They say that a bodybuilder's best friend is knowledge. knowledge knowledge and more knowledge, i mean you seriously cant have read enough and watched enough. Im far from where I wanna be. Im just 80.5 KG now. well. no juice so wait lorrrrr
And your greatest enemy - temptation. temptation to skip that next meal, or throw away the bottom bit of tuna in the can. temptation to give in to laziness to mix that last whey shake for the day at 1 AM. Temptation to throw away the five eggs that are tasteless and hard and yelllllloowww. I tell you, there have been so many times ive to force myself NOT to puke. bleagh. Temptation not to eat more no matter how much you know you need another 2000 cals.
Temptation even with the iron, to skip the last rep or to cheat on it. Or to stick to the same weight for three weeks and not to budge the reps. Heck, even the temptation to go light and stoke up the reps to get the 'pumped' look albeit for awhile. Temptation to add another plate and sacrifice form just to 'look good' (ironic.)
The temptation even strikes before, finding excuses to skip the days' work out, was my throat feeling sore in the morning? Temptation not to go for the work out citing pointless excuses that convince yourself. NOT. The lifestyle changes that kinda pinch you now. the sacrificed late nights.
No more alcohol. Its been more than a month since i had a drink, and i dont miss the drinks at all. I just miss that special 'connection' when you're drinking with your friends. the parties, late night proch sessions, drinking games, oh man. Sometimes the tempation comes as a lil thought creepin up saying ' so what if those androgens go over to the E-side' or ' so what if the protein synthesis is inhibited an stops completely for a day'. sigh..
Its not easy man. Not at all. But hey...im doing good man. at least on hindsight, nonetheless. And the greatest support i have right now, my parents. Cuz they buy me whey. and there's no whey i can afford whey on the miserable scraps the air force hands out. not when a quarter goes to the behemoths anyways.
but its worth it. because you cant argue with strength. and greatness never came to men who took the easy route.