Benalepsy87
New member
Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum. My name is Ben. Nice to meet you all.
Let me start off by saying that this seems like a really awesome forum and I've already read some helpful things after only being on this site a few minutes.
So here is my somewhat basic story.
I'm 6'1 and my current weight is 210 pounds. I've always been about 30 pounds overweight since longer than I remember. It seems like every time I try to lose weight, I end up starving myself and then overeating like crazy afterwards and gaining more back.
Before I started this diet, I was probably around 220-225 pounds. I was way too afraid to weight myself because I'd never been that out of shape before. I was eating fast food 2-3 times a day a basically chugging soda or sugary drinks all day long, as well as going out to eat all the time, followed by the movies and the buttery popcorn and nachos that are SO high in calories.
Then I said enough is enough about 6 weeks ago and I started doing 1 hour of elliptical cardio per day, and eating my recommended caloric intake of 1500 calories per day. I weighed myself last week and I was down to 210, although I don't know how much I initially weighed at the start, lol.
Anyways, here is a rough draft of my current diet. I have a really hard time with lettuce so I'll come right out and say that I don't do salads often.
Breakfast: bowl of bran flakes with 1% milk containing half of a sliced banana, and 1 scrambled egg with light salt.
Lunch: One 4oz lean center cut pork chop with brown rice and an orange on the side. With an 8 oz glass of 1% milk.
Dinner: 6 ounces of grilled salmon with garlic and light salt, one serving of black beans with cayenne pepper, with broccoli and a glass of hot water(for digestion).
Also, I've completely cut out sugary drinks throughout the day. Which I literally thought I'd NEVER be able to do. I was heavily addicted to soda and sweet tea. I had to ween myself off. I'd drink a small glass of soda, and then make sure that I drank at least 1.5x to double the amount of water. So basically any time I drank soda I'd counter it with water, until my body finally got used to accepting the water as a suitable beverage. Now I'm drinking at least 64-80 ounces of water per day and a little unsweetened tea.
I heard that hot tea or hot water is great for digestion so I've been drinking at least a few glasses of hot water per day. Anyway, any suggestions would be great. Thanks so much and it's wonderful to meet you all. My next weigh in is on Wednesday of this week so I'll post my progress.
Let me start off by saying that this seems like a really awesome forum and I've already read some helpful things after only being on this site a few minutes.
So here is my somewhat basic story.
I'm 6'1 and my current weight is 210 pounds. I've always been about 30 pounds overweight since longer than I remember. It seems like every time I try to lose weight, I end up starving myself and then overeating like crazy afterwards and gaining more back.
Before I started this diet, I was probably around 220-225 pounds. I was way too afraid to weight myself because I'd never been that out of shape before. I was eating fast food 2-3 times a day a basically chugging soda or sugary drinks all day long, as well as going out to eat all the time, followed by the movies and the buttery popcorn and nachos that are SO high in calories.
Then I said enough is enough about 6 weeks ago and I started doing 1 hour of elliptical cardio per day, and eating my recommended caloric intake of 1500 calories per day. I weighed myself last week and I was down to 210, although I don't know how much I initially weighed at the start, lol.
Anyways, here is a rough draft of my current diet. I have a really hard time with lettuce so I'll come right out and say that I don't do salads often.
Breakfast: bowl of bran flakes with 1% milk containing half of a sliced banana, and 1 scrambled egg with light salt.
Lunch: One 4oz lean center cut pork chop with brown rice and an orange on the side. With an 8 oz glass of 1% milk.
Dinner: 6 ounces of grilled salmon with garlic and light salt, one serving of black beans with cayenne pepper, with broccoli and a glass of hot water(for digestion).
Also, I've completely cut out sugary drinks throughout the day. Which I literally thought I'd NEVER be able to do. I was heavily addicted to soda and sweet tea. I had to ween myself off. I'd drink a small glass of soda, and then make sure that I drank at least 1.5x to double the amount of water. So basically any time I drank soda I'd counter it with water, until my body finally got used to accepting the water as a suitable beverage. Now I'm drinking at least 64-80 ounces of water per day and a little unsweetened tea.
I heard that hot tea or hot water is great for digestion so I've been drinking at least a few glasses of hot water per day. Anyway, any suggestions would be great. Thanks so much and it's wonderful to meet you all. My next weigh in is on Wednesday of this week so I'll post my progress.
