So I’m new here and the abundance of info has my head swimming a little. I have so many questions. I found some of the Peat principles after burning my body out with intense CrossFit, morning fasting, and low carb dieting. Despite eating low carb, landscaping 8 hours a day, going all out at CrossFit, and eating low carb, I could not lose weight. I’ve been very frustrated because of this to the point of telling my wife I’m going to workout harder and beat my body into submission. None of this has worked and only made me sick.
I guess my question is an old, tired one, but I’ll ask it anyway. How much is genetic? The reason I ask is because my brother-in-law literally looks like a chiseled statue and always has. He has a very stressful job and eats constant PUFA and cheap junk food. He’s in mid-30s. Not overly active at all. Comparison is not healthy, I get that, but a little piece of me can’t understand how I could do all these things to get fit and they didn’t work. I chalk it up to genetics, which makes me question if I’ll EVER be slim. Is it all the cortisol? Or is it genetics? A little of both? Are we all naturally lean if everything lines up perfectly, but due to modern life things are more unlikely to line up, so more of us are fat?
Sorry if this has been asked multiple times. I just find it difficult to come to terms with going as hard as I did and still being overweight. I could not work out any harder.
I guess my question is an old, tired one, but I’ll ask it anyway. How much is genetic? The reason I ask is because my brother-in-law literally looks like a chiseled statue and always has. He has a very stressful job and eats constant PUFA and cheap junk food. He’s in mid-30s. Not overly active at all. Comparison is not healthy, I get that, but a little piece of me can’t understand how I could do all these things to get fit and they didn’t work. I chalk it up to genetics, which makes me question if I’ll EVER be slim. Is it all the cortisol? Or is it genetics? A little of both? Are we all naturally lean if everything lines up perfectly, but due to modern life things are more unlikely to line up, so more of us are fat?
Sorry if this has been asked multiple times. I just find it difficult to come to terms with going as hard as I did and still being overweight. I could not work out any harder.