sammyboy24
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Hey,
My name is Sam. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I work a pretty sedentary job as a tape librarian, I have gained about 30lbs since starting there 3 years ago... I was also about 20-30lbs overweight to begin with. I live with my 2 brothers (21 and 20). I am on a waiting list for nursing school at the current moment. I hope to one day become an RN. I should also mention that I am gay. I'm 24 and I didn't come out until about a year and a half ago at 23. Being in the closet left me to be depressed and binge eat. I also was way into self loathing, which I still struggle with sometimes. I'm working on getting my life back, accepting myself for who I am and healing from years of being sad most a lot of the time. I'm doing this for health but, gaining extra confidence and perhaps jump starting my dating life would be swell too,
I've always kind of liked running/jogging. So at the beginning of May I started running 2-3 miles per day, 5-6 days a week. I felt great, I noticed my body was doing a "deflating" type of thing. I was going to the gym one day and was approached by one of the trainers. He asked me if I had used my free consult with a personal trainer that came with my membership to the gym. I hadn't, so I made one with him. I found out a lot of things and I named a price that I could afford and they went with it. I now have a personal trainer! I couldn't believe it. I never thought it would be something that I could do or afford. I was always so afraid to go to they gym and do weights for a number of reasons. I had this mentality that I wasn't good enough to do that, that I didn't deserve it. I also didn't want to look like an asshole because I didn't know what I was doing. I now see my personal trainer 1-2 times per week and it's made a huge difference.
I've also cleaned up my diet so much. I began eating every 2-3 hours and eating healthier foods, such as: tuna, chicken breast, skim milk, lf cottage cheese, egg whites, ff yogurt, high fiber cereal, protein shakes, fruits and veggies, salmon, etc. I eat so frequently that I am never hungry, it even feels like I am forcefeeding myself sometimes when it's time to eat, lol. Lots of water as well.
I have only been seeing him for a few weeks but, already the difference is amazing. I was a tight 36 in jeans at the middle of May. I tried on a pair of my True Religion jeans the other day, just seeing how close they were to fitting, not thinking they would fit at all (a month ago I couldn't even get them up over my ass, lol). Low and behold they fit me like a glove. They were a size 34x34!!! Happy Day! I finally felt like all the running, squats and lunges I had been doing had paid off!
I want to post my measurements and my highest weight. To be honest I don't think it was too far off from what I came in at when my personal trainer got a hold of me. These measurements were as of 4/19/2007 and are pretty accurate to what my "before" was:
Sam
24 yo
6'2''
246.8lbs
44.5'' waist
13'' right arm
27.5'' right thigh, fattest part of thigh
45'' hips
16.5'' right calf
44.25'' chest
16'' neck
6.75'' right wrist
30.1% BF
How much weight do you want to lose?
I would like to lose probably 50-60lbs. My weight isn't as important to me
as the inches and bf%. We will see what my weight is as I go along and
how I feel. Ultimately, though, i would love to see 185 or 190 on the
scale and have my bodyfat be 10-12%. I'm a big guy and my trainer told
me that getting my weight down past 190 might be pretty difficult. He
assured me though if I work hard and do what I am supposed to do, that
the 190 I see on the scale would be very satisfactory
What's the timeframe for reaching the weight?
I am giving myself a year. I think, and from what a lot of the pt's I have met have said, I should be able to reach a great goal in 9 or so months. We will see. A year for sure though.
How do you want to accomplish your goal?
I want to be healthy about it. I am doing it the old fashioned way for once, no crazy diets or anything. I will be weight training and doing cardio probably 4-6 times per week, depending on the week. I also want to keep my diet really clean. I keep hearing eating a very clean diet and keeping up at the gym is a sure fire way to get your abs to show. I would love that. I want that.
Who or what can support you in reaching your goal?
I will be my main supporter. This is for me. I can't keep going on like this year after year, summer after summer. I am 24 and I feel like this body has been holding me back for so many years. I can't lie to or disappoint myself anymore. It's too painful. My brothers I live with are supportive. Most of my friends are too. My dad and co workers are as well. I would love to be other people's motivation, show them that this can be done, it just takes some extra time and dedication. If you want it bad enough, you can make it happen.
How realistic is your goal?
I think my goal is pretty realistic. I'm working harder than I have ever worked in my life. I'm giving this 150% of my effort. I finally put my money where my mouth was getting a trainer, so its time to do the work and succeed.
When will you start?
I have started. My official start date for beginning with the trainer was 5/24/07. I had been slightly dieting and running for about 4 weeks prior but, the day I got my trainer is when I started eating clean and working out for real. Probably will post before and afters in the before/after section of this website at 3 months in (end of August/begin of Sept, we'll see)...
Thanks for reading this. I hope I can find some great buddies on here to share the motivation with, and possibly get some when I am running low.
-Sam
My name is Sam. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I work a pretty sedentary job as a tape librarian, I have gained about 30lbs since starting there 3 years ago... I was also about 20-30lbs overweight to begin with. I live with my 2 brothers (21 and 20). I am on a waiting list for nursing school at the current moment. I hope to one day become an RN. I should also mention that I am gay. I'm 24 and I didn't come out until about a year and a half ago at 23. Being in the closet left me to be depressed and binge eat. I also was way into self loathing, which I still struggle with sometimes. I'm working on getting my life back, accepting myself for who I am and healing from years of being sad most a lot of the time. I'm doing this for health but, gaining extra confidence and perhaps jump starting my dating life would be swell too,
I've always kind of liked running/jogging. So at the beginning of May I started running 2-3 miles per day, 5-6 days a week. I felt great, I noticed my body was doing a "deflating" type of thing. I was going to the gym one day and was approached by one of the trainers. He asked me if I had used my free consult with a personal trainer that came with my membership to the gym. I hadn't, so I made one with him. I found out a lot of things and I named a price that I could afford and they went with it. I now have a personal trainer! I couldn't believe it. I never thought it would be something that I could do or afford. I was always so afraid to go to they gym and do weights for a number of reasons. I had this mentality that I wasn't good enough to do that, that I didn't deserve it. I also didn't want to look like an asshole because I didn't know what I was doing. I now see my personal trainer 1-2 times per week and it's made a huge difference.
I've also cleaned up my diet so much. I began eating every 2-3 hours and eating healthier foods, such as: tuna, chicken breast, skim milk, lf cottage cheese, egg whites, ff yogurt, high fiber cereal, protein shakes, fruits and veggies, salmon, etc. I eat so frequently that I am never hungry, it even feels like I am forcefeeding myself sometimes when it's time to eat, lol. Lots of water as well.
I have only been seeing him for a few weeks but, already the difference is amazing. I was a tight 36 in jeans at the middle of May. I tried on a pair of my True Religion jeans the other day, just seeing how close they were to fitting, not thinking they would fit at all (a month ago I couldn't even get them up over my ass, lol). Low and behold they fit me like a glove. They were a size 34x34!!! Happy Day! I finally felt like all the running, squats and lunges I had been doing had paid off!
I want to post my measurements and my highest weight. To be honest I don't think it was too far off from what I came in at when my personal trainer got a hold of me. These measurements were as of 4/19/2007 and are pretty accurate to what my "before" was:
Sam
24 yo
6'2''
246.8lbs
44.5'' waist
13'' right arm
27.5'' right thigh, fattest part of thigh
45'' hips
16.5'' right calf
44.25'' chest
16'' neck
6.75'' right wrist
30.1% BF
How much weight do you want to lose?
I would like to lose probably 50-60lbs. My weight isn't as important to me
as the inches and bf%. We will see what my weight is as I go along and
how I feel. Ultimately, though, i would love to see 185 or 190 on the
scale and have my bodyfat be 10-12%. I'm a big guy and my trainer told
me that getting my weight down past 190 might be pretty difficult. He
assured me though if I work hard and do what I am supposed to do, that
the 190 I see on the scale would be very satisfactory
What's the timeframe for reaching the weight?
I am giving myself a year. I think, and from what a lot of the pt's I have met have said, I should be able to reach a great goal in 9 or so months. We will see. A year for sure though.
How do you want to accomplish your goal?
I want to be healthy about it. I am doing it the old fashioned way for once, no crazy diets or anything. I will be weight training and doing cardio probably 4-6 times per week, depending on the week. I also want to keep my diet really clean. I keep hearing eating a very clean diet and keeping up at the gym is a sure fire way to get your abs to show. I would love that. I want that.
Who or what can support you in reaching your goal?
I will be my main supporter. This is for me. I can't keep going on like this year after year, summer after summer. I am 24 and I feel like this body has been holding me back for so many years. I can't lie to or disappoint myself anymore. It's too painful. My brothers I live with are supportive. Most of my friends are too. My dad and co workers are as well. I would love to be other people's motivation, show them that this can be done, it just takes some extra time and dedication. If you want it bad enough, you can make it happen.
How realistic is your goal?
I think my goal is pretty realistic. I'm working harder than I have ever worked in my life. I'm giving this 150% of my effort. I finally put my money where my mouth was getting a trainer, so its time to do the work and succeed.
When will you start?
I have started. My official start date for beginning with the trainer was 5/24/07. I had been slightly dieting and running for about 4 weeks prior but, the day I got my trainer is when I started eating clean and working out for real. Probably will post before and afters in the before/after section of this website at 3 months in (end of August/begin of Sept, we'll see)...
Thanks for reading this. I hope I can find some great buddies on here to share the motivation with, and possibly get some when I am running low.
-Sam
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