EDIT: 3 month update - 06-28-2012 - Down 37lbs!
Just hit my initial bottom goal weight of 215lbs as of today! Super excited to make this milestone but realize how much excess weight I really have been carrying all these years as I fully intend to keep going until the flab is gone.
I just this morning did a 3 month follow up at the doctors for some more blood work. 3 months ago the blood work pointed to higher than should be cholesterol and sugar levels and my doctor was a bit concerned that if something wasn't done I would be heading towards heart issues and possible diabetes.
This caused me and my wife to go full steam ahead with some lifestyle change we had already started working towards in the prior weeks and for the past 3 months we've been on a new way of living.
We eat much healthier than we were for the past 8 or so years plus we work at 3 times a week. The only time I missed exercising just once in the past 3 months is when I had strep throat and I was at my worst feeling. Besides that one exception I have not skipped or cheated myself at all and plan to keep it that way.
People keep asking my wife and I how long we're going to do this "diet" for and when we explain, this isn't a diet, this is a lifestyle change and it's from the point we started it and going forward.
Who would of thought? Eat healthier and exercise regularly and the weight comes off on its own.
No gimmicks, not pills, no gadgets, nothing that can be packaged and sold on late night TV infomercials.
My doctor was impressed with the big visable change. Will take a few days to get the blood work results though.
I just wanted to share my progress and hopefully help motivate others.
If I can do this much in this little time, anyone can do it!
Original post: 03-24-2012
Starting March 24th I weighed 252.2lbs.
I'm 32 years old and 6'3" tall FWIW.
Was the fattest I've ever been in my life and I became disgusted with myself.
My wife and I were both at the point of being tired of being so sloppy with our eating/diet and lack of exercise.
Every dinner consisted of to large of portions and very carb heavy.
Pizza, breaded chicken patties on buns, mac and cheese, etc. Just horrible food choices that we blindly consumed with little thought for basically as long as our almost 3 year old son was born.
We both showed the poor choices in our weight gain.
So I did research as I always do when I want to find out more about how to do something before just blindly jumping in.
The obvious was eat less and eat better especially for dinner. Also cutting out sugars.
I came across diets like Paleo and Keto and while they seemed popular there was a few elements to them lacking. For one my wife is hypoglycemic and as a result she can't do any diet that restricts all carbs or she gets to the point of passing out.
The real focus though for us is to avoid carbs and all sugars as much as possible and eat less.
We're not going Atkins levels of crazy with it, we still avoid fatty and unhealty foods.
We eat a lot of chicken, fish and use ground turkey always instead of any beef.
Every meal we have veggies as well now.
We'd have a can of soda with dinner every night before, not its usually just water and sometimes something like Crystal Light.
I tend to go out to lunch while working often and before I would drink a few glasses of soda with lunch on a regular basis.
We'd even have dessert on a regular basis.
No exercise and I work a job where I sit behind a computer all day.
Now I don't like sugar pass my lips and avoid all large carbs like breads and pasta.
Since March 24th we've begun exercising 3 days a week on our elliptical as well.
It's amazing that in just 21 days I've been able to lose 18lbs and it just keeps coming off.
One thing that's been very helpful is my wife and I really help keep each other on course. If she wants to give in for just one meal or day I encourage her to stick with the plan and she does the same for me. We both motivate the other to exercise when it'd be so much easier to sit on the couch and watch TV after working all day and taking care of our son in the evenings.
My target weight is 215lbs so I still have a good ways to go but at this rate I should hopefully accomplish it within 3 months from my starting point.
I'm starting to think a bit ahead and wondering about adding in some weights of sorts. Ideally something that will be the most beneficial while taking up the least amount of space in my house and not costing a ton of money as well.
If anybody has any suggestions on weights or some other solution that fits my wants, I'm all ears.
Just wanted to share my story I guess. No other real point to this post...
Just hit my initial bottom goal weight of 215lbs as of today! Super excited to make this milestone but realize how much excess weight I really have been carrying all these years as I fully intend to keep going until the flab is gone.
I just this morning did a 3 month follow up at the doctors for some more blood work. 3 months ago the blood work pointed to higher than should be cholesterol and sugar levels and my doctor was a bit concerned that if something wasn't done I would be heading towards heart issues and possible diabetes.
This caused me and my wife to go full steam ahead with some lifestyle change we had already started working towards in the prior weeks and for the past 3 months we've been on a new way of living.
We eat much healthier than we were for the past 8 or so years plus we work at 3 times a week. The only time I missed exercising just once in the past 3 months is when I had strep throat and I was at my worst feeling. Besides that one exception I have not skipped or cheated myself at all and plan to keep it that way.
People keep asking my wife and I how long we're going to do this "diet" for and when we explain, this isn't a diet, this is a lifestyle change and it's from the point we started it and going forward.
Who would of thought? Eat healthier and exercise regularly and the weight comes off on its own.
No gimmicks, not pills, no gadgets, nothing that can be packaged and sold on late night TV infomercials.
My doctor was impressed with the big visable change. Will take a few days to get the blood work results though.
I just wanted to share my progress and hopefully help motivate others.
If I can do this much in this little time, anyone can do it!
Original post: 03-24-2012
Starting March 24th I weighed 252.2lbs.
I'm 32 years old and 6'3" tall FWIW.
Was the fattest I've ever been in my life and I became disgusted with myself.
My wife and I were both at the point of being tired of being so sloppy with our eating/diet and lack of exercise.
Every dinner consisted of to large of portions and very carb heavy.
Pizza, breaded chicken patties on buns, mac and cheese, etc. Just horrible food choices that we blindly consumed with little thought for basically as long as our almost 3 year old son was born.
We both showed the poor choices in our weight gain.
So I did research as I always do when I want to find out more about how to do something before just blindly jumping in.
The obvious was eat less and eat better especially for dinner. Also cutting out sugars.
I came across diets like Paleo and Keto and while they seemed popular there was a few elements to them lacking. For one my wife is hypoglycemic and as a result she can't do any diet that restricts all carbs or she gets to the point of passing out.
The real focus though for us is to avoid carbs and all sugars as much as possible and eat less.
We're not going Atkins levels of crazy with it, we still avoid fatty and unhealty foods.
We eat a lot of chicken, fish and use ground turkey always instead of any beef.
Every meal we have veggies as well now.
We'd have a can of soda with dinner every night before, not its usually just water and sometimes something like Crystal Light.
I tend to go out to lunch while working often and before I would drink a few glasses of soda with lunch on a regular basis.
We'd even have dessert on a regular basis.
No exercise and I work a job where I sit behind a computer all day.
Now I don't like sugar pass my lips and avoid all large carbs like breads and pasta.
Since March 24th we've begun exercising 3 days a week on our elliptical as well.
It's amazing that in just 21 days I've been able to lose 18lbs and it just keeps coming off.
One thing that's been very helpful is my wife and I really help keep each other on course. If she wants to give in for just one meal or day I encourage her to stick with the plan and she does the same for me. We both motivate the other to exercise when it'd be so much easier to sit on the couch and watch TV after working all day and taking care of our son in the evenings.
My target weight is 215lbs so I still have a good ways to go but at this rate I should hopefully accomplish it within 3 months from my starting point.
I'm starting to think a bit ahead and wondering about adding in some weights of sorts. Ideally something that will be the most beneficial while taking up the least amount of space in my house and not costing a ton of money as well.
If anybody has any suggestions on weights or some other solution that fits my wants, I'm all ears.
Just wanted to share my story I guess. No other real point to this post...
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