How a 27-year-old lost 34kg in just 10 months without ever setting foot in a gym, and the ‘non-negotiable’ rule that was key to his success
- Australian TikTokker Myke Jay shared how he lost 34kg in 10 months
- The 27-year-old set a goal in November 2020 to exercise every day.
- In just four months, he lost 30 kg through high-intensity interval training (HIIT)
- Myke is proud of what he has achieved and now wears a size medium
<!–
<!–
<!– <!–
<!–
<!–
<!–
A young Australian shared how he lost 34kg in 10 months and completely changed his lifestyle without going to the gym.
In July 2020, Myke Jay recalls tipping the scales at 124kg, but stopped weighing himself because he “hated how it looked”.
Four months later, in November, the 27-year-old knew something needed to change and set a goal for himself.
“Every morning, seven days a week, I did a 30-minute HIIT (high-intensity interval training) workout, non-negotiable,” Myke of Brisbanesaid in a TikTok video.
‘Even if I felt bad, I had to do it.’
scroll down for video
Myke Jay (pictured) shared a video with thousands on TikTok about how he lost 34kg in 10 months
In November 2020, he decided to make a change and set a goal of training every day for 30 minutes. At the beginning of his weight loss journey (left), Myke tipped the scales at 124kg and stopped weighing himself.
After a month of doing HIIT workouts every day (high intensity interval training) he lost 11 kg. By April 1, just five months later, Myke had lost 30kg and gone from a size 3XL to a size Medium.
In the video, Myke shared a snapshot of a workout completed on November 15 where he burned 428 calories in 29 minutes.
“Doing that every day and limiting the amount of sugars and things that I had, I lost almost 11 kg in a month,” he said.
The following month the weight seemed to “come off” as he lost 16.7kg and as of March 2021 he had lost 29.4kg.
By April 1, just five months later, Myke had lost 30kg and gone from a size 3XL to a size Medium.
Myke also changed his mindset about food by not thinking of food as ‘good’ or ‘bad’. He kept the weight off by understanding self-control when it comes to eating.
Myke’s HIIT workouts also consisted of 45 seconds of exercise followed by a 15-second rest for 30 minutes.
“In early 2021, I started walking for about an hour alone or with a friend,” he said, adding, “But the way I looked at food really changed.”
Myke explained how he stopped ‘demonizing food’ as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead accepted that ‘everything is food’.
“You just decide what you put in your body and how much you put in there,” he said.
“What a lot of people don’t talk about is that the self-control part is why people lose weight, because instead of having two familiar blocks of chocolate, you would have a king-size bar.
‘And THAT’S how I kept him away.’
The inspirational TikTokker said during the weight loss journey that he was still ‘living life’ and always ‘had a balance’.
“The most important part is finding what works for you, go at your own pace and don’t do it for a guy, we’re doing it for ourselves,” he said.
In just 48 hours, the video was viewed more than 153,000 times and received more than 19,000 likes.
Myke’s HIIT workouts also consisted of 45 seconds of exercise followed by a 15-second rest for 30 minutes.
Exercises included knee touches, jumping jacks, jump squats, resistance band bicep curls, skull crusher, side lunges, dumbbell lunges and sit-ups.
.
