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TrentWalker

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Good afternoon all...

My name is Eric and i started my weight loss journey in mid July. At the time, i had recently returned from my wedding (wife and i redid our vows in front of her family in Peru) and I was so happy that everything went well. That is, of course, until I saw the pictures. I guess I knew i was overweight before but it hit me like a ton of bricks when i saw those pictures. Beautiful setting, gorgeous wife, many loved ones and all i saw was this 350 lb guy trying to look comfortable in a suit that didn't fit me right.

When i got back, I finally made the decision to really lose the weight. So far, i've lost about 42 lbs. I work out at home 4 times a week and PLAN, PLAN, PLAN my food through my entire work week. So far, i've felt that's the key.

I'm glad i found this site and hope to find motivation in some of your experiences.

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Hello and welcome to the forums.

You are clearly off to a good start and hopefully it will stay that way! I agree that food is the key, I'm very much like you...I was 350 pounds though I didn't start trying to lose weight until I was down to 315 or so. I had recently become a vegetarian which had started my weight loss like crazy from the 350 to 315 in a little over a month and from that point on I decided to stick with it. I had tried to lose before but nothing serious really...went to the gym but didn't concentrate or anything...sometimes thats just the way it is for some reason.

But now I don't go to the gym, I have 25 pound weights at home that I use to do some pretty basic exercises and I have the street to do my cardio. Sure I'd like to hit the gym but I really don't have that much money to spend..at least not now maybe after Xmas..hopefully anyway.

One good thing to do besides planning your meals is to record everything that you have eaten and how you feel after you have eaten it. Keep this in the same place you keep your weight loss diary (assuming you have one?)... that way you can see what you ate the previous week and how it has affected your weight loss AND see what food made you feel energetic. It is also good to keep a daily log of your exercise so you can see improvements etc, again with this continue to record your feeling, energy levels, anything about the exercise... this way you can look back at your food log to see what you ate that day and gave you more energy for the entire day and through your workouts (some food gives you quick bursts of energy, others longer ones). With that information you can then modify your meals for the type of workout you are going to do that day. Eg. You want to run longer at a steady speed eat x that continues to feed you energy longer

OR

You want to burst speed, run/lift fast not worried so much about time eat Y because it gives you lots of energy but depletes quickly than x...

I hope I explained that OKAY...it makes sense in my head, just hope it came out my fingers right...if anything confuses you let me know and I'll try to clarify better.
 
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