Hello everyone. In a need of advice I've come across this forum and thought someone
might help me and lead in the right direction. It all started in Feb last year when
I suddenly went on a really strict diet, desperately trying to lose weight. Dropped
out everything unhealthy, really everything. Also did some exercises
(crunches, pushups, riding bike, 11lbs dumbbell etc). At that point I was ~210lbs.
couldn't find a proper pic of my body before, but here's the progress pic i've made:
In 6 months I lost about 65 pounds.
First month was a real pain, trying to beat hunger and working out. When I got used to it,
my routine was like "insanely many crunches and many repeatings of all the exercises".
I actually was doing it all, every day, for all muscle groups... Never really tought of doing
it properly so that muscles could rest (mon:arms, tue:chest/back wed:abs etc...) :S
Anyway, after 4 months I bought orbitrek and was doing 2x20mins every day on it, together with
other exercises (started to eat a bit more, mainly proteins). By the end of the summer
I looked unrecognizable. My parents were freaking out 'cause they tought it was anorexia...
I had to stop the diet in September. Since then I haven't really been workin out hard (2-3 times a week)
mainly because of school and parents. I've also started to eat more but still healthy.
So... After a long story, lets start with the important stuff. This is me now:
Im 17 y old, 5'9 and 150lbs. I couldn't really get much muscle mass 'cause of the diet. Also I couldn't
burn the remaining fat so looking kinda screwed now... I think the main problem is
fat stomach and should burn it first (but try not to lose this little muscle i have), then start building up mass.
Not really happy with the way I look now, but HIGHLY motivated to do everything to change that. Last
month I started again.
Here's what i've imagined for the next 6 months:
Feb - Apr = getting rid of fat on the stomach (diet, mainly focusing on ab workout and orbitrek)
Apr - Jun = each day 1 or 2 muscle groups, 5-6 days a week, eating a bit more (at home, getting prepared for the gym)
Jun - Aug = at the gym, harder workout combined orbitrek and swimming
This is what I've recently come up with, don't know if it makes any sense or if it's possible.
I want to start fully prepared, not like a noob last time. It would be really nice if anyone can be bothered to give
me some useful advice or go into details how to start off, what kind of diet, which exercises or anything else...
I've read all the stickies, but I'm not the expirienced one to know what would be the best for me.
Apologies for spelling mistakes, english is not my mother language.
Every reply is much appreciated, cheers!
might help me and lead in the right direction. It all started in Feb last year when
I suddenly went on a really strict diet, desperately trying to lose weight. Dropped
out everything unhealthy, really everything. Also did some exercises
(crunches, pushups, riding bike, 11lbs dumbbell etc). At that point I was ~210lbs.
couldn't find a proper pic of my body before, but here's the progress pic i've made:
In 6 months I lost about 65 pounds.
First month was a real pain, trying to beat hunger and working out. When I got used to it,
my routine was like "insanely many crunches and many repeatings of all the exercises".
I actually was doing it all, every day, for all muscle groups... Never really tought of doing
it properly so that muscles could rest (mon:arms, tue:chest/back wed:abs etc...) :S
Anyway, after 4 months I bought orbitrek and was doing 2x20mins every day on it, together with
other exercises (started to eat a bit more, mainly proteins). By the end of the summer
I looked unrecognizable. My parents were freaking out 'cause they tought it was anorexia...
I had to stop the diet in September. Since then I haven't really been workin out hard (2-3 times a week)
mainly because of school and parents. I've also started to eat more but still healthy.
So... After a long story, lets start with the important stuff. This is me now:
Im 17 y old, 5'9 and 150lbs. I couldn't really get much muscle mass 'cause of the diet. Also I couldn't
burn the remaining fat so looking kinda screwed now... I think the main problem is
fat stomach and should burn it first (but try not to lose this little muscle i have), then start building up mass.
Not really happy with the way I look now, but HIGHLY motivated to do everything to change that. Last
month I started again.
Here's what i've imagined for the next 6 months:
Feb - Apr = getting rid of fat on the stomach (diet, mainly focusing on ab workout and orbitrek)
Apr - Jun = each day 1 or 2 muscle groups, 5-6 days a week, eating a bit more (at home, getting prepared for the gym)
Jun - Aug = at the gym, harder workout combined orbitrek and swimming
This is what I've recently come up with, don't know if it makes any sense or if it's possible.
I want to start fully prepared, not like a noob last time. It would be really nice if anyone can be bothered to give
me some useful advice or go into details how to start off, what kind of diet, which exercises or anything else...
I've read all the stickies, but I'm not the expirienced one to know what would be the best for me.
Apologies for spelling mistakes, english is not my mother language.
Every reply is much appreciated, cheers!
