Alexander84
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I'm a 5'11, 24 year old male. I was an athlete in high school, but after I was done playing I started packing on the pounds. From 02-05 I went from about 200 to 256. Then I weighed myself at the end of May of this year and was 280. I didn't realize I got that big, I had just assumed I was still in the 250 range. I had tried to lose weight in the past but the effort was mediocre at best. But when I saw I was 280 I had a terrible feeling inside and that was the turning point.
Learning from my past failures I knew I couldn't "diet", that wouldn't work for me. I had to find healthy food that would still fill me up. My breakfast was Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, my lunch was a turkey sandwich on whole grain bread with an apple, and my dinner was chicken breast and a plain baked potato. In the morning I have about 8 ounces of orange juice, other than that it was all water.
I knew I had to be smart about the exercise and not try to over do it. So at first I just started walking 2 miles a day. I went from 280 to 270 in two weeks. After I felt good with the 2 miles a day I upped it to 4 miles a day. I was stuck at 260 for about 2 weeks. I didn't understand it because I was eating right and doing the walking. But I kept working at it and busted through that wall and lost 6 pounds in a week. Don't get discouraged, just keep fighting through that wall, you'll break through.
I felt comfortable enough with the walks that I decided to start running. I did a mile and felt great and did it M-F. But by the end of the week my knee developed patellar tendinitis, aka runner's knee. I'm pretty sure this was a result of being inactive for so long. So I had to take the whole next week off. The next week I did a mile M-F again. Then I started upping my running
Week 1- 1 mile m-f
Week 2- 1.25 miles m-f
Week 3- 1.5 miles m-f
Week 4- 1.75 miles m-f
Week 5- 2 miles m-f
By the end of these 5 weeks I was down to about 235. It was grueling because I was doing it in July-August. But that ended up being a good thing also because I was sweating alot of the weight off.
I did that running on a track. But I wanted to run through the park where I did my 2 and 4 mile walks (1 trip around is 2 miles). About 3/4 of a mile of that walkway is up hill, so it's a difficult 2 miles. But I started doing it and eventually it got easier and easier. Within 2-3 weeks I was down to 220.
Last week I started running twice around the park (4 miles). I'm down to 213 now.
I hope this can be useful to guys that are in the situation I was in. Just find healthy food that will fill you up and gradually build up your exercise regime.
Learning from my past failures I knew I couldn't "diet", that wouldn't work for me. I had to find healthy food that would still fill me up. My breakfast was Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, my lunch was a turkey sandwich on whole grain bread with an apple, and my dinner was chicken breast and a plain baked potato. In the morning I have about 8 ounces of orange juice, other than that it was all water.
I knew I had to be smart about the exercise and not try to over do it. So at first I just started walking 2 miles a day. I went from 280 to 270 in two weeks. After I felt good with the 2 miles a day I upped it to 4 miles a day. I was stuck at 260 for about 2 weeks. I didn't understand it because I was eating right and doing the walking. But I kept working at it and busted through that wall and lost 6 pounds in a week. Don't get discouraged, just keep fighting through that wall, you'll break through.
I felt comfortable enough with the walks that I decided to start running. I did a mile and felt great and did it M-F. But by the end of the week my knee developed patellar tendinitis, aka runner's knee. I'm pretty sure this was a result of being inactive for so long. So I had to take the whole next week off. The next week I did a mile M-F again. Then I started upping my running
Week 1- 1 mile m-f
Week 2- 1.25 miles m-f
Week 3- 1.5 miles m-f
Week 4- 1.75 miles m-f
Week 5- 2 miles m-f
By the end of these 5 weeks I was down to about 235. It was grueling because I was doing it in July-August. But that ended up being a good thing also because I was sweating alot of the weight off.
I did that running on a track. But I wanted to run through the park where I did my 2 and 4 mile walks (1 trip around is 2 miles). About 3/4 of a mile of that walkway is up hill, so it's a difficult 2 miles. But I started doing it and eventually it got easier and easier. Within 2-3 weeks I was down to 220.
Last week I started running twice around the park (4 miles). I'm down to 213 now.
I hope this can be useful to guys that are in the situation I was in. Just find healthy food that will fill you up and gradually build up your exercise regime.
