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Hey i decided id start a page on here which may keep me motivated, ive often tried to start logging my own activities and diet in excel but with no one else involved its too easy to quit. Obviously its just as easy to say f**k it and never log in here again if i get lazy etc. but i want something i can look back on and show people when it works out.

I'l post here as the days go by with what diet/exercise ive done that day.

I havent been very active in the past 3 years and i am 24 now, theres only one that i will lose weight & get fit and thats to just do it and stop thinking about it!

I want to be able to do this workout with ease and then decide what next to do,

I dont have a desired weight i want to drop down to i just want to look and feel good. I also hope by eating better & exercising my mind will be fresher.

I dont even know my current weight but within the next post or 2 i will update that & maybe post a "before pic"
 
Today was my 1st day of trying to eat healthier,
any thoughts on this so far?
Is this a good starting point to stick too

food in blue / exercise in green

9am - bowl of cereal
12pm - bowl of tuna w/ handful of mixed salad & 2 pieces of cheese
2pm - 10 jumping squats / 5 pushups / 10 towel rows / 5 towel squat & raise
2.20pm - apple
2.30pm - 30 dumbell curls w/ each arm (5kg)
 
day 1 end
5pm - smoothie (1 banana, frozen strawberrys, frozen blueberrys & 1/3 each of water/oj/low fat yoghurt)
6pm - bowl of carbonara pasta

day 2
10am - bowl of cereal
3pm - bowl of tuna w/ mixed salad, grated cheese & dribble of soya sauce
3pm - smoothie (1 banana, frozen stawberrys, frozen summer fruit mix & 1/3 each of water/oj/low fat yoghurt)
4pm - 10 standing squats, 40 dumbbell curls each arm, 10 mins exercise bike
6pm - banana
10pm - 2 egg omelette w/ chopped bacon & sausage, topped with grated cheese
 
I know im going to have to step the exercise up a notch as ive barely done any but its more than i have been doing so i guess its a start.
In general tho, How is this looking for someone who wants to lose weight?
 
I think your meal plan still needs a fair amount of work. There's healthy things in it, which is a good start, though. I'll show you the basic meal plan I like to suggest to people aiming to lose weight (the bulking meal plan is similar to this, but with more in it, of course). There's no exact meal plan you have to follow, but I think this is a handy template.

Structure: 3 meals and 3 snacks each day (eg breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, supper/dessert).

Each meal consists of: 1 serve meat, 2 serves vegetables.
Each snack consists of: 1 serve of fruit OR 1 serve of nuts (at least one of each, each day), 1 serve milk (may include low calorie protein supplement).
Drink plenty of water between snacks and meals.

Now, if you were to go straight onto doing that, it'd be a total overhaul, and it would take a fair amount of getting used to, plus plenty of thinking ahead to make it doable (case in point, a bowl of cereal is generally easier to prepare than meat and 2 veg, and you're going to want different styles of meals throughout the day - 1 meal might be a salad, another might be a soup or curry, another might be a stir fry, etc). On the plus side, you'll be getting plenty of nutrients (and the more you vary which meats, fruits, nuts and vegetables you eat, the more so this will be), you'll be eating fairly healthy, and you probably won't feel like you're starving all day long (no 100% money back guarantees there, but I think most people would find it more of a challenge to get all that food into their bodies, rather than feeling starved).

Exercise-wise, anything is better than nothing, and you're doing more now than you were before, so there will be some benefit to what you're currently doing. However, I strongly recommend you invest in a membership at a good gym or get some quality home gym equipment. By good I don't mean fancy, I mean includes lots of free weights - dumbells, barbells, power racks, maybe kettlebells. If you buy a power rack with a good barbell (Olympic or Powerlifitng standard) and some weights to go with it, you probably won't ever need any other piece of equipment. But that's committing to something very specific for the longterm - it'd be better to get a gym membership that you will use (and if money's a motivating factor for you, you probably won't want to waste your gym membership) than great equipment that you won't use. The best situation is to be doing wholebody strength training with a competent strength coach, while eating appropriately for weight loss. But again, that's a big commitment, and may not be practical for you.
 
I agree with the diet advice given to you. Your body needs a lot more lean protein that you've been giving it in order to make good use of the exercise your putting it through. That being said this is a journey and it's never going to be perfect, but you can make it better. :)
 
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