Tomble
New member
Well, here's a quick run down.
I've always been heavy. Not terribly fat, and having a large frame people often underguess my weight by 10-15kg, but I'm still way overweight. People talk about metabolism and yes, mine is pretty efficient at converting everything to stored energy, but the fact is that if you're fat then you're getting more calories in than out.
I have been slender and very fit once in my life, back in high school when I was a keen cyclist. It was amazing, but I rediscovered sloth and snacks. Back around '96 I weighed in at 85kg, but was less muscled than I am now. Still, it felt good, and picture from then look so different. About 18 months ago I was a lot lighter than I was before I got started again, but bad habits reared their head and I piled the weight back on plus more.
So, a couple of months ago I realised that I was in trouble with my weight. I hit 121.5 kg (267.3 lb) and thought `this can't go on'. I was snacking every night. I would think often during the day about all the nice snacky things I would eat before and after a fairly large dinner, and would feel a warm happy glow just thinking about it. Mmm, sugar, chocolate, chips The thing is, I know a great deal about proper nutrition and weight loss, I know how unhealthy this extra weight is, I know about diabetes risks and heart disease and so on.
The difference between knowing and doing... well..
Anyway, back around September I started getting more control of my life. I bought some new cookware that was a very good size for making appropriate servings of food and cooking oil free. I ate better at work. I had already stopped taking money with me when I went to work, because around 1:30 a food truck rolled up and I was almost helpless to resist.
Soon after I noticed I had lost a little weight. I hadn't been thinking seriously about losing the weight again, in truth I had been discouraged by my lack of willpower. But with some weight gone, I started to get more motivated. Just as good, my partner was losing weight too and she was very happy with that.
So I started getting more into it. Eating less sugar and fat made me want it less. An amazing turn came one night when I bought a couple of chocolate bars from the supermarket more out of habit than desire. I ate half of one, thought `Am I really enjoying this all that much?'. I decided I wasn't, and put it in the cupboard. I never ate them, just gave them away with no regret. Wow! Prior to that I would have gobbled them down and looked for more.
I started doing the couch to 5k running plan, which is working out really well for me. I find myself looking forward to it in the evenings because it's not a hard and painful workout, but really gets the heart and lungs going.
So now as of this post, I've lost 12kg (26.4 lb). I have a fairly active job so that helps burn the calories too. I'm hoping to lose another 24.5 kg (53 lb) by mid next year, although I will change that goal if I'm feeling happy with where I am. I'd like to be at 90 kg at the minimum.
I have one night of bad eating a week, which happens to be tonight. Fried chicken and chips, and a nice cold beer or two. Doing this puts a small dent in my weight loss rate, but it's a reward for not having lost track of my plan during the week.
This forum is really great, I've tried a few places and none of them have the activity I've seen here.
Forgot to add these originally :
HW : 121.5 kg (267.3 lb)
CW : 109.5 kg (240.9 lb)
GW : 85 kg (187 lb)
Weight lost so far : 12 kg (26.4 lb)
Weight to go 24.5 kg (53.9 lb)
I've always been heavy. Not terribly fat, and having a large frame people often underguess my weight by 10-15kg, but I'm still way overweight. People talk about metabolism and yes, mine is pretty efficient at converting everything to stored energy, but the fact is that if you're fat then you're getting more calories in than out.
I have been slender and very fit once in my life, back in high school when I was a keen cyclist. It was amazing, but I rediscovered sloth and snacks. Back around '96 I weighed in at 85kg, but was less muscled than I am now. Still, it felt good, and picture from then look so different. About 18 months ago I was a lot lighter than I was before I got started again, but bad habits reared their head and I piled the weight back on plus more.
So, a couple of months ago I realised that I was in trouble with my weight. I hit 121.5 kg (267.3 lb) and thought `this can't go on'. I was snacking every night. I would think often during the day about all the nice snacky things I would eat before and after a fairly large dinner, and would feel a warm happy glow just thinking about it. Mmm, sugar, chocolate, chips The thing is, I know a great deal about proper nutrition and weight loss, I know how unhealthy this extra weight is, I know about diabetes risks and heart disease and so on.
The difference between knowing and doing... well..
Anyway, back around September I started getting more control of my life. I bought some new cookware that was a very good size for making appropriate servings of food and cooking oil free. I ate better at work. I had already stopped taking money with me when I went to work, because around 1:30 a food truck rolled up and I was almost helpless to resist.
Soon after I noticed I had lost a little weight. I hadn't been thinking seriously about losing the weight again, in truth I had been discouraged by my lack of willpower. But with some weight gone, I started to get more motivated. Just as good, my partner was losing weight too and she was very happy with that.
So I started getting more into it. Eating less sugar and fat made me want it less. An amazing turn came one night when I bought a couple of chocolate bars from the supermarket more out of habit than desire. I ate half of one, thought `Am I really enjoying this all that much?'. I decided I wasn't, and put it in the cupboard. I never ate them, just gave them away with no regret. Wow! Prior to that I would have gobbled them down and looked for more.
I started doing the couch to 5k running plan, which is working out really well for me. I find myself looking forward to it in the evenings because it's not a hard and painful workout, but really gets the heart and lungs going.
So now as of this post, I've lost 12kg (26.4 lb). I have a fairly active job so that helps burn the calories too. I'm hoping to lose another 24.5 kg (53 lb) by mid next year, although I will change that goal if I'm feeling happy with where I am. I'd like to be at 90 kg at the minimum.
I have one night of bad eating a week, which happens to be tonight. Fried chicken and chips, and a nice cold beer or two. Doing this puts a small dent in my weight loss rate, but it's a reward for not having lost track of my plan during the week.
This forum is really great, I've tried a few places and none of them have the activity I've seen here.
Forgot to add these originally :
HW : 121.5 kg (267.3 lb)
CW : 109.5 kg (240.9 lb)
GW : 85 kg (187 lb)
Weight lost so far : 12 kg (26.4 lb)
Weight to go 24.5 kg (53.9 lb)
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