Hi, Everyone! I've tried to write one of these diary things before but did a terrible job of keeping it updated. Since the one year anniversary of me deciding it was time to start to lose weigh is coming up I thought I'd start another one for the stretch run. Here is some background info.
My name is Ben and I live in Chicago, home of the deep dish pizza. I'm 19 years old and on my last Birthday(August 20th 2008) I realized that I had almost one year before I would be leaving for college. I'm going to the U of Michigan after going to community college at home for a year. One of the things that has got me really excited about going out of state for school is that I won't know anyone there. It's a real chance at fresh start, which is rare. That night after my birthday party I jumped on to the scale out of pure curiosity and was shocked to find that I was 293 lbs. 7 pounds from 300! I guess you could call that a wake up call. I had never thought of myself as someone who weighed 300 pounds or even someone who thought they were obese. And going over the pictures the next day of the party I decided that this would be the perfect time to lose the weight that had defined me for so long. And next year when I meet all those new people they'll be able to see me for who I really am and not instantly judge me for being obese.
So I began my diet on August 21st 2008 at 6'0 and 293 and while exercising wasn't new to me, having had been on the Football and track teams in high school. A lot of the work outs programs I knew were more about gaining strength and not about slimming down. Since I was broke, I couldn't afford any of the gyms around were I lived so the only piece of fitness equipment I had was a ratty old treadmill.
It's been around 10 months since that day and through diet, exercise, and a support from my family I think I've made some huge strides. I stepped on the scale this morning and I was looking fine at 239. That's 54lbs lost!!! And looking at pictures from last year I can definitely see a difference in my face and body.
But here is the problem. I have 63 days till I start school and am no where near my one year goal of 199. Trying to lose 40lbs in a little less than 10 weeks is crazy and borderline suicidal. So I've revised it and am going to try and get down to 215 by September 1st. It's crunch time and I'm going to increase both the frequency and intensity of my work-outs, restrict my diet even more(I used to have cheat days where I'd eat 3000+ calories worth of McDonald's), and write in this journal every day!
My name is Ben and I live in Chicago, home of the deep dish pizza. I'm 19 years old and on my last Birthday(August 20th 2008) I realized that I had almost one year before I would be leaving for college. I'm going to the U of Michigan after going to community college at home for a year. One of the things that has got me really excited about going out of state for school is that I won't know anyone there. It's a real chance at fresh start, which is rare. That night after my birthday party I jumped on to the scale out of pure curiosity and was shocked to find that I was 293 lbs. 7 pounds from 300! I guess you could call that a wake up call. I had never thought of myself as someone who weighed 300 pounds or even someone who thought they were obese. And going over the pictures the next day of the party I decided that this would be the perfect time to lose the weight that had defined me for so long. And next year when I meet all those new people they'll be able to see me for who I really am and not instantly judge me for being obese.
So I began my diet on August 21st 2008 at 6'0 and 293 and while exercising wasn't new to me, having had been on the Football and track teams in high school. A lot of the work outs programs I knew were more about gaining strength and not about slimming down. Since I was broke, I couldn't afford any of the gyms around were I lived so the only piece of fitness equipment I had was a ratty old treadmill.
It's been around 10 months since that day and through diet, exercise, and a support from my family I think I've made some huge strides. I stepped on the scale this morning and I was looking fine at 239. That's 54lbs lost!!! And looking at pictures from last year I can definitely see a difference in my face and body.
But here is the problem. I have 63 days till I start school and am no where near my one year goal of 199. Trying to lose 40lbs in a little less than 10 weeks is crazy and borderline suicidal. So I've revised it and am going to try and get down to 215 by September 1st. It's crunch time and I'm going to increase both the frequency and intensity of my work-outs, restrict my diet even more(I used to have cheat days where I'd eat 3000+ calories worth of McDonald's), and write in this journal every day!
) I know i should eat more but im never hungry, sounds like you're the same way. I just trust my body to let me know if it needs food and just assume its using fat if im not hungry.
So I decided to go back to bed and start the day over. I woke up(again) about 30 minutes ago and am now trying to decide if I should go work out or take the day off. 
