's just going to come back. If you bring it up to him now he just shrugs.

I've seen people come down with a somewhat minor health issue and it sends them into overdrive to correct it and their entire lives change. I wish I saw it more though. Some people just don't seem to care. I don't get it.
 
what’s going on guys I’m having some serious trouble lately and figured I’d call upon you guys for advice / suggestions . I was in love with lifting and the diet and the entire lifestyle of being a “bodybuilder” for a while but then all of a sudden around late October I just started to fall off , around that time I got a new puppy who’s a serious hand full lol and I had to transfer to a new jobsite which always makes me anxious because I have to meet all new people and new bosses etc ( I’m an electrician) . So these two changes in my life did throw me a bit out of my comfort zone and I’ve continuously tried getting back to the gym and continuously try to stop ordering pizza every night but here I am fatter weaker and much less muscle telling myself “tomorrow’s the day I go back to it” basically I’ve hit an extreme low that’s depressed me greatly so I’m wondering what do
You guys do that I’m not doing to
Make yourselves keep going everyday to the gym and eat clean almost everyday and not stop going when you get anxious or life throws you a curve ball , because I really need some advice on this before I lose everything I worked hard to gain , already lost a lot of my gains

Sometimes life can get in the way of training and diet for sure. And you know what, that's fine.
I have the whole mindset of train as much as you can, eat as clean as you can, but at the same time, i don't compete, i don't make a living on the aesthetics of my body. I just like to look good naked and be alot more jacked than Mr.average.
I used to let the lifestyle run my life.... if i didnt train 6 days a week, i'd start to panic. Didn't get my protien in for the day, panic. Now i've come to terms that there's more to life for me then training, even though i still train 3,4,5 times a week. It took alot of mental strength to get there.
Don't know if this diatribe has helped, but it's ok to go though periods of not training, or not traing as frequently/ hard. But don't EVER forget the old adage " use it or loose it".
 
This is exactly what happened with my Dad and he had five blocked arteries. After open heart surgery and everything going well, he didn't change anything and now like 3ish years later he's having the same issues again. They told him if he didn't change his diet it's just going to come back. If you bring it up to him now he just shrugs.

I've seen people come down with a somewhat minor health issue and it sends them into overdrive to correct it and their entire lives change. I wish I saw it more though. Some people just don't seem to care. I don't get it.
Me neither man, but I am one those people that has pain anywhere and automatically think its cancer ha ha over sensitive to thinga happening in my body
 
Me neither man, but I am one those people that has pain anywhere and automatically think its cancer ha ha over sensitive to thinga happening in my body
Lol

**drops 25lb steel plate on left foot**

Damn, my foot hurts ..... I wonder if that was from the plate .... or if the plate caused the possible cancer in my foot to start hurting!?

**looks around concerned**
 
Thats right , listen to Icky - take every bad comment or insult thats been thrown at you and use that as a motivator . Think of the assholes that have put you down in life, now get your ass in the gym .
Thats your motivator !! o_O :mad::mad::mad: ~Ogh :D

I used to workout with a guy whose wife cheated on him , he asked me to bring up his cheating wife everytime he started slacking . All I had to say was "that cheating bitch" and away he would go , pounding the weights to failure . It was his motivator and it worked....;)
 
I used to workout with a guy whose wife cheated on him , he asked me to bring up his cheating wife everytime he started slacking . All I had to say was "that cheating bitch" and away he would go , pounding the weights to failure . It was his motivator and it worked....;)
I like how he wouldn't bring it up himself or just think about it. He specifically asked for you to blurt it out. That makes it even better lolol
 


And there's an Arnold video where he advises to smile after every heavy set. It helps a lot.
Now I do smile after a achieving good things at work. It helps a lot psychologically.
 
I used to workout with a guy whose wife cheated on him , he asked me to bring up his cheating wife everytime he started slacking . All I had to say was "that cheating bitch" and away he would go , pounding the weights to failure . It was his motivator and it worked....;)
WTF?
Chicks usually cheat WITH buffed buys, not ON buffed guys.
 
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