Back in 2023, I was telling myself the same excuses week in, week out. I’d start a fat loss phase, work would get busy, and I’d tell myself it wasn’t the right time. A few weekends of going out, getting drunk, not resting properly… and I’d stop. The scales weren’t moving. I wasn’t seeing results. So what was the point? One night, after a few drinks, I told my mates I was going to get shredded and he laughed. “Man, you say this all the time.” And he was right. That year, I stopped negotiating wit