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Slim Col

Slim Col

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I'd like to start by saying what a great forum this is! I haven't been here long but already I've learnt so much.

I'm a 28 year old male living in England and training to be a computer technician. I've been overweight for the past four years. I began to suffer from agoraphobia back in 2003 and began to spend more and more time indoors. It got to the point where I could no longer work and now I'm almost totally housebound. As a result my weight has steadily risen since 2003, starting from about 12 stone and peaking at 18.5 stone 6 months ago. I'm now 16 stone and 12 pounds, the recent loss being largely due to recently purchasing an exercise bike.

One of the ways I've dealt with the anxiety of agoraphobia is to drink alcohol which has been a major contributing factor to my obesity. I've recently cut-down my alcohol intake and I'm working on cutting it out altogether.

The reason I joined the forum is obvious; I'm grotesquely overweight and I want to do something about it. I'm sick of everything that goes with being overweight such as having man-boobs and not being able to see my dick when I take a piss; straining when I bend over to tie my shoelaces and, worst of all, looking like a fat-fuck in the eyes of other people, particularly the opposite sex. I'm certain that losing weight will go some considerable way to beating my agoraphobia.

I'm 28 now and I feel like my youth is slipping through my fingers like fine grains of sand, gone forever in the blink of an eye. It's now or never time if I want to salvage the last remnants of my youthful years.

So, I have the motive and the willpower - something we all have an infinite amount of - and with the help and support of the wonderful people on this forum I can achieve my target weight of 11.5 stone, which is perfect for my height; 5'11".

Anyway, here goes...

Something!
 
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Day 1 - 2nd July, 2007

Thursday is the day upon which I'm drastically lowering the amount of carbs in my diet; presently I eat too many potatoes, bread, porridge and the like. After Thursday, wholemeal rice, and occasionally porridge, will be my only source of carbs. I eat waaaay too many carbs; today I ate 500g of potatoes with gravy and veg and I still feel like a beach-ball five hours and a half hours later. The potatoes alone provided 432 calories!

Until Thursday I'm keeping a written diary of all the foods I consume, weighing them beforehand and calculating my daily calorific intake. Today was the first day and the total amount of calories consumed was 2008 or thereabouts. That's not bad, and would have been considerably less so had I not pigged-out on the spuds at dinner time.

I did a pretty intense workout today. Well, intense for me anyhow. The electronic display read that I completed 20km in 48 minutes, averaging about 25km/s. I felt so knackered at the end that my legs were shaking when I tried to stand up. I jumped straight in the bath to wash off all the sweat. However, I feel great now! A good workout seems to have some kind of chemical effect on the brain that improves your mood. Does anyone else find that?
 
3rd July, 2007

Kept it light today and consumed a total of 1580 calories. 50 minutes moderate workout on the exercise bike. It feels great! :D
 
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Looks like your off to a great start with the exercise, and you will have so many more options when you get your dumbells.

the high you are feeling after exercise is due to endorphins
 
Endorphins are great! The high seems to last for the rest of the day.

Consumed 1814 calories today + did 50mins/20km on the exercise bike. If I did the same every day that's gotta mean weight-loss, right?
 
Good start with your eating and exercise. Keep it up and you'll be sure to see results. I too find that after a great workout in the morning I feel great for the rest of the day... Endorphins are great!
 
So you think I'll see pretty quick results?

I did a vigorous 47min workout this morning but strangely didn't get the usual endorphins high. I put this down to the fact that I consumed hardly any carbs today; usually I eat lots of carbs and I think I'm addicted, hence today's withdrawals.

Only 1142 calories today; a vegetable stir-fry for breakfast, several pieces of fruit and a large plate of raw salad including: green pepper, celery, tomato and cucumber. 1 egg and a handful of cashew nuts provided the protein.
 
6th July

1507 calories/48mins exercise.

According to the scales I've lost 9lbs in 5 days. That can't be right! But the scales don't lie...
 
I can't say how fast you will see results. I didn't think there were any changes in my body until my cloths started getting big on me. If you keep up eating healthy and exercising as you have been you will see results.
 
10th July

Today I consumed 1530 calories and did 47mins/20km on the exercise bike. I became slightly disheartened today after weighing myself. I'm still around 228lbs and have been for the past 4 days or so. I started working-out and watching my calories 10 days ago and I lost several pounds very quickly, but now my weight has levelled-off. This is exactly the same thing that happened last time I tried to lose weight; I started at 18 stone and went down to 17 very quickly but then I levelled-off and remained there for nearly 2 weeks despite exercising every day. However, this time it should be different because I'm counting calories, eating less and eating healthier + drinking lots of water. I'm going to monitor my weight over the next few weeks to get a clearer picture.

Today I read on the net that each pound of body-fat contains 3500 calories. In theory, however long it takes you to burn 3500 calories more than you're consuming is how long it takes you to lose 1 pound of fat. Presently I'm consuming about 1500 calories a day and burning about 3000-3500. Therefore I'm using roughly 1500-2000 more calories per day than I'm consuming. I'm fully expecting to lose a pound of fat every 2-3 days. Does that sound about right? Or is it over-optimistic?
 
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