Daniel Andrew
New member
Well I'm finally starting another diet.
I'll start off by letting you guys reading know a little about me. I'm 25 years old. I weigh somewhere between 310-340 (i hope). 6'1". I live in Michigan and have a great family and friends.
One of my advantages is i know exactly why i'm fat. I eat way too much food. If i goto fast food i'll eat a combo meal plus a second sandwich. I only eat twice a day and i eat very unhealthy food and a lot of it. I also dont exercise either.
I've always been the big guy since i was about 12. Before then i was skinny and very active, like most kids. By 7th grade I was about 200lbs. I wasnt the biggest in my class, and i was already pretty tall. Throughout high school i was about 230-260lbs. I was always one of the biggest in school. When i look back at pictures of me from graduation or the year or 2 around there, i didnt look that fat. But i always accepted that i was fat and felt fat so its weird when i look back and i wasnt that fat, maybe needed to lose 30lbs to look pretty good.
About 3 years after I graduated i decided i needed to go on a diet. I chose atkins. And it worked great. I went from about 270lbs to 230lbs in a couple months. People around me noticed I lost weight. My problem was that I didnt. I saw myself in the mirror every day and didnt notice much of a difference. I discouraged myself. I should have made a photo journal. I also didnt allow myself to cheat at all. And i didnt eat the so called 0g carb candy bars. I eventually started eating more and more carbs, and after about 6 months gained it all back. Then even more in the following years. 2 years ago i started going to the gym and working out with a friend who worked there. I actually got pretty good. I wasnt dieting, so i wasnt losing much weight but i was getting in much better shape. I weighed about 290lbs at this point. I started going to the gym about 4-5 times a week for 1-1 1/2 hours at a time. Doing the stair stepper and different muscles on different days with a lot of walking the track mixed in between exercises. Then I broke my ankle playing football and didnt do any exercise and never went back to the gym.
Now I'm starting to diet and exercise. Tomorrow is going to be the first day. I know i can stick on a diet, because i was die hard on atkins and wouldn't sneak even 1 chip. I dont think it will be very hard for me. And i think this diary will help me greatly. Along with that the pictures i will be taking of myself weekly will help. I am going to start tomorrow by taking a picture and getting my actual weight.(its tough to find a scale that goes about 300lbs, and until now i didnt want one around) I plan on taking weekly pictures.
What i'm cutting out of my diet:
Fast food - I eat there entirely too much. I need to start cooking my own food.
Soda - cutting it out completely, except 1 can of sugar free red bull a week.
Red meat - I like chicken the most anyway.
Sugar
Most breads - i'll have whole wheat here and there
more - the usuals
What is going to make it hard for me is a couple things. One is i dont like to waste food. I hate whenever i have something go old. This is going to get me at first since i still have a lot of unhealthy food in my fridge/cupboards. I have roommate who will eventually eat it though. But i think i'll be able to get over that. I also have one of my best friends that is going to be dieting with me as well. We see each other every day and usually eat together too.
Well, thats enough for today. I'll update tomorrow or the morning after.
I'll start off by letting you guys reading know a little about me. I'm 25 years old. I weigh somewhere between 310-340 (i hope). 6'1". I live in Michigan and have a great family and friends.
One of my advantages is i know exactly why i'm fat. I eat way too much food. If i goto fast food i'll eat a combo meal plus a second sandwich. I only eat twice a day and i eat very unhealthy food and a lot of it. I also dont exercise either.
I've always been the big guy since i was about 12. Before then i was skinny and very active, like most kids. By 7th grade I was about 200lbs. I wasnt the biggest in my class, and i was already pretty tall. Throughout high school i was about 230-260lbs. I was always one of the biggest in school. When i look back at pictures of me from graduation or the year or 2 around there, i didnt look that fat. But i always accepted that i was fat and felt fat so its weird when i look back and i wasnt that fat, maybe needed to lose 30lbs to look pretty good.
About 3 years after I graduated i decided i needed to go on a diet. I chose atkins. And it worked great. I went from about 270lbs to 230lbs in a couple months. People around me noticed I lost weight. My problem was that I didnt. I saw myself in the mirror every day and didnt notice much of a difference. I discouraged myself. I should have made a photo journal. I also didnt allow myself to cheat at all. And i didnt eat the so called 0g carb candy bars. I eventually started eating more and more carbs, and after about 6 months gained it all back. Then even more in the following years. 2 years ago i started going to the gym and working out with a friend who worked there. I actually got pretty good. I wasnt dieting, so i wasnt losing much weight but i was getting in much better shape. I weighed about 290lbs at this point. I started going to the gym about 4-5 times a week for 1-1 1/2 hours at a time. Doing the stair stepper and different muscles on different days with a lot of walking the track mixed in between exercises. Then I broke my ankle playing football and didnt do any exercise and never went back to the gym.
Now I'm starting to diet and exercise. Tomorrow is going to be the first day. I know i can stick on a diet, because i was die hard on atkins and wouldn't sneak even 1 chip. I dont think it will be very hard for me. And i think this diary will help me greatly. Along with that the pictures i will be taking of myself weekly will help. I am going to start tomorrow by taking a picture and getting my actual weight.(its tough to find a scale that goes about 300lbs, and until now i didnt want one around) I plan on taking weekly pictures.
What i'm cutting out of my diet:
Fast food - I eat there entirely too much. I need to start cooking my own food.
Soda - cutting it out completely, except 1 can of sugar free red bull a week.
Red meat - I like chicken the most anyway.
Sugar
Most breads - i'll have whole wheat here and there
more - the usuals
What is going to make it hard for me is a couple things. One is i dont like to waste food. I hate whenever i have something go old. This is going to get me at first since i still have a lot of unhealthy food in my fridge/cupboards. I have roommate who will eventually eat it though. But i think i'll be able to get over that. I also have one of my best friends that is going to be dieting with me as well. We see each other every day and usually eat together too.
Well, thats enough for today. I'll update tomorrow or the morning after.
