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b3n1

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Im Ben :waving:
Im a 24yo guy from Sydney Australia. I weigh about 136kgs / 300lbs (omg!)
Ive spent most of my life trying to lose weight but have never been able to stick with anything.

Its getting to the point where my body is starting to feel the consequences of being overweight for this long.

My joints.. particularly my knees have become so bad recently. They crack and make horrible noise when i walk up stairs or squat down.

Im so tired all the time. It seems like the more I sleep, the more tired I get. I cant concentrate at University and Im failing classes.

Im depressed, not just in a feeling sad way, but i just dont feel like socialising with people anymore.

My blood pressure has been high for years and Im worried that Im gunna drop dead any second.

Theres probably alot more things I could list but I think you get the point.

Ive got alot of weight to lose. Atleast 46kgs/100lbs. Ive never been fit and healthy as an adult so I dont know the weight I need to aim for but Its not really about the number anyway.

Ive got a few workout dvds and books but the thing that really annoys me about them is that there is no way someone who is 100lbs overweight could ever do them.

My biggest problems in failing weight loss have been because I adopt an 'All or nothing' attitude. If I cant get everything right then I dont bother. Sounds silly now but its not obvious at the time.

Ive been thinking about an exercise I can do that Id enjoy enough to stick with it and that would easy on my knees and the obvious answer to me is swimming. Its just a matter of me getting over the insecurities of going to a pool. I read a few articles that swimming isnt very good for weight loss but others say that it is. Thats another thing.. so much conflicting information on the internet about weight loss!

So thats me. Im going to be hanging around this place alot and picking peoples brains. Some of the posts here are very inspiring. Hope to see you all around.

Ben
 
Hi Ben,

Welcome to the forum.

For a man of your size, your #1 goal isn't so much to workout. I think you'll see greater benefits by getting a cookbook and spending more time in the kitchen.

I'm serious. If you learn to cook your own food and eliminate processed foods you could comfortably drop 30Kg in a year without making any other changes.

Losing weight is really quite straightforward but does require a mindset reboot.

You didn't mention your diet but we're looking for a calories in < calories out imbalance. Processed foods tend to be very high in calories. Home cooked foods are often 1/2 the calories for the same meal (and tastier too).

Working out could be your # 2 goal. I genuinely believe you can make huge progress just by eating home cooked foods. You really don't even need to go for low-calorie foods. Just ease up on the processed/salty/fatty foods.

Good luck
 
Try to focus on the food. Once you realize what you have been eating, it will be very easy to see where to make changes. And losing some initial weight will really help out the joints, etc. so that you can get into an exercise routine. But the food is where you will really lose.
 
Welcome and good luck! Agreeing with the posters above-- try making changes with your food first, that'll help out with the joints and make exercising easier once you've lost some initial weight. You might want to do a food journal, that's what really helps me. :)
 
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