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Outshine

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Hey, well I'm a 24yr old male. I'm 6ft and weigh 241pounds. I've always been big, even when younger when I played alot of football.

In recent years I've not taken part in any sports regularly and added about 21pounds, but I've decided to finally sort myself out, as I know the times I've lost weight (when i was younger i started a part time job and i lost lots of weight from lugging big bags of potatos about) my confidence has gone up, and I also want to look good, as well as be healthy.

My BMI from what I understand places me in the 'Obese' category. From Monday, 1st of November, I begin my regime :).

My GF has an exercise bike she no longer uses and as encouragement for both of us, we plan on 'cycling' together most nights of the week. Along with this, I'd also like to add some rowing before work a couple of days a week (don't start til 9.30am every morn), along with actually walking to & from work every day.

Food wise, I know I eat too much Chinese take-away, the portions of home-made meals I have are way too big, I drink too much coke, and love chocolate biscuits too much.

As of late, I've really been gorging and just eating huge portions for every meal. I plan on making some goals each week, so for my first week:

Nov 1st - Monday > Nov 7th - Sunday
  1. 30 mins cycles on Tuesday, Thursday nights and Sat afternoon
  2. Reduce my coke intake / increase my water intake
  3. Reduce my portion sizes

Might not seem much but its a start. Will be updating this thread regularly so stay tuned :p

Thanks

Outshine
 
Chinese food was a weakness for me too until I eventually was eating it nearly every other day. Now I can't stand the sight of it (a good thing perhaps). As for cokes I shifted from sodas, to diet soda, to Gatorade, to Propel and finally water. I have zero cravings for sodas now and will only drink it if its the only option around (I can't do tap water).

Good luck with your program.
 
Hi mate,

Not sure if its of any help (and you may mean rowing on the water not on an erg!), but the Concept2 website has really good interactive tools for generating rowing workouts geared to weight loss (and race fitness etc).
I have been rowing about 150k a month for the last couple of months using a workout schedule generated from the website based on my size/HR, and the number of sessions I wanted to do a week, and have dropped best part of 50lbs in 4 months!

Diet has been hugely important for me over the last few months but I have always been able to control my food intake (That sounds like an oxymorom, as I am fat, but it was more beer and lack of exercise, not food, that got me to where I was earlier this year!).

As for exercise, I am a lazy git and without a bit of paper telling me what amount and intensity of exercise to do each I day I know, from bitter experience, my best intentions soon evaporate!

I mix up the rowing with a cross trainer session once a week, just to add a bit of variety. I actually have a Waterrower not a C2 but the resources on the WR website are, basically, pants! I am not a physiologist but I would imagine the workout schedules work with any aerobic exercise, as long as you have a HR monitor.

I am also 6' and 241lbs.....England play Scotland in the 6 Nations on 13th March and that is, coincidentally, when I am targeting to break through the 200lb barrier.....are you up for a race?! :)
 
Thanks for the responses guys. When I was younger, having a Chinese take-away was considered a treat, but I have it so often now its lost its novelty, so I'm looking to recapture that feeling.

The reason I'm starting from Monday is I have a work night out planned for this Saturday, but after that I'm off the drink and knuckling down with this plan :).

Another reason to do all this is I can't swim, and was put off at a young age when I wasnt caught by my father coming down a big slide in the deep end lol. I know it sounds funny but ever since I havent liked dunking my head under the water, and as I got older, and heavier I gave up altogether, but would like to try once I've slimmed down. I spent 3 months in Australia almost 2 yrs ago and didnt go swimming once...something I regret, so trying to make up for it.


FatBlokeSlim said:
I am also 6' and 241lbs.....England play Scotland in the 6 Nations on 13th March and that is, coincidentally, when I am targeting to break through the 200lb barrier.....are you up for a race?! :)
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Ha, sounds good to me. May the slimmest man win! :cheers2:
 
Take-out/fast-food is a killer.
I am, fortunately, on a diet that allows me to enjoy some of it without going overboard, but it definitely takes willpower.

Good luck on your journey.
I commend you for tackling both eating better and moving more right from your jumping-off point...
a lot of times, people want to start with just one, but its the combination of both that makes you bullet-proof.
 
Take it 10 lbs at a time. Going drastic will fail you. What calorie intake did you calculate a person 10 lbs lighter than you would need to maintain that weight? That's how many calories you should be having. Then move down another 10 once you reach your goal. SLow and wasy wins the race.
 
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