Cameronswmp9
Happy to be here
I'm tired of carrying this extra weight. It's time to do something about it.
I've got the MyFitnessPal app, tracking everything, except strength exercises. I have cut my caloric intake down a lot, and I have been doing bodyweight exercises and walking with the wife a few times a week.
I have a stationary bike, but no room at this point to put it in the house to use it. Working on that as well.
I started back on the second week of May, and I am down about 6 lbs so far. I don't see it, bit I can feel it the way clothes fit.
I started a thread in OT about a fall at work, that happened on 5/3, and when I went to the Urgent Care I weighed in at an even 300, I am 6'2. It's all carried up front, the textbook Dunlop Disease. I would like to get down to 200, but I know if I am working out (especially when I get to weighted exercises) I may cut fat and not weight, which is perfectly fine with me, so if I don't get to 200 but have gotten stronger I am good.
I have cut out a TON of carbs. My diet was basically crap, and a lot of it. Portion control was a huge enemy, and I eat fast so I don't feel it until I am overstuffed. Slowing down when I eat, knowing when I am satisfied, and cutting out crap snacks with good snacks as needed has helped.
I am cutting down on the energy drinks as well. I have been drinking the low/no calorie options, but I want to not drink them anymore. Went from 2-3 a day to one every 2 days or so, and I am drinking my last one now. (Actually just finished it, now it's just water).
Other than weight, I want to build strength and endurance. I know I am starting again, but my endurance really sucks. I know it will come, but it does suck now not having a higher endurance.
It's not a race to the goal, just a slow and steady progress to get there!
I've got the MyFitnessPal app, tracking everything, except strength exercises. I have cut my caloric intake down a lot, and I have been doing bodyweight exercises and walking with the wife a few times a week.
I have a stationary bike, but no room at this point to put it in the house to use it. Working on that as well.
I started back on the second week of May, and I am down about 6 lbs so far. I don't see it, bit I can feel it the way clothes fit.
I started a thread in OT about a fall at work, that happened on 5/3, and when I went to the Urgent Care I weighed in at an even 300, I am 6'2. It's all carried up front, the textbook Dunlop Disease. I would like to get down to 200, but I know if I am working out (especially when I get to weighted exercises) I may cut fat and not weight, which is perfectly fine with me, so if I don't get to 200 but have gotten stronger I am good.
I have cut out a TON of carbs. My diet was basically crap, and a lot of it. Portion control was a huge enemy, and I eat fast so I don't feel it until I am overstuffed. Slowing down when I eat, knowing when I am satisfied, and cutting out crap snacks with good snacks as needed has helped.
I am cutting down on the energy drinks as well. I have been drinking the low/no calorie options, but I want to not drink them anymore. Went from 2-3 a day to one every 2 days or so, and I am drinking my last one now. (Actually just finished it, now it's just water).
Other than weight, I want to build strength and endurance. I know I am starting again, but my endurance really sucks. I know it will come, but it does suck now not having a higher endurance.
It's not a race to the goal, just a slow and steady progress to get there!