Hello Forum World.
I'm an architecture student, and I fell behind by 2 years. It has taken a blow to my health, well-being, and self-confidence.
In my freshmen year, I entered having a weight of 250lbs-240lbs...and getting used to first year had some weight loss. By the end of my second year, I decided to lose weight in the summer and I brought my weight from 240lbs to 210lbs from May-August. I felt happy about that, but I gained soo quickly after it.
When I started struggling in my school year in my Third year, dropping and failing courses. I began to indulge in alot of bad habits. Architecture and design students tend to stay up all-night alot during the school year for deadlines. Another bad habit was since I was a commuter, I would always resort to fast food almost every day. sometimes eating junk food and binge eat when I am doing my all-nighters or when I was stressed.
I'm now currently (three years later) on to my final year. However I gained what I lost and more.
I'm 257lbs with a height of 5'7". I am currently 23 years old male and I wanna lose it and not gain it back and more like last time.. I started to avoid coffee and sweet drinks, incorporate more fruits and vegetables, as well as going to the gym for more intensive workouts and jogging(well walking for most bit) in the neighbourhood since it's summer time..
I do not know what's a safe goal for weight loss...Ideally, I wanna be 200lbs before the end of summer, but I'm not sure how realistic it is. I've seen MTV's 'I used to be fat" - and though I am inspired, I dunno if 4-5lbs/week is a safe bet (I think the safest weight loss is 2.5lbs a week if anything).
I wanna graduate slim for graduation (which is in a year, June 2012) but also with good healthy eating and living habits to avoid gaining it back.
Any advice, tips will be greatly appreciated.
I'm an architecture student, and I fell behind by 2 years. It has taken a blow to my health, well-being, and self-confidence.
In my freshmen year, I entered having a weight of 250lbs-240lbs...and getting used to first year had some weight loss. By the end of my second year, I decided to lose weight in the summer and I brought my weight from 240lbs to 210lbs from May-August. I felt happy about that, but I gained soo quickly after it.
When I started struggling in my school year in my Third year, dropping and failing courses. I began to indulge in alot of bad habits. Architecture and design students tend to stay up all-night alot during the school year for deadlines. Another bad habit was since I was a commuter, I would always resort to fast food almost every day. sometimes eating junk food and binge eat when I am doing my all-nighters or when I was stressed.
I'm now currently (three years later) on to my final year. However I gained what I lost and more.
I'm 257lbs with a height of 5'7". I am currently 23 years old male and I wanna lose it and not gain it back and more like last time.. I started to avoid coffee and sweet drinks, incorporate more fruits and vegetables, as well as going to the gym for more intensive workouts and jogging(well walking for most bit) in the neighbourhood since it's summer time..
I do not know what's a safe goal for weight loss...Ideally, I wanna be 200lbs before the end of summer, but I'm not sure how realistic it is. I've seen MTV's 'I used to be fat" - and though I am inspired, I dunno if 4-5lbs/week is a safe bet (I think the safest weight loss is 2.5lbs a week if anything).
I wanna graduate slim for graduation (which is in a year, June 2012) but also with good healthy eating and living habits to avoid gaining it back.
Any advice, tips will be greatly appreciated.