Hi everyone, I'm starting to try to lose weight and thought it would be a good idea to start a log on 2p2 so people can give me hell if I start to slack or offer words of encouragement/advice/constructive criticism.
Backstory
In high school I was at an all time low of around 170lbs - 180lbs, with barely any muscle. I ended high school around 190lbs. I am 6 foot tall. When college started the weight pounded on. Too many Taco Bell runs, and too many beers. Long story short, at the end of my 4 years in college, I weighed about 262 lbs. Nearly all of this is/was pure fat. If you saw me, you would probably think I weighed close to 300 lbs. I've seen pictures of people on here who have a starting weight of around 290-300lbs and are the same height as me, and my belly looks bigger than theirs.
Why I want to lose weight
I'm starting graduate school now, and I am getting married in less than a year. A date has not been set yet, but a general time frame has. For the purpose of this thread, let's say that I have about 9 months to lose the weight - I want to look damn good in my tuxedo. Let's say my goal weight is 200 lbs. I would be happy with 200 lbs, but if I reach 200lbs before 9 months I am not going to stop.
Another reason is that I just want to be healthier and live a healthier life style. I believe if I eat right and exercise I will feel better about myself and live generally a happy and longer life.
My starting weight
My starting weight is
262lbs, with a body fat percentage of ~
35.5%,
6'0". I started a week ago, Wednesday August 10th.
Exercise
I have a pair of adjustable dumb bells that can go up to 20lbs each, or 40lbs on one dumb bell. As of right now however, all of my exercise has been done on a "treadclimber" that I have, the Mobia by Nautilus.
I'll try to update this thread daily, but for now I will just post my a brief summary of my first week. I wanted to want to wait a week before I started this thread. Now that a week has passed I know I have the ability to continue on in my journey! I will not give up!
Week 1
Day 1: 262 pounds, 35.5% body fat - Mobia for 30 minutes, burned 350 calories
Day 2: 260.4 - Mobia for 30 minutes, burned 350 calories
Day 3: 260.4 - Mobia for 30 minutes, burned 350 calories
Day 4: 258.6 - Mobia for 30 minutes, burned 350 calories
Day 5: 258 - Mobia for 30 minutes, burned 350 calories
Day 6: 255.8 - Mobia for 30 minutes, burned 350 calories
Day 7: 256.8, 32% - Mobia for 60 minutes, burned 700 calories
Here is what I ate on 2 select days of this past week, breaks in the food log indicate more than 2 hours between eating :
Day 4 - 1320 calories consumed, 350 burned, 8 glasses of water (8 oz. per glass)
Kashi Go Lean Crunch - 2 cups
Milk - 1 cup
Solid White Canned Tuna - 5oz
Pickle and Pepper Relish - 1 tbsp
Saltines - 5 crackers
Turkey Breast - 7 slices
Mustard - 2 tsp
White Bread - 2 slices
american cheese - 1 slice
Lettuce
Pringles - 7 crisps
Cantaloupe - 5 oz
Cantaloupe - 5oz
Low Sodium Cheese stick - 1 stick
Day 7 - 1455 calories consumed, 700 burned, 12 glasses of water
Food Item | Servings | Cals |
Kellogg's Rasian Bran | 1.00 | 190 |
Milk | 1.00 | 160 |
Healthy Choice Sesame Teriyaki Chicken Fresh Mixers | 1.00 | 380 |
StarKist Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water | 2.00 | 140 |
Nabisco Premium Original Saltine Crackers | 1.00 | 60 |
Tony Packo's Pickles & Peppers Relish | 1.00 | 20 |
White Bread | 1.00 | 180 |
Turkey Breast | 1.00 | 70 |
Kraft Singles American Cheese Slices | 1.00 | 60 |
Lettuce | 1.00 | 1 |
French's Yellow Mustard | 2.00 | 0 |
Banana, medium | 1.00 | 105 |
Mountain Dew Diet Mountain Dew soda (can) | 1.00 | 0 |
Dannon Nonfat Plain Yogurt | 0.67 | 54 |
Dole Frozen Blueberries | 0.50 | 35 |
Fitness | Minutes | Calories Burned |
Other (Manual) | 30.0 | -350.0 |
Other (Manual) | 30.0 | -350.0 |
I felt excellent today after my normal 30 minutes on the mobia, and decided to go 30 more minutes. Although I gained a pound today even after a 'double' workout I know that weight fluctuates a lot and as long as my trend line keeps going down I am happy - big picture! Since I have been going a week now I will probably bump up the intensity of my normal 30 minutes, and try to slowly progress. This week I did everything at resistance 6 and speed 1.5mph, will probably do res 6, speed 1.7 mph for this next week.
I'm really enjoying this so far, and feel better right now than I have in 4 years. This is going to be an awesome ride.
CLIFFS
OP weighs 262 lbs, is 6 ft. tall, 35.5% body fat.
Wants to lose weight over 9 month period to look good for wedding, and to just live a healthier life in general
Last edited by beansroast01; 08-17-2011 at 12:55 AM.