I will get you caught up as I am 1 1/4 months into my routine. Since I was 12 I have been overweight and okay with it. I have always been an active guy, I played Hockey, Baseball, Football competitively until the age of 22. After that I became lazy in the regard of activity and sports. I have a bigger build even when I dropped a lot of weight during football season. Although I am only 5' 8", my doctor wanted me to stay above 190 lbs because of my build. I never really gained or lost a lot after 22 but it just progressively went up year by year. I began a very sedentary job which caused the weight to pile on. I began eating junk foods late at night for comfort because I was not happy where I was at and I didn't care. My disgust came to a head when one night I got up and I looked at myself in the mirror and couldn't even look at myself it was just disgusting so I covered the mirror. I weighed myself at 284 lbs! Many things in my life were screwed up and things needed to change. I knew something needed to be done and quick. I had a dusty gym membership that I had not used in months and when I did it was maybe once every 2 weeks for 45 minutes.
So I cleared house of all the sh*t food that I had and set up some guidelines and goals. I started slow at the gym just doing cardio exercises to work on fat before I worked on muscle. I ran 3 miles on an elliptical which took me around 35 minutes and I would do some sprinting exercises as well. After 2 weeks I lowered my cardio to 25 minutes which got me around 2 - 2.5 miles and I started using weights and medicine balls. I have been working on my routine and I have already shortened my mph time to 2.75 m in 24-25 min. I also have increased my weight amounts. I am starting to feel much better both mentally and physically and I am dropping weight faster than I expected.
As for my diet, I was eating fast food and restaurant food 2-4x a week. I am down to one restaurant every 2-3 weeks, no more fast food. I went from 2-3 huge meals in a day to one balanced meal, one small meal, 3-4 snacks (carrots, fruits, yogurt, cereal, etc.)
This is the start of my diary and I really could use some kind words and advice, if you have anything negative please keep it to yourself. I have run my diet through my doctor and he is happy with it.
I will post each week how all is going and the results of the week: ( I am not conceded, this is just for me to vocalize/write my accomplishments)
Week 1*(Feb 17 - 26) : Start : 277 Day WO : 5 LBS Lost : 7
Week 2 (Feb 27 - Mar 4) : Start : 271 Day WO : 7 LBS Lost : 6
Week 3 (Mar 5 - 11) : Start : 266 Day WO : 7 LBS Lost : 5
Week 4 (Mar 12 - 18) : Start : 262 Day WO : 6 LBS Lost : 4
Week 5 (Mar 19 - 25) : Start : 260 Day WO : 6 LBS Lost : 2 ----------- 24 lbs!!!!
Here is what I looked like at the start @ 281 lbs:
So I cleared house of all the sh*t food that I had and set up some guidelines and goals. I started slow at the gym just doing cardio exercises to work on fat before I worked on muscle. I ran 3 miles on an elliptical which took me around 35 minutes and I would do some sprinting exercises as well. After 2 weeks I lowered my cardio to 25 minutes which got me around 2 - 2.5 miles and I started using weights and medicine balls. I have been working on my routine and I have already shortened my mph time to 2.75 m in 24-25 min. I also have increased my weight amounts. I am starting to feel much better both mentally and physically and I am dropping weight faster than I expected.
As for my diet, I was eating fast food and restaurant food 2-4x a week. I am down to one restaurant every 2-3 weeks, no more fast food. I went from 2-3 huge meals in a day to one balanced meal, one small meal, 3-4 snacks (carrots, fruits, yogurt, cereal, etc.)
This is the start of my diary and I really could use some kind words and advice, if you have anything negative please keep it to yourself. I have run my diet through my doctor and he is happy with it.
I will post each week how all is going and the results of the week: ( I am not conceded, this is just for me to vocalize/write my accomplishments)
Week 1*(Feb 17 - 26) : Start : 277 Day WO : 5 LBS Lost : 7
Week 2 (Feb 27 - Mar 4) : Start : 271 Day WO : 7 LBS Lost : 6
Week 3 (Mar 5 - 11) : Start : 266 Day WO : 7 LBS Lost : 5
Week 4 (Mar 12 - 18) : Start : 262 Day WO : 6 LBS Lost : 4
Week 5 (Mar 19 - 25) : Start : 260 Day WO : 6 LBS Lost : 2 ----------- 24 lbs!!!!
Here is what I looked like at the start @ 281 lbs:
