Hello Everyone

[ganownus]

I am 35+ height 6'2". Weight 213 lbs early March 2010. For the past couple of months started feeling very difficult due to high breathing after I walk a lot. Realized it could be due to my diet habits.

Learned about Mayo clinic and started tracking my workout effective 3rd week of March 2010. Made some diet changes -- stopped rice and fried items. Taking more fruits, soups, wheat products, vegetables, boiled egg (white only and not the yellow part).

Any help on how to motivate and keep my gym and walking exercise plan on-track would be greatly useful.

After 3 weeks feeling little better, as I am feeling changes in my body.

 

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Some helpful things for me to keep motivated:
1. find someone to workout with
2. find someone to confide in (I think that this sight helps for this one if you don't have anyone but I'm still new to the sight)
3. get into competitions (I'm really competitive so I like to compete for things and so I just got into a weight loss competition with a few friends/family members. Everyone put in $20 and the winner gets $100 at the end of 3 months. This really helps me get motivated! Also, a workout competition would be helpful too I think... I have not been in one of those yet though)
4. This one is something that I do that a lot of people don't agree with but it seems to work for me and helps me. I make myself mini goals and then reward myself with food or activities. So I really really LOVE Pepsi and so every time I loose 5lbs I have a Pepsi. If I don't set that goal for myself then I will "cheat" and have a Pepsi everyday but if I tell myself I can have it in 5lbs then I wait until then. I also save them for special occasions or times that I know I will really want to have my Pepsi fix. Another mini goal I have is when I get below 200lbs I'm going horse back ridding.

Good luck

 

[ganownus]

weight loss ideas and plan help needed

THanks for the tips. I will try to find gym buddy.

My planning stage itself is still in planning. However I am doing what I feel like doing that day... either walk 5 miles or go to gym or somedays choose to take a break. But nothing planned. Looking for some help on planning and how to keep motivating myself to be on-track.

Another challenge is I am not completely out of soft drinks, due to the reason nothing else I found interesting to drink. The quantity I drink like one can a day of diet soda and not more.

No alcohol of whatsoever, so that helps...

Food balance is something I am try to find more balance not just going by 2K calories per day. Looking for mix of what I need to have on a less working day vs long working day.