How I Transformed My Body in Lockdown

Life-changing results are possible with the right mentality.

A few weeks before the COVID-19 lockdown here in the UK (March 2020), I weighed 12 stone 7 pounds (79kg or 174 pounds). My body fat was at the 20% mark and I didn’t feel great about the way I looked. I had always flirted with diets and had some fleeting success through my twenties, but never anything which changed my life.

That was until lockdown gave me the ultimatum I was looking for.

I could see that homeworking and the difficult emotions of the pandemic were going to risk sending me into a tailspin — binge eating, drinking, and gaining a lot of weight. Binging is how I have traditionally dealt with difficulty; either by overeating comfort food or overusing alcohol to escape reality.

This left me with a choice. Do what you have always done and expect the same results or change the strategy? This time (and for the first time ever), I chose the latter.

Lockdown gave me an opportunity as it removed a lot of my regular lifestyle temptations such as going to the pub regularly with friends. That would normally consist of at least 5 pints, shots, and a takeaway. Looking back on it now, I’m amazed that my weight didn’t get a lot worse over the years after all that mistreatment.

I knew any change was also going to require a significant shift in mentality prioritising discipline and consistency over instant gratification and short-term thinking.

Putting it all together, here are the most significant changes I made to my lifestyle during lockdown which I believe influenced my results most.

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