Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum. 
I have a huge issue I need help with. My name is Brandon, I'm 19, and in a year I'm going to apply for the local police department. It's been a dream of mine since I could understand what a job was. My Dad's a US Marshal so I suppose it's the ol' "following the footsteps" senario. Anyway, since I'm going to be a police officer, I REALLY need help getting into shape. I'm also tired of looking the way I do.
I'm 6'0", and 175lbs. I'm not really fat, my legs are solid and the rest of me aside from my midsection is alright, but I have a bit of extra weight on my sides, stomach, and chest area that's really not noticible unless my shirt's off. I've always been extremely self conscience of this since about 6th grade, and have always worn shirts that hid it some how with different stripe patterns and/or logos/designs...I've started running this week and eating right (some what, I'll explain in a minute)....I run for about 20 minutes, and each day push myself about 50 yards further, and then do 20 push ups and started doing 30 crunches yesterday.
When I talk about the eating issue, I don't eat breakfast, rarely eat lunch (gotten better about it this week), and eat a very small dinner. I've been eating salads daily this week. I also drink maybe 1-2 glasses of water a day, which I know needs to be bumped up to 8 or so. I also have been smoking for the past 6 months, which I'll be stopping soon this month since the job I want doesn't hire smokers.
What can I do to get this extra weight off my mid section and chest? What should I be eating daily? (I'm not a picky eater...love veggies!) What can I do to make this fun rather then a painful chore?
This is the first time I've ever joined a forum to ask something like this...I REALLY want to go for it and DO it this time and follow through for more then a week.
Thank you all so much for your help in advance, please go into as much detail as you can, as I'm really looking for some good advice.
Thanks again
,
Brandon
I have a huge issue I need help with. My name is Brandon, I'm 19, and in a year I'm going to apply for the local police department. It's been a dream of mine since I could understand what a job was. My Dad's a US Marshal so I suppose it's the ol' "following the footsteps" senario. Anyway, since I'm going to be a police officer, I REALLY need help getting into shape. I'm also tired of looking the way I do.
I'm 6'0", and 175lbs. I'm not really fat, my legs are solid and the rest of me aside from my midsection is alright, but I have a bit of extra weight on my sides, stomach, and chest area that's really not noticible unless my shirt's off. I've always been extremely self conscience of this since about 6th grade, and have always worn shirts that hid it some how with different stripe patterns and/or logos/designs...I've started running this week and eating right (some what, I'll explain in a minute)....I run for about 20 minutes, and each day push myself about 50 yards further, and then do 20 push ups and started doing 30 crunches yesterday.
When I talk about the eating issue, I don't eat breakfast, rarely eat lunch (gotten better about it this week), and eat a very small dinner. I've been eating salads daily this week. I also drink maybe 1-2 glasses of water a day, which I know needs to be bumped up to 8 or so. I also have been smoking for the past 6 months, which I'll be stopping soon this month since the job I want doesn't hire smokers.
What can I do to get this extra weight off my mid section and chest? What should I be eating daily? (I'm not a picky eater...love veggies!) What can I do to make this fun rather then a painful chore?
This is the first time I've ever joined a forum to ask something like this...I REALLY want to go for it and DO it this time and follow through for more then a week.
Thank you all so much for your help in advance, please go into as much detail as you can, as I'm really looking for some good advice.
Thanks again
Brandon
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