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Skibum1988
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Hi All,
Stoked to be a new member. Im a male, 22yrs old, 5ft 9.5 and 188 Lbs. I am slightly overweight and have mild high blood pressure and a few other mild health problems which I believe are a direct product of my lifestyle and diet.
Up till now i have had very sporadic eating and sleeping patterns. I smoked and drank a lot and frankly my diet was awful. Sometimes i would go for weeks without eating a proper serving of fruit or veg, and i would regularly indulge in fast food. I often ate whole packs of buscuits at a time. Even on an average day my diet might be as follows
Morning: Chocolate bar, can of coke
Lunch: Large sandwich / sausage roll, potato chips/ crisps, chocolate bar, can of soft drink
Afternoon: Sweets & Soft drink
Dinner: Big portion of pasta / beans and saussages on toast / take-out followed by something sweet and sugary.
Over the past four years I have gained weight steadily from 12st up to around 13st 6. At my heaviest I was 13st 10. I have a pretty muscular frame naturally, and I believe my personal ideal weight lies around 11st 8 to 12st - this gives me somewhere between 20 and 26 pounds to lose. I'm aiming to lose the first stone in 7 weeks, and then the remaining 8 or so pounds in a further 7 weeks.
I have changed my diet to cut out all sweets soft drinks and other high sugar and fat foods. My food routine now is:
Bfast: Sultana Bran (wholegrain) with Semi-Skimmed milk (will wein myself onto skimmed milk soon)
Youghurt / fruit snack (leaving at least a 3hr break after breakfast)
Lunch: Turkey / Ham salad with cherry tomatoes, red onion and a small serving of cheese / egg
Fruit snack
Dinner: Skinless Chicken Breast / basic meat dish (principally using white meat), with veg
My thinking behind this is it is a lot lower sugar and lower carb than I had before, but I am still getting enough carbs through breakfast and veg, but the timing of my high carb meal - breakfast - is now much more appropriate. I am also planning on drinking lots of water. I'd guess that the calorie intake is down to about 1700 from about 2600
I'm joining the gym next week and am going to do 5 days a week in the mornings before breakfast. The gym is a 30min walk from my house and is near to where i study. I usually drive / get the bus to uni, but now i want to walk to and from uni (and the gym) every day, which should burn off I think around 300-400 calories each day. In the gym I am going to do a combination of weight training and cardio, with the cardio varying from interval training, to steady continuous workouts.
My main fear is putting on more bulk when i start doing weights, as my body does this very easily. I already have a 44inch chest and I don't want to get any bigger. My stats currently are. Chest 44inch, Waist 33inch. Ideally when I finish i'd like to be a 30 waist and no more than a 46 inch chest, or i feel i will start to look out of proportion. I think part of the reason i have not put on a lot more fat over the course of the past four years is my existing high muscle mass.
There is a lot of muscle underneath the fat - look at my avatar - that is me at the moment sucking my tummy in a bit, and you can already see the abs coming through.
So my questions are: Do you think this will work?
Any tips on avoiding gaining more muscle mass?
do you think my goals are realistic?
Anyone want to give me a concept 2 rowing machine.... lol.... if only... I wish i could afford one, it would make this so so so much easier.
Thanks in advance for help. Will post before pictures up here shortly
Stoked to be a new member. Im a male, 22yrs old, 5ft 9.5 and 188 Lbs. I am slightly overweight and have mild high blood pressure and a few other mild health problems which I believe are a direct product of my lifestyle and diet.
Up till now i have had very sporadic eating and sleeping patterns. I smoked and drank a lot and frankly my diet was awful. Sometimes i would go for weeks without eating a proper serving of fruit or veg, and i would regularly indulge in fast food. I often ate whole packs of buscuits at a time. Even on an average day my diet might be as follows
Morning: Chocolate bar, can of coke
Lunch: Large sandwich / sausage roll, potato chips/ crisps, chocolate bar, can of soft drink
Afternoon: Sweets & Soft drink
Dinner: Big portion of pasta / beans and saussages on toast / take-out followed by something sweet and sugary.
Over the past four years I have gained weight steadily from 12st up to around 13st 6. At my heaviest I was 13st 10. I have a pretty muscular frame naturally, and I believe my personal ideal weight lies around 11st 8 to 12st - this gives me somewhere between 20 and 26 pounds to lose. I'm aiming to lose the first stone in 7 weeks, and then the remaining 8 or so pounds in a further 7 weeks.
I have changed my diet to cut out all sweets soft drinks and other high sugar and fat foods. My food routine now is:
Bfast: Sultana Bran (wholegrain) with Semi-Skimmed milk (will wein myself onto skimmed milk soon)
Youghurt / fruit snack (leaving at least a 3hr break after breakfast)
Lunch: Turkey / Ham salad with cherry tomatoes, red onion and a small serving of cheese / egg
Fruit snack
Dinner: Skinless Chicken Breast / basic meat dish (principally using white meat), with veg
My thinking behind this is it is a lot lower sugar and lower carb than I had before, but I am still getting enough carbs through breakfast and veg, but the timing of my high carb meal - breakfast - is now much more appropriate. I am also planning on drinking lots of water. I'd guess that the calorie intake is down to about 1700 from about 2600
I'm joining the gym next week and am going to do 5 days a week in the mornings before breakfast. The gym is a 30min walk from my house and is near to where i study. I usually drive / get the bus to uni, but now i want to walk to and from uni (and the gym) every day, which should burn off I think around 300-400 calories each day. In the gym I am going to do a combination of weight training and cardio, with the cardio varying from interval training, to steady continuous workouts.
My main fear is putting on more bulk when i start doing weights, as my body does this very easily. I already have a 44inch chest and I don't want to get any bigger. My stats currently are. Chest 44inch, Waist 33inch. Ideally when I finish i'd like to be a 30 waist and no more than a 46 inch chest, or i feel i will start to look out of proportion. I think part of the reason i have not put on a lot more fat over the course of the past four years is my existing high muscle mass.
There is a lot of muscle underneath the fat - look at my avatar - that is me at the moment sucking my tummy in a bit, and you can already see the abs coming through.
So my questions are: Do you think this will work?
Any tips on avoiding gaining more muscle mass?
do you think my goals are realistic?
Anyone want to give me a concept 2 rowing machine.... lol.... if only... I wish i could afford one, it would make this so so so much easier.
Thanks in advance for help. Will post before pictures up here shortly