Here’s What Mateus Told Us About His Journey:
When I started out, I was super skinny. So I joined a gym and started watching Youtube videos as many people do.
I saw some positive changes for the first six months, but then it just stopped. The pandemic hit, and I started gaining weight. I was going to the gym and I would kill myself that trying to lift the heavy weights and everything, but I didn't see any changes. I got stuck. I went up to 263 pounds. After two years of working hard consistently, I wasn't able to change at all. But one day I remember I was looking at myself in the mirror and I was like, okay, I'm really bad.
Here’s Where Everything Changed…
I needed to do something about it. So I was like, I'm gonna give it a try. I bought the BWS Intermediate Shred Program. I was in the middle of moving to another state so it took me a bit to actually get started.
Once I started, I followed it. I was following everything that was in the program. Eating the amount of calories and just sticking to the program. And that's what I did for four months.
I would just take pictures and I could see from my face, like into my chest that I was already changing. I think within the third month that you see your yourself all the time in the mirror, you sometimes don't realize how much you're changing. But my friends were telling me like, what are you doing? Are you taking something because you look different.
My confidence has grown. Before I used to make sure that my belly wasn't stuck on my T-shirt all the time. It became something unconscious because I would do it all the time. So I stopped doing that. I wouldn't take my shirt if I went to the beach.
I believe that the program gives you a path to follow. You go to the gym and you feel stupid, you know? And especially if you're overweight the way I was you get discouraged to train because you get self-conscious and you think that people are looking at you and saying, oh, this guy doesn't know what he's doing. I started to be and feel more confident of going to the gym and working out because I actually knew what I was doing.
Then This Happened...
The gym is where I met the love of my life. We've been together almost for two years now. I wouldn't have met her if I didn't change because I wasn't confident. I had met her before when I was chubby, but I would look at myself and say, I don't deserve this girl. No, she's too much for me.
One year later I felt confident to talk to her without having the feeling of being rejected.
One of the main things that I would like to thank you for is designing the program and making it in a way that is very easy to follow and understand, and also for being helpful because you are always there on the Facebook group answering questions and the community is very supportive as well. Whenever you post and you have a doubt, they answer you quick. They're cheering you up so you don't fear yourself. You don't.
I feel that working out is a very lonely thing to do because you have to go by yourself and put in the work. But when you have the community that is helping you and cheering for you when you're making progress, it makes it easier.
Well done Mateus! You're an inspiration to us all! Keep on pushing!
Best,
Jeremy & The Built With Science Team
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