Newsletter # 1: How I plan on losing 50 lbs.
Get jacked or die. That is a good motto to live by. Since High School, I have wanted a six-pack. But clean eating has always been hard for me. It’s hard for most Americans. 74% of the American adults are overweight. 43% of American adults are obese. It is projected that by the 2030s that 50% of American adults will become obese. America is losing the obesity war. I can’t change America, but I can change myself. That is why I plan on losing 50 lbs over the next year.
I live something called the Bathmate Lifestyle. My mentor, GLL, taught me this lifestyle. It is the lifestyle I hope can carry me to a 50 lbs loss. The main focus of this lifestyle is to lift weights at the gym, penis pump with the bathmate, and talk to girls. You build discipline and your body. Along the way, you might find someone to build a relationship with. It’s not a bad journey, and it is one I wish to take.
I remember having a conversation with a very attractive blond who had a six-pack. She made the claim that she would only have sex with guys who also had a six-pack. I don’t know if that is true or not, but I remember her justification. She said, “I wouldn’t have sex with a fat person. Why should a person have sex with a fat me?” There is a maturity to that. I would have worded her justification like this, “You can’t expect the best without being your best.” We are not owed anything. And it takes more work to get what we want. In fact, I have something I call the 70% rule.
If you want to 100% of the reward, you need to do 30% more work than what is required. Otherwise, you only get 70% of what you want.
If I want to lose 50 lbs, I need to do the work that would lose me 72 lbs.
If I want 100 lays, I need to do the work that would get me 143 lays.
If I want $1,000,000.00. I need to do the work that would get me $1,430,000.
This idea comes from an interview I watched. The interviewee said we only burn about 70% of the calories we think we do. So if you planned your workout to burn 200 calories, it would only burn 140. This gave me the idea that we need to do 30% more work. Alex Hormozi has a similar idea of working 12 hour days for 30 days straight. If the average work day is 8 hours, and you did 30% more work, that would be 11.4 hours a day. That is not that far off Alex’s suggestion.
If I want to hit my goal, I’ll need to do 30% more work. Let me discuss my current workout routine.
Sunday
Bathmate session
Swimming—10 laps.
Monday
Weight lifting
Tuesday
Bathmate session
Swimming—10 laps
Wednesday
Weight lifting
Thursday
Bathmate session
Swimming—10 laps.
Friday
Weight lifting
Saturday
Bathmate session
Swimming—10 laps
Salsa Dancing.
Workout Cycle
Back & Leg day
Chest & Bicep day
Leg & Back day
Shoulder, chest, and tricep day
Rest day
The whole workout cycle takes 10-12 days to complete. On the rest day, I look at my old weight vs new weight. I also look at my old lifts vs new lifts and think of ways to improve in the new cycle. I’m not saying this is the best workout routine. I’m saying that this is a workout routine I can stick to. Having already done 4 cycles, I’ve seen progress in my lifts. For the extra 30%, I’m considering taking up boxing. If I do, it will be on my weight lifting days.
Eating clean has been difficult for me. I love fried foods and bakery goods. I love pizza puffs. I love onion rings. I love mozzarella sticks. I love cakes. I love donuts. I love cookies. And I love pies. I struggle to resist these items. If it has a flaky crust to it, I will eat it. This is why I’ve been preparing a lot more meals at home. I’m in a controlled environment where I don’t have access to these items.
While it has improved, I don’t have full control of my eating. Currently, I’m trying to master these three factors of my diet.
1. Getting 8-9 hours of sleep.
2. Drinking 100 oz. Of water per day.
3. Eating 180 grams of protein per day.
I’ve been successful in hitting these daily targets. Now, I am working on eating in a daily caloric deficit. I’d like to have this aspect down by March. From March to May, I going to pursue an aggressive weight cut. I need discipline with my eating. I have goals to make sure I’m progressing in the right direction.
My current weight is 245 lbs. I am down 3.1 lbs from my last workout cycle.
By January 1st, I’d like to be 242 lbs.
By March 1st, I’d like to be 236lbs.
Being 236 lbs by March 1st would put me in a good position for my Spring weight cut. These are not outlandish goals. I need to stick to good daily habits.
To conclude, I want to leave a message for anyone reading this. Alex Hormozi has been begging people to do more documentation and less teaching. I want to answer that call. I want to document my progress with these newsletters. Just as Good Looking Loser left behind something for my generation, I’d like to follow in the same path. If one person’s life is changed for the better by what I write, it will have all been worth it.
If you have anything to say or ask, please leave a comment.
May good fortune find you,
—O.J. Butterfield
