uyis11
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Hello everyone. My name is Mark. I haven't logged into this site in probably close to 3 years. You can probably guess why I'm back.
Let me sum up what has happened to me in the past few years. When I was in graduate school, I realized I was overweight at about 220lbs and 6'0. I jumped in head first to counting calories, working out 6 days a week, the whole works. I did that for about 6-7 months and got down to 155lbs at my lowest. I looked great. I had a 31in. waist. After I finished graduate school, I moved to a new city (Atlanta) and started a desk job (I'm an accountant). Fast forward one year and I had gained about 15lbs and was 170lbs. That weight wasn't too bad for me and I was working out every now and then and keeping a decent diet. Fast forward another year and half and I'm probably around 220-250lbs. I don't have a scale at this point in time.
It really clicked today when I had to buy a new suit with a 38inch waist. I'm completely ashamed of myself. I feel like a complete pig with no respect for myself. I can't tell you how disappointed I am in myself, how pissed off that I've put myself in this situation AGAIN.
So, why did I gain back all the weight? I think the main thing that contributed to my weight gain (my main excuse) was moving in with my girlfriend about a year ago. She eats whatever she wants and doesn't exercise, but she doesn't gorge herself like me. To her, snacking is eating 5 potato chips, to me it's an entire bag. In my single life, I used to not even keep snacks or unhealthy foods around so I couldn't even eat them if I wanted. Anyway, I'm not going to force her to not keep foods around that she likes, I'm just going to have to grow a pair and not eat them, or at least not binge on them.
I'm really worried about trying to lose weight again. I feel like while I was in school, I had such an easier schedule and I could make everything work around my workouts and eating habits. Now, everything revolves around work, and I think it's going to be a lot harder to diet and exercise with my schedule. I have a gym in my apartment complex and in my office, so I don't have many excuses. And I know many of you have probably much worse schedules than me and are making it work.
This site helped me before and I believe it will help me again. I'm going to take some measurements and buy a scale and make some posts and hopefully some of you will keep me accountable. I kicked off this process with 30 minutes on the elliptical machine today. Tomorrow I plan on going grocery shopping and getting some lower calorie food.
I have so many thoughts going through my head that this post probably seemed a little fragmented. Wish me luck.
Let me sum up what has happened to me in the past few years. When I was in graduate school, I realized I was overweight at about 220lbs and 6'0. I jumped in head first to counting calories, working out 6 days a week, the whole works. I did that for about 6-7 months and got down to 155lbs at my lowest. I looked great. I had a 31in. waist. After I finished graduate school, I moved to a new city (Atlanta) and started a desk job (I'm an accountant). Fast forward one year and I had gained about 15lbs and was 170lbs. That weight wasn't too bad for me and I was working out every now and then and keeping a decent diet. Fast forward another year and half and I'm probably around 220-250lbs. I don't have a scale at this point in time.
It really clicked today when I had to buy a new suit with a 38inch waist. I'm completely ashamed of myself. I feel like a complete pig with no respect for myself. I can't tell you how disappointed I am in myself, how pissed off that I've put myself in this situation AGAIN.
So, why did I gain back all the weight? I think the main thing that contributed to my weight gain (my main excuse) was moving in with my girlfriend about a year ago. She eats whatever she wants and doesn't exercise, but she doesn't gorge herself like me. To her, snacking is eating 5 potato chips, to me it's an entire bag. In my single life, I used to not even keep snacks or unhealthy foods around so I couldn't even eat them if I wanted. Anyway, I'm not going to force her to not keep foods around that she likes, I'm just going to have to grow a pair and not eat them, or at least not binge on them.
I'm really worried about trying to lose weight again. I feel like while I was in school, I had such an easier schedule and I could make everything work around my workouts and eating habits. Now, everything revolves around work, and I think it's going to be a lot harder to diet and exercise with my schedule. I have a gym in my apartment complex and in my office, so I don't have many excuses. And I know many of you have probably much worse schedules than me and are making it work.
This site helped me before and I believe it will help me again. I'm going to take some measurements and buy a scale and make some posts and hopefully some of you will keep me accountable. I kicked off this process with 30 minutes on the elliptical machine today. Tomorrow I plan on going grocery shopping and getting some lower calorie food.
I have so many thoughts going through my head that this post probably seemed a little fragmented. Wish me luck.