I'm a 5'11, 24 year old male weighing 220. I have a fair amount of muscle mass, but a lot more fat than I'm comfortable with. I'm halfway or more to a dad bod. It's starting to move into my face as well. I've been at this weight for a year or more. I know what I have to do to lose the weight, how much and what foods I have to eat, the exercise I have to do. But I just don't seem to feel the motivation or the discipline I did when I was a teenager doing P90X for the first time. I just can't seem to get myself to care enough or muster up the discipline to reduce my food intake, or consume a lot less of certain foods, or to get myself to go do my workouts. I've been indulging too much in good beer, good whiskey, and good takeout food. I know how to cook but I'm lazy about cooking, I don't like spending a ton of time prepping and especially cleaning up. I'm too poor for a meal delivery service.
The only times when I feel the motivation are during pool days when I look at my much fitter friends and my reflection, and I'm not really happy with what I see.
I've fallen into some bad, lazy habits and I've become too addicted to short-term pleasure/gratification. I've been trying to just willpower my way out of this, but it only works for 1-3 days at a time and then I just say "fuck it, this reuben or this burger today won't hurt me, I'll make up for it tomorrow or the rest of this week." And then I say the same thing to myself a day or two later. I feel so far from my goal that I'm less and less motivated to try and put up with giving up or reducing the stuff I like, and deal with the discomfort of hunger.
What do I do to stop spinning my wheels and re-ignite the desire, the passion, that I once had for fitness and for trying to achieve my dream body?
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