I've been reading these threads for a couple weeks, and it seems a lot of people know a ton about weight and nutrition. I"m hoping by making this thread, it will be a fun way to help me loose my final 25 lbs. Heres my story: :
i'm turning 21 in a couple weeks. from about 15-19, I lost a total of 100 lbs. I'm 6'3", and started at 302 lbs (still 6'3" at 15). the lowest weight i hit was 195, but I never maintained it, settled around 201-202 through first 2 years of college. Now, I tend to be a perfectionist, and right now i'm weighing about 210. It's mostly due to winter and not being active, but last summer i didnt get back down to 202, i hit about 206 and stayed there.
Body structure wise, I'm pretty big. I have a 45" chest, almost 19" shoulders, size 14 foot and my head won't fit into any baseball caps besides a size 8-81/4 fitted cap. My thighs are 24" from cycling since I was a kid (BMX, now road/fixed gear). My goal weght has always been 185, and I'd love to hit it this summer, but I don't know f my bodytype is physically capable of maintaining that.
In the past, it's been a lifestyle change. Diet soda here, salad there. Now it's turned into a workout thing, which is my problem. I'm a student, and between working/school theres very little time for the gym. I do, however, ride my bike about 8 miles a day.
As far as eating goes: my portions are out of controll. I live on diet soda (about 2-3 liters/day), I eat probably 1/2 box of mini wheats in a sitting or 1/2 lb of pasta (to give you an example). I eat very low fat, mostly carbs like cereal and pasta. I eat a lot of whole grain and egg noodles, I tend to eat very little meat. For sweets, I stay away from high fat still. I eat mostly fat free fig newtons and weight watchers ice cream bars (130 calories and 4.5g fat), although i'll eat 8-10 fig newtons or 2-3 ice creams.
I know my body pretty well, but I'm obviously aging and my body doesn't work the same as it did 5 or 6 years ago. My plan of attack is to cut the soda down to one can a day, the rest water. Lots of fruits and vegetables, few carbs and when I do eat them, whole grains and high fiber. Protien- 2-3 servings a day. I'm going to try to not skip breafast, either, and not eat anything after 7pm. I also tend to go to bed at...well...6am, which leads me to have a second dinner around 2am. so i'm going to try to get myself into a 2am bedtime, and cut that meal out.
I was reading some other threads like this, and I think what i'm going to do is a food diary of sorts, write down what I take in every day, and how much I work out (will be mostly cycling, with fixed gear it's easier to figure calories burned). maybe some pictures every 2 weeks for progress with a scale reading.
I do need help! I think that's why i'm posting here, to steal everone's encouragement haha. I know I don't really know much about this, so tips and tricks and information are going to be awesome through all this.
I'm going to start tomorrow, see how many calories I take in on a normal day. then I guess we can assess and i'll look up a good amount to try to stick to. phew...this was long. sorry!
i'm turning 21 in a couple weeks. from about 15-19, I lost a total of 100 lbs. I'm 6'3", and started at 302 lbs (still 6'3" at 15). the lowest weight i hit was 195, but I never maintained it, settled around 201-202 through first 2 years of college. Now, I tend to be a perfectionist, and right now i'm weighing about 210. It's mostly due to winter and not being active, but last summer i didnt get back down to 202, i hit about 206 and stayed there.
Body structure wise, I'm pretty big. I have a 45" chest, almost 19" shoulders, size 14 foot and my head won't fit into any baseball caps besides a size 8-81/4 fitted cap. My thighs are 24" from cycling since I was a kid (BMX, now road/fixed gear). My goal weght has always been 185, and I'd love to hit it this summer, but I don't know f my bodytype is physically capable of maintaining that.
In the past, it's been a lifestyle change. Diet soda here, salad there. Now it's turned into a workout thing, which is my problem. I'm a student, and between working/school theres very little time for the gym. I do, however, ride my bike about 8 miles a day.
As far as eating goes: my portions are out of controll. I live on diet soda (about 2-3 liters/day), I eat probably 1/2 box of mini wheats in a sitting or 1/2 lb of pasta (to give you an example). I eat very low fat, mostly carbs like cereal and pasta. I eat a lot of whole grain and egg noodles, I tend to eat very little meat. For sweets, I stay away from high fat still. I eat mostly fat free fig newtons and weight watchers ice cream bars (130 calories and 4.5g fat), although i'll eat 8-10 fig newtons or 2-3 ice creams.
I know my body pretty well, but I'm obviously aging and my body doesn't work the same as it did 5 or 6 years ago. My plan of attack is to cut the soda down to one can a day, the rest water. Lots of fruits and vegetables, few carbs and when I do eat them, whole grains and high fiber. Protien- 2-3 servings a day. I'm going to try to not skip breafast, either, and not eat anything after 7pm. I also tend to go to bed at...well...6am, which leads me to have a second dinner around 2am. so i'm going to try to get myself into a 2am bedtime, and cut that meal out.
I was reading some other threads like this, and I think what i'm going to do is a food diary of sorts, write down what I take in every day, and how much I work out (will be mostly cycling, with fixed gear it's easier to figure calories burned). maybe some pictures every 2 weeks for progress with a scale reading.
I do need help! I think that's why i'm posting here, to steal everone's encouragement haha. I know I don't really know much about this, so tips and tricks and information are going to be awesome through all this.
I'm going to start tomorrow, see how many calories I take in on a normal day. then I guess we can assess and i'll look up a good amount to try to stick to. phew...this was long. sorry!
