Newbie From The Uk

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MsD

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Hi All,

I am a newbie living in the UK.
Right now I'm at 195lbs (give or take!) and I want to get down to 140lbs.
I'm 5'8 and work from home, this coupled with the fact that my partner can eat his body weight in junk and not gain a lb - have helped contribute to me steadily gaining 50 lbs over a 3 year period.

Not that it hasn't been enjoyable eating pizza and donuts whilst abandoning my work out routine, and being loved up.....but feeling heavy and 'slow' are making me want to get up and take action.

Am really lucky that I have the support of my lovely fiance, but am also looking to make links with people on a similar path to myself.
 
Hi and welcome.

Here are my suggestions for getting started.

The first thing I'd suggest is registering for a free account on FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal or Calorie Counter, Diet Tracking, Food Journal, Nutrition Facts at The Daily Plate and starting to log your food. This will let you see how many calories you're eating and how your nutrition levels are breaking down. Once you know that, you'll be able to see more clearly where you can make adjustments, cut back, change your nutrition, etc.

The next thing I'd suggest is checking out the various sticky posts in the exercise area of the forum (Weight Loss Through Exercise - Weight Loss Forum). There are some very good posts on exercise, both cardio/aerobic and on incorporating weight lifting into your exercise plans.

I'd also suggest starting a diary in the weight loss diary area (Weight Loss Diary - Weight Loss Forum) as well as reading and participating in other diaries. This is a good way to make updates to your progress and to get support from others. It helps to find the diaries of people who have successfully lost weight (or are losing weight) and reading through them as well. Following the diaries of those who have been successful is both inspiring and informative.

Finally, I'd say you should read as much as you can of the posts on the board, especially anything that's marked "sticky". There is a ton of good information around here and a lot of times questions that new folks have has already been answered very thoroughly - so do take the time to look around and read. :)

Hope that helps you to get started.
 
Eat their weight in junk food and not gain.. oh that is my brother in law exactly. The guy has the metabolism of a squirrel on speed. Good luck on that, it can be a pain to get past sometimes. Other times, seeing what they do, when and how can be informative.
 
Big D said:
Eat their weight in junk food and not gain.. oh that is my brother in law exactly. The guy has the metabolism of a squirrel on speed. Good luck on that, it can be a pain to get past sometimes. Other times, seeing what they do, when and how can be informative.
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Hahahah yes I agree it's annoying but these skinny binnys eating junk are still getting sck, it just isn't showing on the outside yet.
 
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