I didn't say getting a 6-pack was impossible, just unrealistic, given that I still had a paunch at 7% body fat, a good diet, and an active lifestyle.
Medical doctors (plural) advised me of what it would take.
It is 100% wrong.
I did want to be rid of my paunch. As stated, MDs advised me I had 2 choices: a pro athlete level diet & exercise regimen or surgery.
Given that I was already @20 years old, adopting a pro athlete lifestyle would not have left me time to do anything else. That would have meant I would need to find employment that needed that kind of fitness...which is pretty much being a pro athlete.
But by that age, I was already well behind the curve of training that it would take to succeed as a pro athlete, even in the sports I participated in. Ditto the networking required to get an opportunity. IOW, my odds of supporting myself had I opted for the 6-pack abs via lifestyle change as opposed to surgery were, essentially, nil.
So again, you're arguing practicality, which is fine. That's not what I'm arguing. If you want to say that you didn't have the time to workout at the level required that's fine. I readily accept that you didn't have the time for a pro-athlete level workout regimen and law school. Happy now?
Therefore, my original statement stands: achieving a 6 pack at that time was unreasonable.
Very well, for you, I will amend my statement. You wanted to go to school, study, and become a successful lawyer
more than you wanted to workout at the level required to show off your abs.
Achieving a six pack at the time wasn't unreasonable, it just wasn't what you wanted. I'm sure some people might see the amount of money that it takes to pay for law school, and the amount of time required to do well in law school and pass your boards to be just as extreme as you see having to train at a pro-athlete level to get a six pack. It was a choice you had. You chose law school.