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[pocketens]

Hey gang, just signed up for the site, looks like something that might be able to get me back where I want to be. 

 

I was actually doing a fantastic (maybe overly so) job of hitting the gym, around 5-6 times a week, and really sticking to a good diet plan, using intermittent fasting. Overall I lost around 20 lbs over the course of the year, and was about 10 lbs away from getting visible abs.

 

THEN WORK GETS IN THE WAY. I am currently the Kitchen Manager of a restaurant, and have had significant staffing troubles, My AKM quit, (twice), been short staffed with other sections of the restaurant as long as I can remember, which led me to abandon the working out almost entirely, and say F-it to my diet. I have gained back all the weight plus more. I am currently at my heaviest 5;10", 205.Not good.

 

So I'm hoping that I can get some inspiration from you all, and the site to get me back where I want to be. I just started (today) 5x5, which seems...too simple, so any thoughts on that would help!

[Laureleye]

I do mostly body weight, so I'm no help with the 5x5.  You may want to post a question in the Help me build a workout forum.  Hope you have fun here.

[Chris-Tien Jinn]

Stick with it.  Its simplicity is pure genius, especially if you have little time to devote on a consistent basis.