LouisLouis
New member
Hi guys,
Despite what my screen name may imply, I am Brian and a newcomer to this forum. I've been juggling with my weight for the last few years and upon getting accepted to medical school it has dawned on me that I should really get into shape for not only my appearance, but more importantly my health. I've done regular reduced-cal diets w/ exercising, fad diets like Atkins and South Beach Diet, and regardless of what I do I gain the weight back. Right now I'm at around 250 lbs. and want to get to 180 lbs. by January 1, 2009. College is a difficult place to maintain a healthy lifestyle, so I'm finally putting my foot down and I want to get on the right track with diet and exercise.
I guess my main problems are motivation to exercise and eating smaller portions. Between my hefty courseload and other extracurricular activities (I'm an EMT, president of a club, teaching assistant for a class, etc.) it is hard to schedule time in to go to the gym or just take a nice long walk (plus the Boston weather is notorious in the winter as a deterrent to going out). As for my eating habits, I don't really eat much junk food, but being on the go makes it difficult to eat three square meals (or five if someone is into smaller snacks) a day. I try to be conscious of what I eat, but often I eat a larger portion than I probably should and it's hard to control random cravings I get.
I hope this is not too much information I'm disclosing here, but I wanted to say hi and I look forward to integrating myself in this online community.
-Brian
Despite what my screen name may imply, I am Brian and a newcomer to this forum. I've been juggling with my weight for the last few years and upon getting accepted to medical school it has dawned on me that I should really get into shape for not only my appearance, but more importantly my health. I've done regular reduced-cal diets w/ exercising, fad diets like Atkins and South Beach Diet, and regardless of what I do I gain the weight back. Right now I'm at around 250 lbs. and want to get to 180 lbs. by January 1, 2009. College is a difficult place to maintain a healthy lifestyle, so I'm finally putting my foot down and I want to get on the right track with diet and exercise.
I guess my main problems are motivation to exercise and eating smaller portions. Between my hefty courseload and other extracurricular activities (I'm an EMT, president of a club, teaching assistant for a class, etc.) it is hard to schedule time in to go to the gym or just take a nice long walk (plus the Boston weather is notorious in the winter as a deterrent to going out). As for my eating habits, I don't really eat much junk food, but being on the go makes it difficult to eat three square meals (or five if someone is into smaller snacks) a day. I try to be conscious of what I eat, but often I eat a larger portion than I probably should and it's hard to control random cravings I get.
I hope this is not too much information I'm disclosing here, but I wanted to say hi and I look forward to integrating myself in this online community.
-Brian
You can do it!!