I lost 50 pounds last year and manage to put it back on in 8 weeks (November/December). It has been a jagged pill for me for overcome. I spent the weekend of New Years Eve alone at home doing some soul searching. I realized that I never had the real passion for getting in shape. I was into it to a degree but in the end I slipped.
On Jan 1st I threw everything out of my fridge and started to clean things up. On that day there was a show on TV called 'Revolutionaries', about 3 people who lost weight. The one girl was doing this boot camp and I thought 'man that would be cool'. On Jan 2nd I spent the day sitting in court, next to me was a newspaper, I opened it up and there was an add for a boot camp. Needless to say it was the same girl who was the boot camp instructor on the show I saw the night before. Wow, no consciences!
I called her and did an orientation; BMI, weigh in, BF%, resting heart rate, measurements, before pics etc... She put all my info into a computer and based on my goals it spit out 1900 calories a day. So she wanted me to do something that I've never done, which is write down all my food and use a calorie count book to figure out calories, protien, carbs, fats. Write down every meal. And I added to the equation; no eating out. I committed to 16 weeks of bootcamp to acheive my goals. I feel amazing and look like a new person in just 14 days and went from 226 lbs to 212.4 lbs. The most intense weight loss ever for me. Now I know some is water weight and it won't stay at this pace but what a first 2 weeks. I am so excited. We didn't have boot camp this morning but I went up to the site and ran 3 miles up the Hollywood sign on my own. I'm still lifting 3 days a week at the gym too. I never know how powerful a journal could be.
Up to date weigh ins:
1/1/07 Mon 226.0 lbs (Day 1 eating healthy again)
1/8/07 Mon 219.1 lbs (Day 1 Boot Camp)
1//15/07 Mon 212.4 lbs
My ego nearly kept me from coming back to this forum but I'm grateful it didn't. Thanks for all your help.
On Jan 1st I threw everything out of my fridge and started to clean things up. On that day there was a show on TV called 'Revolutionaries', about 3 people who lost weight. The one girl was doing this boot camp and I thought 'man that would be cool'. On Jan 2nd I spent the day sitting in court, next to me was a newspaper, I opened it up and there was an add for a boot camp. Needless to say it was the same girl who was the boot camp instructor on the show I saw the night before. Wow, no consciences!
I called her and did an orientation; BMI, weigh in, BF%, resting heart rate, measurements, before pics etc... She put all my info into a computer and based on my goals it spit out 1900 calories a day. So she wanted me to do something that I've never done, which is write down all my food and use a calorie count book to figure out calories, protien, carbs, fats. Write down every meal. And I added to the equation; no eating out. I committed to 16 weeks of bootcamp to acheive my goals. I feel amazing and look like a new person in just 14 days and went from 226 lbs to 212.4 lbs. The most intense weight loss ever for me. Now I know some is water weight and it won't stay at this pace but what a first 2 weeks. I am so excited. We didn't have boot camp this morning but I went up to the site and ran 3 miles up the Hollywood sign on my own. I'm still lifting 3 days a week at the gym too. I never know how powerful a journal could be.
Up to date weigh ins:
1/1/07 Mon 226.0 lbs (Day 1 eating healthy again)
1/8/07 Mon 219.1 lbs (Day 1 Boot Camp)
1//15/07 Mon 212.4 lbs
My ego nearly kept me from coming back to this forum but I'm grateful it didn't. Thanks for all your help.
