Former College football player looking to drop a little weight

[JOlson62]

New to this site, hopefully I'll be around for a while!

I am a former D-1 college offensive lineman. I played slot receiver/H-Back/Defensive end in high school, got to school around 225, and five years later am currently sitting around 315. I've always had a fast metabolism and gaining weight was a huge problem for me but after four years of eating six to seven large meals a day I got the problem fixed! I am currently training to continue playing. I was waived by a team and am currently a free agent, so I'd like to lose some pounds to take some stress off my legs and back for a little while. I'd like to lean up and retain as much muscle mass as possible, but I'm open to just about anything.

I looked at LV's grocery list and my diet will improve shortly once I have a job and can afford to eat healthier! I usually eat cereal in the morning, have a deli meat sandwich in the afternoon when I'm done with a 1 1/2-2 hr workout, then snack a little until dinner.

I realize that I have to do a lot more running, I jog and do some wind sprints but I've been getting shin splints pretty bad as of late. I walk with my dog for about 35-40 minutes pretty frequently in the evenings.

Now as far as supplements/vitamins are concerned, what would y'all recommend? I just ran out of Enhanced Energy multivitamin supplement, so now I have fish oil, B-12, and a little glucosamine. What are some tips, tricks, and techniques that have helped y'all? I am trying to get out of the always-eating phase, it's just a little tougher than I expected!

Thanks!
-J

 

[Albert Smith]

I can understand your emotion. Since one of my nephew has also same problem. I gave couple of suggestion to him. Since he is only 13 years of age, I know it would not work well! But if you try then you would easily come out from this phase. All I need is your desire:

• Drink your water!! Keep up the 3-4 liters per. Water is critical to healthy functioning of your body, so don't slack off.

• Eat organic food if you can.

• Relax, eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full.

• Minimize fast food as possible as you can. If you must eat it, return as soon as possible to your clean eating habits to negate the effects of such food. Drink plenty of water to keep your system cleaned out and hydrated.

• Walk for one hour, outside, every day. Make sure you have some sort of exercise program that gets you moving for an hour a day. Inactivity will lead to gaining more weight. Keep in mind that your body is designed to move not eat.

• Always eat breakfast, eat something for every meal, and finish your dinner three and one-half hours before you go to bed. You should have your largest meals at breakfast and lunch, and dinner should be lighter to make sure you can digest it all before you go to bed and your digestive functions shut down for sleep.

• Eat lots of low-glycemic veggies with lunch and dinner (made with organic ingredients).At least half your plate should be veggies at every meal.

• Every day take a whole food supplement, probiotics, Vitamin E, and krill oil. I know you do that. Just keep it up.

• Use stevia as your sweetener of choice. Honey is sugar.

• Take digestive enzymes with food. They will help your body process.

• Limit carbonated drinks.

Keep in minds that all of my suggestion would not help you in great extend within sort period of time. But if you would able to continue then success would not far to touch.