This is not a professional blog, in this blog, I’m just sharing with you the concept of wanting something enough.
Let’s start with my journey, 5 years back I began to look into fitness stuff and I got fascinated with the fact that how much someone changes the way they look if they are at a low enough body while maintaining decent muscle mass.
In the beginning, I didn’t know what to do, I mean what actions I needed to take to achieve a particular look.
I spent endless hours on YouTube, searching how much protein should I eat, which are the best exercises and everything that came into my mind related to fitness, why?
To learn so I can apply the information and get what I want, but I didn’t get the right information for FREE that is easily available on the Internet. Duhhhh!!
As you know if you want to learn something from the internet without the assurance of guaranteed results, it just feels like a waste of time.
Because all you can do is try, apply, fail and repeat, till you witness what works and what doesn’t
After 1 to 1.5 years of watching videos and reading blogs and at the same time applying what I read or heard. I got some information which delivers results. For example the optimal amount of everyday protein consumption or the calorie intake for a particular body composition or what role do carbs and healthy fats play in optimal testosterone production
When I was ready to go, I meant to apply that knowledge, but I didn’t have the financial strength to fulfil my dietary needs. Before diving any deeper I confess that I was a privileged kid with a decent financial background, along with that I had the egotistical mindset that I wouldn’t work small low-skilled labour jobs for money.
My parents had and have a strong belief in not consuming non-veg food, so I was not allowed to either cook or eat chicken or other meats.
So I was left with the cheapest possible options available in the market. For example: for about 2 years initially, I consumed peanut butter, oats, milk, soya (a lot of soya) and other cheapest possible protein-rich foods.
Which I later found out, they are shit, in terms of protein. Now when I realise the kind the protein that is good quality comes from animal-based sources. Examples: Meats, Dairy and poultry. And all this stuff was costly for an unemployed college student.
For a long time, I consumed these foods in less quantity to get as much protein as I could get and I used to eat chicken sometimes a month.
Then after 1 year of doing all this, I realised this won’t work for long because I was able to get 60g protein at max. Then I dropped out of college to get a low-skilled job with minimum pay mandated by the govt.
After getting an Rs. 10k salary in most jobs, I was able to sustain my protein intake.
But it was costly, for example, cooked chicken at a grocery shop was Rs. 170 (250 grams) which has 77g of protein in it and I needed to get 150g of protein every day for my bodyweight. So you can do the math and see in order to get 150g of protein every day for 30 days it will cost me more than Rs. 10k.
If I consumed it from eggs which I eventually tried and ate 25 eggs every day to get 150g of protein because 1 egg contains 6g protein and costs Rs. 8, it cost me Rs.6000 per month which was fine but when you eat 25 whole eggs every day you don’t have room for anything else and had reduced carbs eventually because, when you have fewer carbs in your body you hold less water and release it through urine and sweat and water contains minerals especially electrolytes and if they are deficient in the body it causes cramps (SERIOUS CRAMPS). I’ve had them for 3 months that’s why I put those words in capital.
I carried a 1-litre bottle of water with 5-6 pct of electrolyte powder in my bag when I went to work.
After 3 months I had to give up on that too, you might be wondering why I did so many things but did not try to convince my parents they could allow me to cook meat and consume it at home.
Because they have strong beliefs and they’ll happily lose a son before losing their strong beliefs
And till this day I’m not allowed to eat. I just consume whenever they’re not at home. And yeah I’ve completely ruined my relationship with my family for protein needs.
And now you might think is this supposed to be an inspirational story?
Not, that I was a fool since the beginning and should have realised that changing people’s strong, hard beliefs is stupid. I should have worked and started living separately.
But the main thing I want you to learn from this is the desire for something so strong that everything and everyone who comes in between is an obstacle and that’s what is required to get something you want
To this day, it is a fight for me every day to get my protein(by protein I mean meats because meats bought from butcher shops are far much cheaper) while getting taunted and shamed by my family.
And when I see most people in the gym with their stupid excuses like “I don’t like to eat protein, I like to eat tasty food” or some other bullshit like this. At the same time, they want similar results as someone who is working( working means eating food every day like a job). I just think these people just don’t want the physique enough + they’re mentally weak. Because I did everything in my power to at least try
If anyone reads this blog who does not live in India and is not from a Hindu family, he wouldn’t understand many things because of vast differences in culture, religion and beliefs.
Also, I want you people to know that this story is not about a good guy or a bad guy. I respect my parents a lot, especially for standing up for their own beliefs. This story is about how their beliefs were an obstacle in my way to achieving my goals. And how one should be willing to sacrifice everything for example: relationships, friends and fun to achieve certain goals.
I also learned the power of beliefs, and that’s why the discussion about topics like religion is very sensitive because most people just don’t believe things, they become what they believe and if you attack their beliefs they’ll attack back or at least defend them.
