Here we go... Again

sponge2

sponge2

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Hey there guys and gals,

Well I'm 19, male and from New Zealand

I have been obese my whole life however reached my highest weight last week of 114.5kg (been roughly 106 for the past 6 years). And so I have decided to do something about it... Again... but this time I'm going to do it.

I'm 182cm or 5'11 so to be in the overweight range I need to be about 95kg and healthy would be 80kg. Because of the way I'm built and my muscle content my aim is 90kg, anything lower would be a bonus, so thats about 25kg to loose. My short term goal is to be under 100 (can't remember when I was that size) and want to reach this before my birthday on 19th November and my final goal date is the start of Feb when uni starts again.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with a heart condition (not related to weight) I have had this operated on and fingers crossed its fine, my heart has been through a lot already and I want to give it the best chance to help me grow old.

As far as sports, I do motorcycle track racing and love the feeling of getting my knee scraping the tarmac. I do the best I can and am a good rider, however am disadvantaged hugely by my weight, racing people who are 60kg or less and much more nimble another form of motivation for me.

Currently studying at uni and cannot afford gym membership so planning on running outside early mornings, also like to do press-ups and sit ups to try and keep my muscle tone up, helping to loose weight. As far a diet I am quitting alcohol, I have in the past been a rather heavy drinker, not helping at all. I am drinking a lot of water, nothing else. I am eating smaller and healthier meals.

In the past week I have got down to 110.8kg so have lost 3.6kg and hope... no can keep it up. Would love support and will try to make weekly updates.

A quote that I recently found and am involving in everything I do, not sure who its by.

"Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can"
 
Wow forgot about this.

Sooo, my last post was 6 months ago, when I started I was 114.5kg. I managed to lose a bit last year and got down to 110kg and considering I maintained that during a breakup I was happy. But the real loss started 3 months ago when I came home for the holidays.

I was at 110 and with some mental strength and determination and exercise and healthy eating, I'm now at 92.5kg and feeling awesome, still a long way to go to reach my new goal (85 short-medium term, 80 long term). Love being so much more athletic, and actually feeling like a normal person.

I'm now 20 and am the lightest I have been since I was about 11 or 12 and I am taller and have a lot more muscle than then.

Going back to uni tomorrow and I can't wait to see all my friends, the plan is to not drink any alcohol until i'm 85kg, be a bit of a challenge but I think I can do it.

Going motorbike racing in a few weeks, the 20kg or so that I have lost should help and I'll be able to get some decent results.

Anyway, i'm still working on it, eating well and regular exercise and lots of water is what it takes, you can all do it, never give up.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. =)
 
Just worked out that I am no longer obese... yes I am still overweight, but I'm not obese which is a nice feeling, now I just need to make it to "normal", 80kg here I come.
 
Wow! That's a fantastic weight loss! Great job keeping it maintained during a break up! I recently went through one, and let me tell you, food became my best friend!!!

You're doing all the right things! And you're certainly seeing fantastic results!!!

Good luck! And I hope your friends are floored by your transformation!
 
Thanks,

Yeah, food has generally been my depressing fighter, which only makes things worse really.

All my friends have noticed which is great and a good confidence booster.

My old clothes are way to big now (lost about 4 inches on my stomach) so went shopping the other day, expensive but I need to feel good, I can now fit Large losley and medium is just a little tight, better than 2XL though :)

My new appartment has a small FREE gym on the ground floor which is awesome, been using the treadmill, started at 15 minute runs, now I'm at 20 so pretty happy considering I'm the fittest I have ever been, its awesome.

Haven't been loosing much though, had to catch up with friends and had a couple of drinks... bad boy. But I am at 90kg so fairly happy.

Get to go motorbike racing this weekend which I'm so excited about, its been a year and I can't wait for the rush, and hopefully less weight to slow me down.

Good luck to all of you. :)
 
Sitting at uni waiting for another class and no study as its the first week.

Focus, it is what I feel my life has been lacking.

As a child I was fat and people teased me and it hurt, however I never really tried to lose weight, school was easy for me so I had no need to focus and still got top marks.

Then came high school, I tried hard and got to the top class... then things went down hill, I saw everyone else having fun in class and not listening so I decided to do that. My natural talent then began to fade my grades got worse as I lost more and more focus on my goals.

I am now in my third year of uni and the past 2 years have been a lot of things, productive isn't one of them. I didn't go to class because.. well no reason really, i just couldn't be bothered. I met a girl at my uni halls and we hit it off as friends imediatley, we grew closer until she kinda forced me to make a yes or no decision, she wasn't happy with "well just see how things go"

We were happy for about 6 months during our long honeymoon period. Like me she was overweight so we were very simillar in a lot of ways and being together made us feel secure I guess, so the weight piled on. I'm not very good at noticing change in people and didn't have scales.

We then ended up moving in together making things worse, I never felt completley happy with myself, or with my girlfriend. She had a lot of issues with herself that bought me down, and as I later found out I had a lot that bought her down, living in a single room apartment meant we had no space to ourselves, and I felt obliged to stay with her so neither of us was left with the full rent, that period where I was with someone I didn't want to be with was hell and I won't do it again, we finally split right before exams when it all got to much :( had no focus for exams and got poor grades.

Anyway I digress, FOCUS, I needz it. I have spent the summer working on my issues and I am a much stronger and better person because of it. Because I have been able to focus on positives rather than negatives and have been learning to turn all negitives into positives. This has helped greatly both with my mental state and my physical state. I am finally able to maintain focus meaning I set goals and reach them. This should mean a lighter, more agile, happier, more confident me with better grades and just an all round better attitude towards life.

Spending three weeks coaching my brother at the national motorbike racing down here really helped. I was able to learn how he thinks, and spot his weaknesses, turning them into strengths. He managed to go from being at the back of the pack to 3rd and actually lead one lap of a race, yes he did all the work but he attributes all of his latest results to me, and I like it :). I have since been able to find my weaknesses and have been working on turning them around.

Although I am single, I am the happiest I have ever been and loving it, just need to stay focused.

One of my majors is management... I need to be confident in who a am and trust myself in order to get others to be confident in me and trust me, just one of my many motivational drivers to keep me on track.

I am writing a short story here and its probably in no order, just wanted to get some things from my mind onto paper.

I wish I had some decent "before" photos and measurements, but I can definately see the results. Clothes that were tight are now falling off me, I will search facebook for some "before" photos and take some "half way through" ones (not finished yet :) ) everyone says I look great so I'm happy.

6 months to lose 25kg and 20 of those being in the past 3 months, I feel that I can be proud of who I am and what I am doing.

Oh and Tik I had a look at your diary, seems like you have had a few rough years, hope the breakup leaves you better off, you need to enjoy life, GL
 
Sorry to hear about our past relationship...they can be tough. As you know I was in a rough one...and sometimes we think it's easier to stay, but in the long run it isn't.

Although I am single, I am the happiest I have ever been and loving it, just need to stay focused.
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I like this- this is how I feel! I'm enjoying my single time! For once in a LONG time, it's all about MEEEEE!! weee! hehe! i get to focus on myself, and it feels great! I'm glad you're finding this time good for you! It's nice to be able to find yourself, and take time just for you :)

You should be so proud of what you've done so far! You've done so much! And even more than being proud of the weight you loss, you should be proud that you stuck to your goal, get out there and exercised, and stuck to a healthy diet! that's hard to do, and you accomplished that! That right there is reason enough to be so proud of yourself!!

Keep up the great work! I'm glad you have something in school that you're enjoying! I found school to be a great place to meet people!! :)

Good luck! And I look forward to hearing your update :)
 
So much work and no/little progress :(

Been busy back at uni, getting back into routine and loving it. Eating relatively well and haven't given into the temptations when the flatties get ice cream and chocolate and chips, been going to the gym everyday, did a 3.6km run today, which although isn't very far for me is the furtherest I have ever run without stopping. Been doing 30 pressups a day, started doing crunches and doing some other weights. Lost about 0.5kg this past week, not the progress I want but I'm telling myself its muscle :)

Feeling good about life and enjoying uni, things are pretty good at the moment, would just be nice to lose some more weight.

Took some picks on my phone and found a "before" photos, still not completely happy with my body but definitely heading in the right direction.
 
Just back from the gym... its soooooo hot and humid down there, sweating up a storm.

Didn't do too much as far as exercise, not enough energy... stupid uni, early classes and messy timetables, had a muesli bar for breakfast, apple for lunch and some rice crackers as snacks. Don't have any real food at home and can't afford too much but its the flatmates turn to cook dinner, om nom nom home made burgers tonight.

Did an hour walking to and from uni and around town, then 15 minutes on the treadmill and 10 minutes paddling around in the pool, decided to have a relaxed day don't want to push too hard and it is Friday :)
Did 3 sets of 10 @170 on the leg press and 32 pressups.

Not a lot but better than sitting on the couch.
 
Hey!

Awesome job on the physical activity...as a student myself, i know how hard it is to get yourself out there to the gym and even eat healthy! I always find school takes up a lot of me! Time, energy- MONEY!! So it can be hard! But you're doing great! The fact that you walked around, were in the pool, and did some exercises is great! I like how that's your relaxing day! LOL

Keep it up! You're doing great! School will be a hard adjustment, but you can do it! It'll take a bit of extra work, but everything worth achieving is worth working for :D

Happy weekend!
 
Didn't get to go racing this weekend got rained off :( oh well.

Still eating ok, not great had some corn chips and a few treats, but only a little bit at a time so its OK.

Was sitting at home today thinking "I don't want to do anything" but felt bad so made myself go to the gym and was very productive :) only had 2 days without going to the gym in 2 weeks, gets easier when it is just habit to go.

Stupid flatmate with high metabolism eating 2-3 times as much as me not exercising and still being light... but this isn't just about losing weight and looking good, at the heart of it is my health, which should be greatly improved by cutting out all those fatty, sugary foods.

Loving how much easier life is, just walking to uni, around town up stairs etc. wouldn't cope if I had to carry a 25kg bag around on my back.

Going on a road trip this weekend :auto:, lots of friends, partying, drinking and bad food. I volunteered to be the driver... so no drinking :driving: and will try to keep the fast food to a minimum.
 
Had amazing weekend so much fun and carnage, had a few too many drinks but was all good.

Been keeping up at the gym, apart from spraining my ankle playing rugby which set me back a bit.

Not really trying to lose weight fast now, working on building muscle and want to eat well, the weight loss for me now is just an added bonus rather than a set goal. Starting to try and enjoy life now, had an ice cream the other day (first in 5 months), I need to be happy and now that I am healthier and smaller I feel that I deserve it in moderation and will not let my weight go back up.

Starting to get a lot more comfortable with who I am, got a bit drunk with the flatmates on St Pattys day, didn't end up going to town but had some good chats about life. My female flatmate now thinks I have a "hot bod" lol, still working on believing that myself. When girls look at me walking down the street I don't think they are thinking "look at that fat guy", more "he's hot" and it feels good.

Going racing the next two weekends, really looking forward to it but with stage three uni at the moment things are so hectic, not enough time to do so many things.

Anyway always smiling, life is to short to be miserable, inventing my own future and loving life.
 
I have now lost a total of 6 inches on my stomach :) pretty proud of that... only problem is I am forever needing new clothes.

Not seeing any weight loss, still at 88kg, but definitely getting smaller and gaining muscle.
Although the other day I said I wasn't really trying to lose weight, coming back on here and seeing that I have lost 26.5kg makes me want to make that 30kg so I'm back to the healthy eating and doing more cardio.... oh joy :)

Don't get so many compliments now, all of my friends have seen me since my rebirth, loved it when ever I saw someone that I hadn't seen in ages they would all comment which gave me nice warm fuzzys.

You can do it Simon just got to get to 84.5... so thats 3.5kg to go... easy hahha, going to give myself 4 weeks to reach this goal and I will do it.

Guess that pack of tim tams now belongs to my flatemates.
 
Hey!

Glad to hear you're still losing inches! That's fabulous! Your motivation is killer...I love your goal of losing until you get to a -30kg loss! That's fantastic! Your attitude and determination sure sounds like you'll reach that goal!

It's great that your friends are so encouraging and complimenting! That's great! It makes it easier to have people support you like that :)

Hope the weekend treated you well!

Cheers!
 
Haven't really been trying to lose and haven't been to the gym but down to 86.5kg this morning, too many assignments to do so stressed but at least i'm still losing.

Went racing last weekend, a bit slow but got my knee scraping on the ground, coaching my brother and its the last round this weekend, he is 5th overall but hopefully will get 3rd in the championship after this round... the he can get some sponsorship hopefully.

I'm finding it hard at the moment to stay motivated and focused, there are just too many things to do, breaking it down into smaller pieces that are more manageable and putting down a schedule of when things need to be done. Get a 2 week holiday in 1.5 weeks... going to devote it to exercise and weight loss. I think thats the reason I'm looking forward to it the most, and it'll be nice to catch up with uni readings.





I look at my ticker and see how far I have come and how little in comparison I have to go to meet my target. The last bit is the hardest but I can do it, for once in my life I would like to fit into the "normal" weight bracket, I'm down from obese to overweight, not far to go now.

Was tagged in some photos from last year, when I thought I was looking good, and looking back I was huge. Trying to keep positive about everything in life, just a bit lonely :( anyway off to uni for me at 7:35am yay
 
26.5kg is a HUGE loss!!! And you don't have far to go, so don't give up now!!!

Yum, Tim Tams! Devil food... haven't had them in sooo long.

Have a great weekend, and keep working hard!!
 
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