So I have been posting a bit already and got some really good info from here. I figured that since I plan on sticking around I might as well come and intro myself and lay it on out there.
I'm Steve (If you didn't already guess that). I live in The CA northern bay area and am 25years old. Currently I'm 254lbs and about 5'11"-6'. I have always been a bigger guy and never had good eating habbits but I have always been active for the most part. Grew up playing football and doing martial arts, a couple years after high school I got in a bad motorcycle accident that had me pretty messed up for a few months and all I did was sit around and eat and watch tv. After that it was just all down hill untill about 6months ago when I hit a all time heaviest of 285lbs. after seeing my doctor and him basically telling me I was on the fast track to being diabetic and overall just extremely out of shape and over weight I started eating better and lost about 25-30lbs without doing much other then eating well.
I have been a fairly moody person my whole life, but never considered myself depressed or anything like that. Then recently I had a nutritionist suggest I try taking a small amount of tryptophan as it was said to help aid moods, sleep and cravings/portion control. I started taking 50mg of 5-htp about three to four weeks ago and I can honestly say I have never felt better, been happier, or slept better in my entire life. On top of that, I have actually been really enjoying and looking forward to doing cardio. Something that I have always hated with the most passion I could exress.
I started off really putting effort into training only about a month ago now. I would walk my dogs in the morning and attempt to jog a bit. After jogging for about 50yards though I was completely gassed and had to walk again. Well this morning I'm happy to say that I completed two miles straight through without stopping. Not at a blistering pace but for sure a heck of a lot better.
Thanks to the info here I am now on a better routine with added weight training, and a better diet. Best of all, I'm having a lot of fun rebuilding myself into the person I know I can be. I work a desk job and for the most part play online all day, so I plan on using this site for as much info as possible from here on out.
I'm Steve (If you didn't already guess that). I live in The CA northern bay area and am 25years old. Currently I'm 254lbs and about 5'11"-6'. I have always been a bigger guy and never had good eating habbits but I have always been active for the most part. Grew up playing football and doing martial arts, a couple years after high school I got in a bad motorcycle accident that had me pretty messed up for a few months and all I did was sit around and eat and watch tv. After that it was just all down hill untill about 6months ago when I hit a all time heaviest of 285lbs. after seeing my doctor and him basically telling me I was on the fast track to being diabetic and overall just extremely out of shape and over weight I started eating better and lost about 25-30lbs without doing much other then eating well.
I have been a fairly moody person my whole life, but never considered myself depressed or anything like that. Then recently I had a nutritionist suggest I try taking a small amount of tryptophan as it was said to help aid moods, sleep and cravings/portion control. I started taking 50mg of 5-htp about three to four weeks ago and I can honestly say I have never felt better, been happier, or slept better in my entire life. On top of that, I have actually been really enjoying and looking forward to doing cardio. Something that I have always hated with the most passion I could exress.
I started off really putting effort into training only about a month ago now. I would walk my dogs in the morning and attempt to jog a bit. After jogging for about 50yards though I was completely gassed and had to walk again. Well this morning I'm happy to say that I completed two miles straight through without stopping. Not at a blistering pace but for sure a heck of a lot better.
Thanks to the info here I am now on a better routine with added weight training, and a better diet. Best of all, I'm having a lot of fun rebuilding myself into the person I know I can be. I work a desk job and for the most part play online all day, so I plan on using this site for as much info as possible from here on out.