FifteenOSix
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Hey guys I am 22, Heres my story.
Since I was about 8 I have been overweight, by the time I was 17 I weighed 290 pounds (5 feet tall, 11 inches). I got fed up with it and back in 2002 I started to diet and excersise.
I started doing slimfast for breakfast, and to be honest I had nothing for lunch. I drank a lot of water and for dinner I would have a subway sandwhich or a salad. I know this was not the healthiest thing to do.
I started off running/walking a mile everyday. It became an obsession for me, but it was a good one I thought. On average I was losing 5 pounds a week, which I don't think was too fast for my size. The problem is as I lost more weight it became harder to keep up with my quota of 5 pounds a week. I started doing things to make sure I met the quota, the biggest thing I did was quit drinking so much water because I had this idea that if I drank water I would just stay at the same weight. By the end of my whole weightloss I was running 3 miles at one time, I ran 3 miles in 27 minutes on average. It was hell though, I was hungry and always thirsty. Either way I pulled it off and I got down to 160 pounds. I was one skinny guy.
Everyone at my highschool thought that either I had started exercising or was on cokecain, haha it was a rumor about me, I did not like it very much.
Anyway, so I lost 130 pounds in about 6 and a half months. My life was changed, I was recognized by girls, and I started dating for the first time in my life. I ended up meeting an awesome girl and we started dating after a while. We went to college and attended the same college for 4 years together. Well if any of you know what happens when you fall in love, you get a little lazy, you stop caring about your appearance, heres the scary part. After 2 years I gained weight and was up to 240 pounds. Time has gone on and I got back up to 290 (I think its the weight my body wants me to be at, not fair!) Anyway recently we broke up, and its killing me on the inside. This girl was beautiful, perfect for me, and I did have skin problems, not major, but also not normal like any person would have if they'd always been skinny. It was a big deal for me to undress infront of her for a long time, and took me months to get used to it.
Now I'm dieting again, scared of having to show my body to any future girl/girls. I started running this week, I started out weight 291 pounds, and I'm down to about 286. I run one mile a day, run 2 minutes, walk 2 and so on untill I'm done. Doing that my mile time is down to 15:06 (which is why I chose the user name I did) which is not stellar, but for somone my size I'm pretty proud of it.
Anyway I wanted to share my story with you guys, let you know I'm back on the weightloss train. I want to be healthy again, and I want to be noticed by girls again. This time I am shooting for about 220, or 210 pounds. So I have about 70 pounds to lose.
I won't lie, I'd love to lose 5 pounds a week for the next 3.5 months and reach my goal, but I need yalls help to guide me. I have also set a goal to run 50 miles by August, I think I can easily meet this goal running 5 miles a week.
I do not want to just do slimfast and salads. I want to do it right this time, I want advice on books to read about the right foods. Ideas on how I can keep my skin as tight as I can get it. You know vitamins to take, foods to eat, ways to keep it stuck to my body and not hanging. Also any advice on those frozen meals you can order by the week that have the right nutrients and vitamins.
I am glad to be here, right now is a sad time in my life and I need uplifting people that I can communicate with about dieting and exccersizing.
Also, because of my large size running is killing my left knee and my ankle, tips to fight that pain off? Bengay?
Since I was about 8 I have been overweight, by the time I was 17 I weighed 290 pounds (5 feet tall, 11 inches). I got fed up with it and back in 2002 I started to diet and excersise.
I started doing slimfast for breakfast, and to be honest I had nothing for lunch. I drank a lot of water and for dinner I would have a subway sandwhich or a salad. I know this was not the healthiest thing to do.
I started off running/walking a mile everyday. It became an obsession for me, but it was a good one I thought. On average I was losing 5 pounds a week, which I don't think was too fast for my size. The problem is as I lost more weight it became harder to keep up with my quota of 5 pounds a week. I started doing things to make sure I met the quota, the biggest thing I did was quit drinking so much water because I had this idea that if I drank water I would just stay at the same weight. By the end of my whole weightloss I was running 3 miles at one time, I ran 3 miles in 27 minutes on average. It was hell though, I was hungry and always thirsty. Either way I pulled it off and I got down to 160 pounds. I was one skinny guy.
Everyone at my highschool thought that either I had started exercising or was on cokecain, haha it was a rumor about me, I did not like it very much.
Anyway, so I lost 130 pounds in about 6 and a half months. My life was changed, I was recognized by girls, and I started dating for the first time in my life. I ended up meeting an awesome girl and we started dating after a while. We went to college and attended the same college for 4 years together. Well if any of you know what happens when you fall in love, you get a little lazy, you stop caring about your appearance, heres the scary part. After 2 years I gained weight and was up to 240 pounds. Time has gone on and I got back up to 290 (I think its the weight my body wants me to be at, not fair!) Anyway recently we broke up, and its killing me on the inside. This girl was beautiful, perfect for me, and I did have skin problems, not major, but also not normal like any person would have if they'd always been skinny. It was a big deal for me to undress infront of her for a long time, and took me months to get used to it.
Now I'm dieting again, scared of having to show my body to any future girl/girls. I started running this week, I started out weight 291 pounds, and I'm down to about 286. I run one mile a day, run 2 minutes, walk 2 and so on untill I'm done. Doing that my mile time is down to 15:06 (which is why I chose the user name I did) which is not stellar, but for somone my size I'm pretty proud of it.
Anyway I wanted to share my story with you guys, let you know I'm back on the weightloss train. I want to be healthy again, and I want to be noticed by girls again. This time I am shooting for about 220, or 210 pounds. So I have about 70 pounds to lose.
I won't lie, I'd love to lose 5 pounds a week for the next 3.5 months and reach my goal, but I need yalls help to guide me. I have also set a goal to run 50 miles by August, I think I can easily meet this goal running 5 miles a week.
I do not want to just do slimfast and salads. I want to do it right this time, I want advice on books to read about the right foods. Ideas on how I can keep my skin as tight as I can get it. You know vitamins to take, foods to eat, ways to keep it stuck to my body and not hanging. Also any advice on those frozen meals you can order by the week that have the right nutrients and vitamins.
I am glad to be here, right now is a sad time in my life and I need uplifting people that I can communicate with about dieting and exccersizing.
Also, because of my large size running is killing my left knee and my ankle, tips to fight that pain off? Bengay?
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