Hey everyone,
I've been lurking for quite some time and i guess i finally decided its my turn. So here it goes....
I am a pretty big guy. period. I am one that is "big boned" but i am also fat as well. A couple years ago i decided that i wanted to lose weight. I believe i was around 350-380 at the time. Well over the two years i loly-gagged and went to the gym in spurts. got down to about 345 after the first year, and then 330 as of like Jan. 1st. My new years resolution was to put ME first and lose this weight once and for all. I've given myself the whole year to get down to 200 lbs. I'm 5'8". I originally said 180-190, but i was told that i have a naturally muscular build and that that weight would make me look sickly. So i'll go to 200 and see what I feel like. Most people guess me at about 260, so i feel good about that because were like 70 pounds off. OK, that si the back log. Now lets get you guys up to date.
This year, as i stated before i started off at 330. The first two weeks of the year, i began to change my diet even more, and i even went to the gym once, just to break the ice of me going regularly. After those first two weeks, things took off.
I know hit the gym 6-7 times a week, and i have it in my mind that my day does not begin until i have been to the gym. SO it is always the first thing i do EVERY MORNING i am scheduled too. I do circuit training, full body, mon, wed, and fri. With a 5-15 min cardio warm-up. The opposite days (not every sat, but some) I do 65 min on the elliptical (5 min cooldown). I try to make sure i hit 7 miles on the thing everytime.
As of now i am down 19 lbs at 311. I weight my self every monday for progress. I am not a big forum poster, but i will try to keep you guys as updated as possible. Good luck to you all and chat you soon!
I've been lurking for quite some time and i guess i finally decided its my turn. So here it goes....
I am a pretty big guy. period. I am one that is "big boned" but i am also fat as well. A couple years ago i decided that i wanted to lose weight. I believe i was around 350-380 at the time. Well over the two years i loly-gagged and went to the gym in spurts. got down to about 345 after the first year, and then 330 as of like Jan. 1st. My new years resolution was to put ME first and lose this weight once and for all. I've given myself the whole year to get down to 200 lbs. I'm 5'8". I originally said 180-190, but i was told that i have a naturally muscular build and that that weight would make me look sickly. So i'll go to 200 and see what I feel like. Most people guess me at about 260, so i feel good about that because were like 70 pounds off. OK, that si the back log. Now lets get you guys up to date.
This year, as i stated before i started off at 330. The first two weeks of the year, i began to change my diet even more, and i even went to the gym once, just to break the ice of me going regularly. After those first two weeks, things took off.
I know hit the gym 6-7 times a week, and i have it in my mind that my day does not begin until i have been to the gym. SO it is always the first thing i do EVERY MORNING i am scheduled too. I do circuit training, full body, mon, wed, and fri. With a 5-15 min cardio warm-up. The opposite days (not every sat, but some) I do 65 min on the elliptical (5 min cooldown). I try to make sure i hit 7 miles on the thing everytime.
As of now i am down 19 lbs at 311. I weight my self every monday for progress. I am not a big forum poster, but i will try to keep you guys as updated as possible. Good luck to you all and chat you soon!
Way to go on your loss so far! Love your gym time dedication. You will see so many more benefits than just how you look in the mirror - though that is perhaps the nicest one 
As I've seen mentioned over and over on these forums, there's certainly no one right way to do things, eh?
