Newbie here

[cuchulain]

Hello all,

My name is Kevin but you can call me cuchulain. I'm a 24 year old college student pursuing a major in journalism.

I'm 5'8 and over 210 lbs last I checked, although I'm probably a lot heavier now. I haven't started any kind of exercise or diet routine yet because I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do it. I'm also a smoker so I want to quit smoking before I start anything.

What I'm considering doing is 1. quit smoking 2. drink water and cut out all other kinds of drinks 3. running and walking for a half hour to an hour everyday and 4. joining a boxing gym in that order.

I joined this site to get advice and see what other people are doing to lose weight. Thanks in advance for all welcomes.

 

[Steve]

Welcome to the community. I bet those things will help quite a bit if you can commit to them! Just remember, weight loss boils down to being in a calorie deficit. If you cut smoking and nix the calorie laden drinks, but replace those habits / foods items with more calories... you're simply going to leave off where you started.

Check out the stickies on the forum and if you have any specific questions just let them fire.

Best,

Steve