New To Site!!!

[Demtro]

Hello, I am new to this site. I am always hesitant to join these types of sites because I have always believed that my problems, are just that my problems. I never felt that I should bother other people my with my own problems. However I have come to realize that there may not be any other way for me to loose this weight without assistance from others.

I am 39 years old, 5ft 8in and weight about 248lbs. I suffer from Ankylosing Spondylitis as well as ADHD. I have tried going to the gym, but my ADHD makes it very difficult. I have bought exercise equipment but the same thing. I know to some people these issues will sound like excuses but unless you live with ADHD it is difficult to understand the challenges we face.

I really want to loose weight. I want to loose 50lbs before I turn 40. That is 5 months from now. That means I need to loose 10lbs a month. I need help trying to figure out what to do.

My son and I are going to start a couch to 5k program on Monday July 1st. This program is for me, he is in excellent condition for his age and height so this will be for me.

I am trying to curb my eating but I have a stressfull job and I am an emotional eater and this does not make it any easier.

I need help, advice, tips suggestion, coaching, anything to help me loose this weight. I have looked at numerous websites and they all say I need around 2500 calories or so to loose weight. This is based on running 3 days a week for the couch to 5k program. However I am not sure what items are best to eat for that 2500 calories.

Here is what I came up with for breakfast.

Carnation Instant Breakfast shake with 1% milk. - 230 calories
1 hard boiled egg - 78 calories
1 Banana - 105 Calories

Morning Snack - Yogurt - 130 calories


That is a total of 515 calories or so for breakfast and mid morning snack. Now for lunch mid afternoon snack, dinner etc. We tend to eat a lot of pasta and chicken since my wife does not eat any red meats or pork.




Again I am looking for not only help with the meals, but overall help loosing weight. how do other people who have ADHD do it. How do you stay focused when your brain is working against you....How do you exercise when you brain works against you making it impossible to focus.

Please help...thanks

Demtro

 

[Omega]

Welcome to the forum.

Dont think of it so much about troubling other people with your problems - but more a case of sharing your problems with a new set of potential friends who in turn are facing their own problems that they can share with you... We are not really a service with experts - more a collection of ordinary people who are trying to find out what they should do... We share what we are doing and why... We encourage each other to be good....

The thing about weight loss is that most of us have a very good idea of where we can lift our game... Most of us know that we should be quite active - and often need to simply exercise more... We also know that our food and drink plays a huge part - and most of us can identify food that we are having that we would be better off without...

The biggest issue is to just do it...

If it is any consolation to you - people without ADHD have huge problems finding the focus to get and stay on track and do what we should - so there will be a lot of people that you can identify with that are not fighting the same ADHD battle that you fight.

The couch to 5K program sounds great - I have known quite a lot of people do really well with it.

I notice that you do not mention vegetables... You would benefit from eating a lot of vegetables - cooked in a healthy way - and not so much pasta... I cut out starchy carbs like pasta, rice, bread etc - and quite a lot of diets suggest limiting them if you do not cut them out...

If you do have pasta - wholemeal (brown) pasta is a better option.

Chicken (without skin) is good - as is fish.

I suggest that you read the following thread - it may help you settle in and make friends
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/57955-My-advice-to-newcomers

Good luck with your project.