this is a long story but i need support

[njlocal81]

okay well here it goes. i used to be very into weightlifting and was very happy with my body. i was about 135lbs at 5'9, very skinny. i ate a whole lot and lifted heavy. long story short in about 9 months i went up to 155lbs. my diet wasnt strict but my body looked like it was. i had pretty nice muscles with a very cut look but i was eating kind of dirty to gain weight. i messed around with some dbol [at the time i wasnt informed about juice like i am now] and in about 5 weeks i went up to about 165lbs. i looked friggen great. i had like a four pack almost a 6 and big muscles. i should mention i never wanted to be huge so this was perfect for me. than after this i was all natural and gained about another 5 lbs which looked great on me. than some personal things i went threw put me in a depression. i let myself go. i stopped lifting. started over eating. i weighed 210 all fat. without even trying hard just stopped eating like a pig i shot down to 170lbs. i think it was because my body was never meant to be overweight. i know im giving you a big story but this is where im getting at...in about a month of lifting ill reach my desires. but this time around i have a pot belly to worry about. what would you do if you were me? im not looking for a huge body or a six pack i just simply want a flat stomach back while gaining back my nice little muscles that come so easy from just lifting heavy? sorry this was so long and thank you

[learnerdriver]

Lol yeah was pretty long, sounds like your doing ok. The biggest thing is motivation that goes up and down for everyone but it's just fighting through the down periods. Set a goal and understand that maintanence of that goal is needed. Other than that head over to the diet section and read a lot on carb cycling. 3/1 based system is normal, this means 3 days low carbs 50g/100g, then 1 day where you load up on carbs to keep yourself going maybe 300/400g. It all just takes time but you will reach your goals if you push hard. Oh and while carb cycling you need to increase your proteins and good fats to make up the callorie deficit.

[bene7422]

Diet and cardio man