IceRain1
New member
Hey everyone,
I was hoping I'd be able to find a forum like this - I just got back from college for the summer and I'm ready to really change my life. Just a brief intro:
Age 1-10: Super skinny, to the point my ribs would stick out, and I hardly ate. Not sure why, just didn't wanna stop moving long enough to eat, lol, I was super active and hyper.
Age 11: Began to get fat - but that's normal, it was time to put on the extra body weight so I could hit 15% critical body fat to enter puberty (read: I study Nutrition Science). This was really the beginning of the end with my weight.
Age 12-15 - Literally fat, probably a BMI of around 28ish if I had to guess. Began going through puberty and putting on lean body mass, but not as much as I should have.
Age 16-19 - Began to slim down, but still overweight.
Age 20: This is me now, I weigh around 185 pounds and I'm about 6 foot tall. This puts me in the overweight category, though not by much. Problem is, it's all fat. I don't exercise at all, and I think last time I checked my body fat was around 29%. It's quite visable that I'm overweight - I have a double chin and a gut. Main problems include my love of dessert and gourmet, rich food, my love of soda, and the fact that I refuse to drink water.
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So that's where I am - and I'm going to change it. I've definately trying dieting before, but I know now from studying nutrition how horrible that is, and I simply need to modify my intake. Exercise is really the big thing now - I've bought an exercise DVD and I have some weights now. I have approximately 3 months to get to where I want to be in time for next year:
Goal:
Weight: 165 pounds (BMI would be 22, right in the middle of "healthy weight")
Body fat: 15%
Extra: I want to be able to take my shirt off without being embarrased, I want my belly button to be visable without my stomach hanging over it, I wasnt to have a defined chin that doesn't just look like fat going around my face.
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Plan:
Exercise DVD - Daily
Lifting Weights - Daily (diff muscles though)
Diet: No more soda, I will slowly phase water into my diet as I phase out other drinks. No more high fat desserts (donuts, cheesecake, ice cream) and no more gourmet food with 10g of Sat. Fat per serving. I will not limit food or count calories, just make better choices from now on.
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I think I can do this - but I'm going to need to come here for encouragement. Thank you guys. You know, these are the best years of my life - I'm in college, I'm young...this is the time when I should be able to take my shirt off and girls swoon, not be disgusted. I really need to do this now.
I was hoping I'd be able to find a forum like this - I just got back from college for the summer and I'm ready to really change my life. Just a brief intro:
Age 1-10: Super skinny, to the point my ribs would stick out, and I hardly ate. Not sure why, just didn't wanna stop moving long enough to eat, lol, I was super active and hyper.
Age 11: Began to get fat - but that's normal, it was time to put on the extra body weight so I could hit 15% critical body fat to enter puberty (read: I study Nutrition Science). This was really the beginning of the end with my weight.
Age 12-15 - Literally fat, probably a BMI of around 28ish if I had to guess. Began going through puberty and putting on lean body mass, but not as much as I should have.
Age 16-19 - Began to slim down, but still overweight.
Age 20: This is me now, I weigh around 185 pounds and I'm about 6 foot tall. This puts me in the overweight category, though not by much. Problem is, it's all fat. I don't exercise at all, and I think last time I checked my body fat was around 29%. It's quite visable that I'm overweight - I have a double chin and a gut. Main problems include my love of dessert and gourmet, rich food, my love of soda, and the fact that I refuse to drink water.
------------
So that's where I am - and I'm going to change it. I've definately trying dieting before, but I know now from studying nutrition how horrible that is, and I simply need to modify my intake. Exercise is really the big thing now - I've bought an exercise DVD and I have some weights now. I have approximately 3 months to get to where I want to be in time for next year:
Goal:
Weight: 165 pounds (BMI would be 22, right in the middle of "healthy weight")
Body fat: 15%
Extra: I want to be able to take my shirt off without being embarrased, I want my belly button to be visable without my stomach hanging over it, I wasnt to have a defined chin that doesn't just look like fat going around my face.
-----------------------------------------
Plan:
Exercise DVD - Daily
Lifting Weights - Daily (diff muscles though)
Diet: No more soda, I will slowly phase water into my diet as I phase out other drinks. No more high fat desserts (donuts, cheesecake, ice cream) and no more gourmet food with 10g of Sat. Fat per serving. I will not limit food or count calories, just make better choices from now on.
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I think I can do this - but I'm going to need to come here for encouragement. Thank you guys. You know, these are the best years of my life - I'm in college, I'm young...this is the time when I should be able to take my shirt off and girls swoon, not be disgusted. I really need to do this now.