I’m going to tell you the diet I first used to get into shape whenever I was 20. By luck, I done some things right. My diet worked, my training worked, and my supplementation worked.
I trained for approximately 4 months back then. I lost the photo years ago whenever I deleted my old Instagram but I was in shape, with visible abs. The diet I followed included 3 meals a day:
- Breakfast – porridge with frozen berries
- Lunch – 4 boiled eggs with butter, salt and one soda farl
- Dinner – Brown penne pasta with sauce and tuna
I followed this diet strictly for 4 months and it was easy for me mainly because I was super motivated from taking an antidepressant. And to be honest, without that antidepressant, I never would have got in shape.
I don’t recommend taking antidepressants because it can lead to mental illness and other side effects, like reduced libido. But it definitely helped me at that time in my life.
Like I said, I don’t have the photo of me in shape from back then but just trust that I was. I was lean and mean. And I felt absolutely amazing.
I went out to a bar with a friend from rugby one night and this hot blonde was all over me. I wore a tight black top – one of my favourite things to wear, and I looked badass. So trust me, getting into shape is definitely worth it.
The diet above is great because it leads to body recomposition – essentially, losing fat and building muscle at the same time.
Which is entirely possible. You don’t only need to bulk or cut; you can do both at the same time, as long as you aren’t creating too great a calorie deficit (otherwise you will lose muscle as well as fat).
You can take my oldschool diet and edit it or adjust it to suit your own needs. For example, now in the morning I just have a banana and coffee instead of porridge and berries, and I’m using regular penne pasta instead of brown. But it is similar.
People say the most important thing about training is dieting correctly, but I also trained correctly. I mainly used free weights to get into shape, and didn’t use a machine that much.
Now I am 33 and went the gym for the past 5 months. However, I used the machine for my chest the entire time. The result? My chest has barely grown.
So in addition to following a healthy diet that creates a slight calorie deficit, you need to actually train correctly as well to build muscle.
Feel free to adjust my oldschool diet to suit yourself as need be.
Until next time,
-Aaron
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