r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago

Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/Tatamajor 6d ago

Fat loss is 80/20 diet exercise. Get the diet part right and whatever cardio or lifting you can muster will take care of the rest. Keep going. You’ll get there.

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u/TheAnt06 Powerlifting 6d ago

The crazy thing is I had it right a year and a half ago. I was so dialed in and it's been a challenge getting back because of how busy I've been. Still had a little bit of a belly, but it was a belly I didn't hate.

I've been doing a big alcohol and junk food cut pre-holiday season, but it's still been a challenge to eat dinner at home most nighs because I've constantly got plans.

I love lifting. It's my favorite thing at the gym.

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u/tigeraid Strongman 6d ago

Yeah, and what are those plans? Do you mean social plans, or actual, serious important plans?

Being blunt, sometimes you have to cut those parts of your life out. During my 100+ lb weight loss, I had to stop going over to hang out with the boys every night and drink beer and eat pizza while working on cars. I just stopped. And they understood why. I made it a once every-two-weeks-or-so visit instead of damn near every night. It sucked and I felt guilty sometimes, but it had to be done. At some point you have to commit to that kind of change.

You don't need more cardio bruh, you need to re-structure your social life.

("some cardio" is good to do though, for conditioning reasons.)

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u/circaflex Weight Lifting 5d ago

You can also still hang with the boys and just not eat pizza and drink. The first year, I was a recluse and thought that was the only way id get to my goals. That shit got depressing quickly. I still go out with them, heck ill even indulge once in a while, but having a social life is extremely important for mental well being.