Well I decided I should try to start a weight loss diary on this site, hopefully it will encourage me to remain committed and give people the chance to give me advice/tips on how I’m doing.
Here are the answers to the questions the welcome page suggests I start with:
-- How much weight do you want to lose? At least 100lbs
-- What is the timeframe for reaching your target weight? As long as it takes
-- How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)? Reduced calorie diet and exercise
-- Who or what can support you in reaching your goal? Friends, Family, hopefully this forum
-- How realistic is your goal? Very realistic, given a long term commitment
-- When will you start? I’m currently on day 16
A little about myself:
I’m a 25 year old male living in Northwest Washington. I am self employed .
I don’t currently own a scale, but the last time I was weighed (around a year ago) I weighed about 330lbs.
I have been overweight since I was in my teens, and I’ve been around the 300lb mark for the past 3-5 years.
For years now I’ve planned on losing weight, but I've never been motivated enough to follow through with it, now that I’m getting older though I feel I really need to make this happen now otherwise I may jeopardize my future health and happiness.
Currently I don’t plan on cutting anything completely out of my diet, I just want to reduce my calorie intake to below 2000 calories per day, later on I may focus on a overall healthy diet, but for now I figure its best to take baby steps.
I haven’t started any exercise routine yet, I want to focus on my diet for now, but once I feel pretty set on my diet I plan on joining my local gym to begin a exercise routine.
I’ve been keeping a journal of all the food I've eaten since I started my diet, I’m going to post the first 16 days of my diet that I have completed and then post updates a few times a week.
I welcome all comments/suggestions anyone may have for me.
I plan on “rewarding myself” with a scale after staying on my diet for 30 days, after that time I will be able to post updates on my actual weight loss/gain.
Here are the answers to the questions the welcome page suggests I start with:
-- How much weight do you want to lose? At least 100lbs
-- What is the timeframe for reaching your target weight? As long as it takes
-- How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)? Reduced calorie diet and exercise
-- Who or what can support you in reaching your goal? Friends, Family, hopefully this forum
-- How realistic is your goal? Very realistic, given a long term commitment
-- When will you start? I’m currently on day 16
A little about myself:
I’m a 25 year old male living in Northwest Washington. I am self employed .
I don’t currently own a scale, but the last time I was weighed (around a year ago) I weighed about 330lbs.
I have been overweight since I was in my teens, and I’ve been around the 300lb mark for the past 3-5 years.
For years now I’ve planned on losing weight, but I've never been motivated enough to follow through with it, now that I’m getting older though I feel I really need to make this happen now otherwise I may jeopardize my future health and happiness.
Currently I don’t plan on cutting anything completely out of my diet, I just want to reduce my calorie intake to below 2000 calories per day, later on I may focus on a overall healthy diet, but for now I figure its best to take baby steps.
I haven’t started any exercise routine yet, I want to focus on my diet for now, but once I feel pretty set on my diet I plan on joining my local gym to begin a exercise routine.
I’ve been keeping a journal of all the food I've eaten since I started my diet, I’m going to post the first 16 days of my diet that I have completed and then post updates a few times a week.
I welcome all comments/suggestions anyone may have for me.
I plan on “rewarding myself” with a scale after staying on my diet for 30 days, after that time I will be able to post updates on my actual weight loss/gain.
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