The Diet and Workout That Helped Me Lose 30 Pounds in 3 Months

The Diet and Workout That Helped Me Lose 30 Pounds in 3 Months - Men's Health Men's Health

Cal Moores, a 27-year-old graphic designer from the UK, shares his 12-week transformation story.

I’ve always been into fitness and going to the gym, but I lacked the commitment and discipline to follow a diet and workout plan. This, along with my lack of gym knowledge, led me to doing the usual crash diets and sporadic workouts that obviously never led to any real results.

I realised I wanted to make a change after the summer of 2021, as I’d been heavily involved in going out and socialising whilst watching England play in the Euros. It was the biggest I’d ever been, and it came from a lack of exercising and overindulging with junk food and alcohol. The weight gain seemed to happen without me even realizing. I knew I was letting my body get out of shape and it was knocking my confidence.

I’m very active, I play football around five times a week, so you’d just assume I’d be in great shape and would be fit. That wasn’t the case for a long time as my diet was poor, and I was drinking a lot on the weekends, which really reflected on my body. I would feel so embarrassed getting changed after games; I think I’ve always subconsciously thought my teammates and people in the changing rooms would be expecting me to be in great shape when getting changed, when in reality I’d be hiding all this extra weight and not wanting anyone to know.

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