Poisonhearts
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Hello all, this is the second time I have to write this thread out. The first time I tried to post it I was logged out and lost all that I wrote ;(.
To start things of I'd like to state my reason for wanting to lose weight. I basically want to become healthier like most of you
, and stay healthy the rest of my life. I came accross this forum and saw a great way to track my progress online so I could share my experience with others.
In early May 2008 I weighed around 210 pounds and wanted to change. Most of my later life I was on the chunkier side and never before did I try to lose weight so the idea was new to me. I started off easy by trying to eat healthier food then what I would normally eat, I never counted calories or did much exercise. I did this up until the beginning of July and I managed to reduce my weight to exactly 199 pounds, I did alright and it was easy for me. Now that I saw some results I decided to take a more organised approach to my weight loss, it was time to eat healthy foods while counting calories. I lowered my daily calorie intake by roughly 800 a day to start and have gradually moved down as my weight goes down. So far it has been relatively easy for me and I've not run into any problems. I haven't gave into temptation once and I've been very strict. I eat lower calorie meals more times a day while drinking tons of water with occasional exercise, but to admit the exercise doesn't happen often
. I never feel hungry by doing this, which is great!
At this point in time my daily calorie intake is 1200-1300 and I'm now 179 pounds on August 20th 2008. I don't have a specific goal weight in mind but I'm going to aim for 160 lbs maybe less. I will start my diary today. I plan to update my diary as much as possible with how things are progressing. Now it begins! I hope to hear from all of you.
Statistics as of December 2008:
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Height: 5 ft 11 in
Starting weight: 210 lbs
Current weight: 140 lbs
Starting date: Early May 2008
Current weight lost: 70 lbs
Update:
It turns out I did manage to lose a ton of weight but I also lost subnational muscle mass. My goal has now switched directions. I'm going to try and gain muscle mass so my weight should be taking a step up if everything goes right. This will be achieved through weight lifting regularly and a healthy diet where I'm in a calorie surplus. It may sound odd but I've gotten so use to a low amount of calories that I'm full all day if I eat 1500 calories, anymore calories and it's hard to put down. I'll slowly be building my calorie intake back up to maintenance, see if there are any gains, if not I'll gradually increase the calories until I hit the sweet spot of muscle growth.
To start things of I'd like to state my reason for wanting to lose weight. I basically want to become healthier like most of you
, and stay healthy the rest of my life. I came accross this forum and saw a great way to track my progress online so I could share my experience with others.In early May 2008 I weighed around 210 pounds and wanted to change. Most of my later life I was on the chunkier side and never before did I try to lose weight so the idea was new to me. I started off easy by trying to eat healthier food then what I would normally eat, I never counted calories or did much exercise. I did this up until the beginning of July and I managed to reduce my weight to exactly 199 pounds, I did alright and it was easy for me. Now that I saw some results I decided to take a more organised approach to my weight loss, it was time to eat healthy foods while counting calories. I lowered my daily calorie intake by roughly 800 a day to start and have gradually moved down as my weight goes down. So far it has been relatively easy for me and I've not run into any problems. I haven't gave into temptation once and I've been very strict. I eat lower calorie meals more times a day while drinking tons of water with occasional exercise, but to admit the exercise doesn't happen often
. I never feel hungry by doing this, which is great!At this point in time my daily calorie intake is 1200-1300 and I'm now 179 pounds on August 20th 2008. I don't have a specific goal weight in mind but I'm going to aim for 160 lbs maybe less. I will start my diary today. I plan to update my diary as much as possible with how things are progressing. Now it begins! I hope to hear from all of you
.Statistics as of December 2008:
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Height: 5 ft 11 in
Starting weight: 210 lbs
Current weight: 140 lbs
Starting date: Early May 2008
Current weight lost: 70 lbs
Update:
It turns out I did manage to lose a ton of weight but I also lost subnational muscle mass. My goal has now switched directions. I'm going to try and gain muscle mass so my weight should be taking a step up if everything goes right. This will be achieved through weight lifting regularly and a healthy diet where I'm in a calorie surplus. It may sound odd but I've gotten so use to a low amount of calories that I'm full all day if I eat 1500 calories, anymore calories and it's hard to put down. I'll slowly be building my calorie intake back up to maintenance, see if there are any gains, if not I'll gradually increase the calories until I hit the sweet spot of muscle growth.
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. Today will be kind of a lazy day as I have no work or anything to do, I'll probably get in some light jogging to keep me busy.
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