TweetDamn, I was just sitting here thinking the same thing before you started this thread...Its like when I'm on, I eat right,train right,sleep,etc...but the minute after pct I start to skip the gym one night, then another, then start eating junk food and then I'm worse than I was to begin with....damn its hard.

Tweetthink that u wanna be some1, i mean that u wanna be better then the pthr person and stay on top of him, i have 1 bodybuilder is driving me crazy and wanna catch, i k now in reality got no money to spend on AAS, but will try my best to catch up and on the other hand, girlzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Tweetgirls are good motivation but my baby loves me when I'm pudgy too.

Tweetcool:p

TweetSometimes it's just plain tough. For me, I'm like saturn, it's all about habit. If I'm in a groove, where my diet is keyed in, then I'm cool. It's when I get a bit lackadaisical, that I find it tough to re-adjust.

Bottom line - I accept that some days will be better/easier than others, and that as long as the big picture looks good, I'm doing ok.

That said, I didn't really answer your question. Ya know what gets me going? It's kind of narcissistic, but, I feel great when someone looks at me and says, "holy fuck, you're 40?"

TweetI did great for close to 18n straight months. Abs were full and in . . . everything great, best shape of my life and poised to make new gains. Then I started drinking a little much and then I got my wife prego! Well I nixed the booze late last year and then started eating like crap! Man . . .now I am trying to really curb it but it seems like my body just wants the extra carbs! I dislocated my shoulder 10 weeks ago and left the gym behind for the whole bit. Went back after it last week and man I kicking myself for the layoff. I still look okay but the lower abs are hiding from me. That sux after having the package together.
Anyway . . .you all have been very motivating to me recently and i appreciate it. Specially DG and blinks avatars . . .geez dudes . . . that's enugh for me to get motivated.

Tweetby the way . . .before anybody gets carried away . . the comments I made regarding blink and DG were purely platonic as in no homo crap! Okay . . ??? Cool!

Tweetread stories of athleates, succesfull ones
positive toughts just when i wake up
I say to myself constantly that I am what I am supposed to be: an elite atl.
keep balance in all aspects of my life, from music, to relationships.
hope this helps

TweetTry to change things around at the gym. Try to fillup on things that are better for you and yes girls, even if they are yours like a well developed man, even if they like you still if pudgy lol. Also i find it helps to do something for yourself, buy some clothes, get haircut, grow gotee, anything to keep yourslelf new and refreshed. Become cardio junkie.

Tweetwww.animalpak.com read the stories over there, pumps my ass up. Even when im not pumping it up with gear.

TweetHuh, I heard of that. Are those paks any good?

TweetThanks for all the feedback. I'm planning on hitting it strict again starting aug 1st. I'm going to make sure I don't buy the shit when we go grocery shopping so that it's not in the house to tempt me. I must remember that nothing tastes as good as thin feels!

TweetYou just said the biggest part of it!! Having junk food in the house always killed me....I have always gotten junk from the store, if you see it everytime you reach for your protein powder, its like saying....."ohh...I'll eat you when I'm off cycle" I dont buy any junk now, my women hates it, but its my body.

Motivation is all in the head...everyone when coming off will expereince some sort of withdrawl. I lighten my workouts, eat properly, and read magazines with lots of pictures of guys twice my size......