Iron_Turtle
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Greetings everyone, I am the Iron Turtle, and this journal will track my weight loss, my gym activities, and just some basic life-in-general moments. I'll probably post up a basic eating plan as well, once I get that situated to my liking.
Some basic info, since it's been a few weeks since I posted on the Intro board. I'm 26 years old, 6 feet 4 inches tall, and I weigh 381 pounds. I'm a big guy, and I've been that way most of my life. I hit 250 pounds in the 6th grade, and I kept right on going. After high school, I got up to about 380-ish (not sure, never weighed myself then). Started working out like a madman with a friend of mine and got my weight down to about 275 after 18 months or so of hard work. Life happened, as it always will, and over the course of the following 5 years I gained back everything that I lost.
Which brings us to today. I'm starting my new way of life tomorrow. I weigh 381 pounds right now, and my first goal is to weigh less than 300 pounds again. So, I need to lose 82 pounds, and I'm giving myself a deadline of 6 months to do it in. I think that's aggressive, but certainly not impossible.
Right now, I want to get my weight under 300 pounds, but I'm not sure what I want my final goal weight to be. I've always been so large (250 lbs @ 11) that it will really be a step-by-step process to see exactly where I feel the most comfortable with myself. When I originally lost a lot of weight and got down to 275, I was more confident and happier with myself, but I still had a pretty fair bit of fat to lose, especially around my waist. I wasn't eating right by any means. The only reason I was losing weight at all was because of how hard I was working out. This time, I'm going to be smarter about it, with healthy eating mixed in with the workouts.
I have some other goals as well beyond just my weight loss goals. They concern working out. I like to use free weights when I work out, so my other goals concern that and the "Big 3." That would be the bench press, the squat, and the deadlift. Currently, I can do the following:
Bench press - 225 x 5 reps
Squat - 265 x 5 reps
Deadlift - 275 x 5 reps
In 6 months, on August 3rd, I would like to be doing:
Bench press - 315 x 5 reps
Squat - 405 x 5 reps
Deadlift - 425 x 5 reps
Again, aggressive, but attainable.
My basic plan? I'm going to be lifting weights 3 days a week and doing cardo 3 days a week and having 1 day of rest and recovery. No, I'm not following the BFL plan. It's a powerlifting workout plan. I'll post more on it later if anyone is interested. The cardio will be moderate intensity, mostly walking on treadmills at an incline and sometimes a stair climber or a stationary bike for a little variety. As far as eating, I'm planning on aiming for about 3200 calories coming from good, clean, healthy food. Lots of veggies, fruits, and non-processed food. I'll be keeping a hand written food journal to keep track of everything that I eat. I think that I, like most people, will automatically eat a little better if I know that I have to own up to everything that I eat and write it down.
Alright, I think this is long enough for a 1st post. I'll be posting my weight every Saturday starting on the 10th.
Here we go.
Iron_Turtle
Some basic info, since it's been a few weeks since I posted on the Intro board. I'm 26 years old, 6 feet 4 inches tall, and I weigh 381 pounds. I'm a big guy, and I've been that way most of my life. I hit 250 pounds in the 6th grade, and I kept right on going. After high school, I got up to about 380-ish (not sure, never weighed myself then). Started working out like a madman with a friend of mine and got my weight down to about 275 after 18 months or so of hard work. Life happened, as it always will, and over the course of the following 5 years I gained back everything that I lost.
Which brings us to today. I'm starting my new way of life tomorrow. I weigh 381 pounds right now, and my first goal is to weigh less than 300 pounds again. So, I need to lose 82 pounds, and I'm giving myself a deadline of 6 months to do it in. I think that's aggressive, but certainly not impossible.
Right now, I want to get my weight under 300 pounds, but I'm not sure what I want my final goal weight to be. I've always been so large (250 lbs @ 11) that it will really be a step-by-step process to see exactly where I feel the most comfortable with myself. When I originally lost a lot of weight and got down to 275, I was more confident and happier with myself, but I still had a pretty fair bit of fat to lose, especially around my waist. I wasn't eating right by any means. The only reason I was losing weight at all was because of how hard I was working out. This time, I'm going to be smarter about it, with healthy eating mixed in with the workouts.
I have some other goals as well beyond just my weight loss goals. They concern working out. I like to use free weights when I work out, so my other goals concern that and the "Big 3." That would be the bench press, the squat, and the deadlift. Currently, I can do the following:
Bench press - 225 x 5 reps
Squat - 265 x 5 reps
Deadlift - 275 x 5 reps
In 6 months, on August 3rd, I would like to be doing:
Bench press - 315 x 5 reps
Squat - 405 x 5 reps
Deadlift - 425 x 5 reps
Again, aggressive, but attainable.
My basic plan? I'm going to be lifting weights 3 days a week and doing cardo 3 days a week and having 1 day of rest and recovery. No, I'm not following the BFL plan. It's a powerlifting workout plan. I'll post more on it later if anyone is interested. The cardio will be moderate intensity, mostly walking on treadmills at an incline and sometimes a stair climber or a stationary bike for a little variety. As far as eating, I'm planning on aiming for about 3200 calories coming from good, clean, healthy food. Lots of veggies, fruits, and non-processed food. I'll be keeping a hand written food journal to keep track of everything that I eat. I think that I, like most people, will automatically eat a little better if I know that I have to own up to everything that I eat and write it down.
Alright, I think this is long enough for a 1st post. I'll be posting my weight every Saturday starting on the 10th.
Here we go.
Iron_Turtle
