This is my first post period on the site period so bear with me. I found this site looking through Google for some diet tips. I guess you can say that I am somewhat desperate. Well I am not desperate but I am in crunch mode right now. Ok so in April I told myself that I wanted to lose weight. I mean I had always told myself that I wanted to lose weight but losing weight is one of those easier said than done things. I mean I really started to think about losing weight when I went to Kings Dominion in Doswell VA. It was me and my cousin who at the time had lost weight. I tried to get on the roller coaster, Outer Limits: Flight of Fear. Now this is a ride that I have been riding since it came out in 1996. I got denied and he got on the ride while I stood on the side embarrassed. That was the first time I had ever got denied access to any ride because of my weight. It was really hard and it made me think of all the times I made fun of people in the same situation. At any rate I told myself that I wanted to lose weight at that point. Well I guess that wasn’t enough but I think that a few things really sparked my weight lose journey. First off my old job really helped. I use to work for this very small company and like most small companies people are real friendly so I and a few co-workers really started bonding. We all started that celebrity fit club diet. Then I got a gym membership then I got fried and my support system was basically gone. I had a back up though well not a back up but I guess a motivator, GIRLS. Well they really weren’t a support system actually they are the opposite because I always go for the hard to get girls, and ignore the other girls. One day I was talking to a girl in the club and I asked her about me and she said I wasn’t her type. Most guys just leave it at that but I guess I was a little tipsy so I asked her why and she said I was too big.
At that point when I decided I need a change. I started to really commit myself to losing weight. I was at 287 when I first started at the gym now I am down to 240. I have basically lost like 50 pounds over the summer which is good. I basically really committed myself to eating better and also just working out hard. I can get on an elliptical and just run for two hours at level 20 basically burning 2000 calories. Then I would turn right around and hit the weights. I worked my ass off. I have seen a difference too. My mother says I am getting to skinny. I don’t think 6’3, 240 is exactly skinny but she is my mother so I expect her to give me positive feedback even if I was getting fatter. She is not the only lady that is noticing it though. I am having more success with the ladies but I am still not really were I want to be. I told myself when I first started this journey that I wanted to be 225 by my birthday which is October 21. When I first said it that seemed like a un-reachable and some even said unhealthy goal. Now though it seems pretty attainable. I mean it’s the 12 so that’s basically a month and a half to lose 15 pounds. I think that is very manageable if I just discipline myself at the gym and with food, which is my biggest weakness. I want to lose weight probably for all the wrong reasons. I think I am in ok health but I really want to lose weight so I can talk to better looking. I know it’s not the best reason but it’s the honest reason.
The problem is I have hit the infamous wall. I have heard people talk about it from trainers to just the average person. It’s that place where trainers will tell you that you need to push yourself harder and where other people will tell you that your body just can’t lose any more weight. I know this has to be a myth but it seems like my weight will go above 240 but it won’t go to 239 for anything so I guess I am at the wall but I don’t want to let that stop me because I have always been a goal oriented, results driven guy. I am starting this journal because I want to break down the wall and I want any suggestions on what I should do. I also am going to try to just write about my experiences of breaking down the wall. I know I haven’t done it yet but I have faith that I will do it so I am claiming it ahead of time basically.
At that point when I decided I need a change. I started to really commit myself to losing weight. I was at 287 when I first started at the gym now I am down to 240. I have basically lost like 50 pounds over the summer which is good. I basically really committed myself to eating better and also just working out hard. I can get on an elliptical and just run for two hours at level 20 basically burning 2000 calories. Then I would turn right around and hit the weights. I worked my ass off. I have seen a difference too. My mother says I am getting to skinny. I don’t think 6’3, 240 is exactly skinny but she is my mother so I expect her to give me positive feedback even if I was getting fatter. She is not the only lady that is noticing it though. I am having more success with the ladies but I am still not really were I want to be. I told myself when I first started this journey that I wanted to be 225 by my birthday which is October 21. When I first said it that seemed like a un-reachable and some even said unhealthy goal. Now though it seems pretty attainable. I mean it’s the 12 so that’s basically a month and a half to lose 15 pounds. I think that is very manageable if I just discipline myself at the gym and with food, which is my biggest weakness. I want to lose weight probably for all the wrong reasons. I think I am in ok health but I really want to lose weight so I can talk to better looking. I know it’s not the best reason but it’s the honest reason.
The problem is I have hit the infamous wall. I have heard people talk about it from trainers to just the average person. It’s that place where trainers will tell you that you need to push yourself harder and where other people will tell you that your body just can’t lose any more weight. I know this has to be a myth but it seems like my weight will go above 240 but it won’t go to 239 for anything so I guess I am at the wall but I don’t want to let that stop me because I have always been a goal oriented, results driven guy. I am starting this journal because I want to break down the wall and I want any suggestions on what I should do. I also am going to try to just write about my experiences of breaking down the wall. I know I haven’t done it yet but I have faith that I will do it so I am claiming it ahead of time basically.
