Hi
When I started out I was 128kg which is obviously very high for a 6ft2 male in his 20s. At the end of August my dog from childhood (I'm 25 now) became very unwell and eventually had to be put down and as the only family member in the country at the time I looked after him day in day out for his last couple of weeks ultimately sleeping in the kitchen with him in case his breathing difficulties became acute in the night (I didn't want him to suffocate to death, alone). Being cooped up for two weeks seeing my childhood pet perish was a frustrating, claustrophobic and disturbing time. After I took him to the vet to be put down I decided that I had to let go of all of that pent up frustration, energy and grief and signed up at a local gym. I have not yet looked back.
I go 3-4 times per week. I had spent most of my life either overweight or obese(borderline) and I've now lost close to 2 stone since the beginning of September (my target weight is 95kg, which with muscle would make me pretty lean and very fit). I started out trying not to care about actual weight loss because psychologically it seemed to massive a task to take on. Instead, I focussed on cardio fitness and told myself that if the process I lost weight, then that would be great. About two weeks into it, the weight forced itself to the front of my mind but I really could not deal with dieting because I find it near nigh impossible to feel constantly deprived of food and was worried that I would fail at dieting which might sabotate my efforts in the gym. So I said to myself, within reason I don't care what I eat. I ate as much as wanted of lean meat, pasta, fish, salad and fruit, bread. I never went hungry.
Of course 3-4 times per week at the gym doing (increasingly) intensive exercise combined with my age mean that the weight just started falling off
. I'm now about 10 weeks in and have lost close to 2 stone - 12kg. I've found myself naturally eating more healthily as I want to maximise my time in the gym. My cardio fitness, strength and endurance have gone up massively such that I can now do about and hour of very intensive exercise with 20-30 second breaks about once every 10-15 minutes.
I feel great, my weight loss is visible and I know I'm only going to lose more. I am also prepared for a plateau if and when it arises and plan to get a trainer for a couple of sessions to help me change up what I do to keep losing the weight. I consume about 1800-2500cals per day and rarely feel hungry. I drink very little alcohol and generally don't eat chocolate or high fat foods mostly because I can get more 'bang for my buck' hunger wise with a nice bit of pasta and meat.
The only downside is the gym has totally consumed my life; I mostly think about the gym and my health and my social life has gone out the window a little bit- but I think it is a fair trade off at the moment as I make changes that are literally life altering and will benefit me for the rest of my life. When I get down to my target weight I hope to adjust things to stabilise and will hopefully be able to start drinking a bit more socially and finding an equilibrium- being able to occasionally enjoy rich foods.
I'm so happy!
When I started out I was 128kg which is obviously very high for a 6ft2 male in his 20s. At the end of August my dog from childhood (I'm 25 now) became very unwell and eventually had to be put down and as the only family member in the country at the time I looked after him day in day out for his last couple of weeks ultimately sleeping in the kitchen with him in case his breathing difficulties became acute in the night (I didn't want him to suffocate to death, alone). Being cooped up for two weeks seeing my childhood pet perish was a frustrating, claustrophobic and disturbing time. After I took him to the vet to be put down I decided that I had to let go of all of that pent up frustration, energy and grief and signed up at a local gym. I have not yet looked back.
I go 3-4 times per week. I had spent most of my life either overweight or obese(borderline) and I've now lost close to 2 stone since the beginning of September (my target weight is 95kg, which with muscle would make me pretty lean and very fit). I started out trying not to care about actual weight loss because psychologically it seemed to massive a task to take on. Instead, I focussed on cardio fitness and told myself that if the process I lost weight, then that would be great. About two weeks into it, the weight forced itself to the front of my mind but I really could not deal with dieting because I find it near nigh impossible to feel constantly deprived of food and was worried that I would fail at dieting which might sabotate my efforts in the gym. So I said to myself, within reason I don't care what I eat. I ate as much as wanted of lean meat, pasta, fish, salad and fruit, bread. I never went hungry.
Of course 3-4 times per week at the gym doing (increasingly) intensive exercise combined with my age mean that the weight just started falling off
. I'm now about 10 weeks in and have lost close to 2 stone - 12kg. I've found myself naturally eating more healthily as I want to maximise my time in the gym. My cardio fitness, strength and endurance have gone up massively such that I can now do about and hour of very intensive exercise with 20-30 second breaks about once every 10-15 minutes.I feel great, my weight loss is visible and I know I'm only going to lose more. I am also prepared for a plateau if and when it arises and plan to get a trainer for a couple of sessions to help me change up what I do to keep losing the weight. I consume about 1800-2500cals per day and rarely feel hungry. I drink very little alcohol and generally don't eat chocolate or high fat foods mostly because I can get more 'bang for my buck' hunger wise with a nice bit of pasta and meat.
The only downside is the gym has totally consumed my life; I mostly think about the gym and my health and my social life has gone out the window a little bit- but I think it is a fair trade off at the moment as I make changes that are literally life altering and will benefit me for the rest of my life. When I get down to my target weight I hope to adjust things to stabilise and will hopefully be able to start drinking a bit more socially and finding an equilibrium- being able to occasionally enjoy rich foods.
I'm so happy!