Advice?
- Thread starter edwardx
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Guideon
New member
You've allready started, by joining the gym and posting here! 
I'm pretty sure your gym has a trainingstaff which is a good point to start, they can help you get started with the right excersises at the right intensity.
Set (realistic) short-term and long-term goals for yourself, nothing keeps you going as much as achieving and surpassing your goals.
Start a diary (which can be done here in the diary section), and keep track of what you've doing and eating, write down your goals, write if you've had a terrible day.
As far as foods go, know what you eat and know what's good for you and know what's bad for you.
Avoid high caloric food and food with large amounts of saturated fats.
The best way to do this, is to prepare your own meals, avoid eating at restaurants all the time.
Good luck!
I'm pretty sure your gym has a trainingstaff which is a good point to start, they can help you get started with the right excersises at the right intensity.
Set (realistic) short-term and long-term goals for yourself, nothing keeps you going as much as achieving and surpassing your goals.
Start a diary (which can be done here in the diary section), and keep track of what you've doing and eating, write down your goals, write if you've had a terrible day.
As far as foods go, know what you eat and know what's good for you and know what's bad for you.
Avoid high caloric food and food with large amounts of saturated fats.
The best way to do this, is to prepare your own meals, avoid eating at restaurants all the time.
Good luck!
Omega
Moderator
Welcome to the forum.
You don't mention your height - but unless you are very tall it sounds like you are embarking on a major weight loss project. My max BMI was 52 (max weight 294 at 5ft3) and my husband's max BMI was turned 62 (max weight 409 pounds at 5ft8) so I probably have a fair idea of where you are coming from...
The best thing that I can do is tell you about what worked for me... I went out walking every day... it turned out that walking was an absolutely wonderful form of exercise - even slow walking (and when I was big I didnt do anything fast)... On day 1 I went out and walked near where I lived - a route that was about 0.6 of a mile... I went slowly - and paused when I wanted (and sat on people's garden walls)... I did it - and felt proud of myself for doing it...
The next day I went out and did it all again... I added distance as soon as I could... I walked a bit further... to the nearest shop... then increased it as far as the post office... I just walked every day and made it further as soon as I could...
Amazingly soon - I was actually able to walk some pretty impressive distances... I got a pedometer and allowed it to challenge me into walking more steps than the previous day...
At the same time I stopped eating chocolate and things like that... takeaway food got axed... bit by bit I improved things - in lots of seemingly small changes...
I tried to eat healthier...
I started weighing myself every day and made a note of what I had eaten and my weight so I saw what I had on days where my weight went down and also what I had when my weight went up...
Things that gave me a weight loss became things that I would want to have more often...
If I saw a consistent repetition of weight gain - I axed things from my food plan...
You are looking at a long term project so you do not want to think of it as a diet - but more a case of adopting a new healthy lifestyle... A new way to live for the rest of your life.
The following link may help you to settle in.
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/57955-My-advice-to-newcomers
Good luck with your project
You don't mention your height - but unless you are very tall it sounds like you are embarking on a major weight loss project. My max BMI was 52 (max weight 294 at 5ft3) and my husband's max BMI was turned 62 (max weight 409 pounds at 5ft8) so I probably have a fair idea of where you are coming from...
The best thing that I can do is tell you about what worked for me... I went out walking every day... it turned out that walking was an absolutely wonderful form of exercise - even slow walking (and when I was big I didnt do anything fast)... On day 1 I went out and walked near where I lived - a route that was about 0.6 of a mile... I went slowly - and paused when I wanted (and sat on people's garden walls)... I did it - and felt proud of myself for doing it...
The next day I went out and did it all again... I added distance as soon as I could... I walked a bit further... to the nearest shop... then increased it as far as the post office... I just walked every day and made it further as soon as I could...
Amazingly soon - I was actually able to walk some pretty impressive distances... I got a pedometer and allowed it to challenge me into walking more steps than the previous day...
At the same time I stopped eating chocolate and things like that... takeaway food got axed... bit by bit I improved things - in lots of seemingly small changes...
I tried to eat healthier...
I started weighing myself every day and made a note of what I had eaten and my weight so I saw what I had on days where my weight went down and also what I had when my weight went up...
Things that gave me a weight loss became things that I would want to have more often...
If I saw a consistent repetition of weight gain - I axed things from my food plan...
You are looking at a long term project so you do not want to think of it as a diet - but more a case of adopting a new healthy lifestyle... A new way to live for the rest of your life.
The following link may help you to settle in.
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/57955-My-advice-to-newcomers
Good luck with your project
Dilla
New member
Both replyers gave wonderful advise! I especially agree with Omega.. start slow. If you push too hard, too fast, you;ll burn out. That's what happened to me at least. Rather than focusing on all the things you can't have... think about all the wonderful new and healthy foods you'll get to try! I bought a healthy cook book and started finding health alternatives to junk I used to eat. Like making my own Oreo's! lol
Good luck. Keep us updated on your success!
Good luck. Keep us updated on your success!