I’ve just got the new issue of Muscle & Fitness. Ben Wallace is on the cover. He is my kind of guy – a hardworking basketball player who hustles on every single play.
Ben born in a poor family. He is the tenth son of 11 children. He worked his way up to became an All-State honor in football, basketball and baseball. However, there were no love for him after that. He is undersize for a center (6’9”, 240 pounds) but not skillful enough to play other position. He started at a small college because no one offered him scholarship. He went undrafted and got traded to other team twice.
However, Big Ben didn’t give up. After 8 years of hard work, he became two times defensive player of the years and won one championship. He recent got a big paycheck by sign with the Chicago Bulls as a free agent.
Ben is such a gym rat. He works out before and after the game. His best bench press is 460 pound. Here is a video of Big Ben.
Another interesting article in this issue is about Ryan Beloy. He is a general manger of an ice cream store. He is slightly over weight and wants to loss some pound. He did exactly what I did, set up a vblog about his diet. He lost 27 pound (186 -> 159) and his drop 9% of body fat.
He is 50 pound lighter than me when he started. I am motivated by him because he follows his goal. Also I found some similarity between us (Asian, worked in an ice cream store). I hope I will be show off on Muscle and Fitness like him one day
I can see you are truly working on getting fit and lean. You are seeing the value of the motto ‘Do not ever give up!’
A friend of mine went from 26% body fat to being nearly unmeasurable (as by 9-site calipers) within 6 months of ultra-dedicated lift and diet (no drugs or steroids, etc.)
You must always believe in yourself! One thing I do suggest though is you have referred to yourself as a “fattie”. The problem is you’re reinforcing an image of yourself as “always going to be fat”.
The mental image really needs to “jump” to who you are heading towards being before you can arrive there, or else you run a very real risk of self-sabotage because your subconsious freaks out when you start to move too far away from this image you’ve built up.