Requiem79
New member
Hi everyone!
I had a birthday a few weeks back, it was my 28th. Things for me have gone pretty well since college and such. I have a great job in a field I enjoy. I have some good friends and a dog who expresses unconditional love ha-ha. Anyway it was on my birthday that I had what I call a stroke of depression. I looked at myself in the mirror and what I saw really hurt. I was so big the biggest I have ever been. Throughout my life I was always the big guy. In jr. high I was 6'4 which towered over most. Going through HS I reached 6'7". At that time I was weighing in at 220ish. Well on my recent birthday I was weighing in at 320!! 100pounds..........that's such a daunting number.
It was then and there that I decided to try to help myself. I started attempting to run, attempting being the key word, I found myself continually having to run in short spurts and walk the other parts. I live on a hill in Seattle so I warm up by climbing to the top and on the plateau of it I run. Its going on the 3rd week of running now and with it a change in diet. Mostly attempting to eat less really but swearing out junk food. I weighed myself this morning and progress is being made im done to 311. But in the grand scheme of things that is a just a minor step. I want to be thin and fit and to do so I think I must get to 200 or less.
Anyway I don't have much support in my life for this task, the friends I have don't really think ill stick to this or don't really care, sounds harsh but hey we all have our own issues. So I thought I would turn to a forum and this one seemed like a good spot. So far I have been upbeat about this but with my goal being so much weight its going to be hard to remain positive for the whole thing and that’s where I think ill need help.
I do have a few questions, I read that water is vital to weight loss so I try to drink a lot of it. 3 liters while at work ad at least 1-2 more when I get home. Is this enough? Secondly for any runners out there I'm getting better able to run longer and link more of these old breaks into solid runs but what I am finding recently is that I don't have to stop do to being tired but rather to side cramps which I cannot for the life of me figure out why I am getting them. Any advice as to how to remedy them? Perhaps its my breathing while running I really don't know. Anyway long wall of text so for those of you who read it all thanks =).
I had a birthday a few weeks back, it was my 28th. Things for me have gone pretty well since college and such. I have a great job in a field I enjoy. I have some good friends and a dog who expresses unconditional love ha-ha. Anyway it was on my birthday that I had what I call a stroke of depression. I looked at myself in the mirror and what I saw really hurt. I was so big the biggest I have ever been. Throughout my life I was always the big guy. In jr. high I was 6'4 which towered over most. Going through HS I reached 6'7". At that time I was weighing in at 220ish. Well on my recent birthday I was weighing in at 320!! 100pounds..........that's such a daunting number.
It was then and there that I decided to try to help myself. I started attempting to run, attempting being the key word, I found myself continually having to run in short spurts and walk the other parts. I live on a hill in Seattle so I warm up by climbing to the top and on the plateau of it I run. Its going on the 3rd week of running now and with it a change in diet. Mostly attempting to eat less really but swearing out junk food. I weighed myself this morning and progress is being made im done to 311. But in the grand scheme of things that is a just a minor step. I want to be thin and fit and to do so I think I must get to 200 or less.
Anyway I don't have much support in my life for this task, the friends I have don't really think ill stick to this or don't really care, sounds harsh but hey we all have our own issues. So I thought I would turn to a forum and this one seemed like a good spot. So far I have been upbeat about this but with my goal being so much weight its going to be hard to remain positive for the whole thing and that’s where I think ill need help.
I do have a few questions, I read that water is vital to weight loss so I try to drink a lot of it. 3 liters while at work ad at least 1-2 more when I get home. Is this enough? Secondly for any runners out there I'm getting better able to run longer and link more of these old breaks into solid runs but what I am finding recently is that I don't have to stop do to being tired but rather to side cramps which I cannot for the life of me figure out why I am getting them. Any advice as to how to remedy them? Perhaps its my breathing while running I really don't know. Anyway long wall of text so for those of you who read it all thanks =).
