Hey folks, I'm Cody, and this is my first time here. I currently weight around 180, down from 195 a year ago. My goal coming here is to gather weight loss tips and good advice and bring my weight down into the mid 150's. I used to be the skinniest kid out of all my friends when I was younger, now I'm the only fat one.
This is the first year I've actually bit the bullet and tried extensively to lose weight, and its been such a ruff year so far. I went from drinking only soda, and about 6 cans of it a day my whole life to quiting cold turkey in January and haven't had one since. I also totally re-did my diet, I've always loved food so much, and ate it for pleasure, I went from eating roughly 2000-2500 calories a day not including soda, too now eating roughly 1000-1500 calories and not drinking any soft drinks or juices on top.
My diet is real simple, thought I'm not exactly sure how healthy it is for me. For breakfast I eat a 250 calorie can of soup, then for lunch another can of 250 calorie soup, I try to buy as many kinds as I can to get variety, then for dinner I eat a home cooked meal, what ever we make that night, usually around 600-700 calories. Then for exorcise, no matter what I take my dog for a 25 minute walk or a 45 minute walk every night of the week. I also bought a treadmill and was doing 20 minute sessions twice a day for about a month, then switched that out temporarily for 4-5 hours of hard yard work everyday since we have such a huge yard to work in.
I truly must admit I am very unpleased with the results, I was never looking for overnight results, but I expected the fat to melt off in just a matter of a few months with all work I put out, I ditched my love for soda, my love for food, and hours of my days to lose weight, and after almost 5 months, all I've lost is 10 pounds, developed circles under my eyes, and have had the most unhealthy year of my life. I try to keep a good outlook, or I would have quit months ago, but I think you all know how discouraging it is to loose weight, luckily I don't have nearly as much as some here do to lose.
I am looking forward to meeting some kind people here, learning things I don't know anything about, and hope to find someone in the same boat as me to travel the road of fat loss with.
Cody
This is the first year I've actually bit the bullet and tried extensively to lose weight, and its been such a ruff year so far. I went from drinking only soda, and about 6 cans of it a day my whole life to quiting cold turkey in January and haven't had one since. I also totally re-did my diet, I've always loved food so much, and ate it for pleasure, I went from eating roughly 2000-2500 calories a day not including soda, too now eating roughly 1000-1500 calories and not drinking any soft drinks or juices on top.
My diet is real simple, thought I'm not exactly sure how healthy it is for me. For breakfast I eat a 250 calorie can of soup, then for lunch another can of 250 calorie soup, I try to buy as many kinds as I can to get variety, then for dinner I eat a home cooked meal, what ever we make that night, usually around 600-700 calories. Then for exorcise, no matter what I take my dog for a 25 minute walk or a 45 minute walk every night of the week. I also bought a treadmill and was doing 20 minute sessions twice a day for about a month, then switched that out temporarily for 4-5 hours of hard yard work everyday since we have such a huge yard to work in.
I truly must admit I am very unpleased with the results, I was never looking for overnight results, but I expected the fat to melt off in just a matter of a few months with all work I put out, I ditched my love for soda, my love for food, and hours of my days to lose weight, and after almost 5 months, all I've lost is 10 pounds, developed circles under my eyes, and have had the most unhealthy year of my life. I try to keep a good outlook, or I would have quit months ago, but I think you all know how discouraging it is to loose weight, luckily I don't have nearly as much as some here do to lose.
I am looking forward to meeting some kind people here, learning things I don't know anything about, and hope to find someone in the same boat as me to travel the road of fat loss with.
Cody
