Hi everyone!
I’m new to this sub, I was mainly a lurker in a bunch of subs before but I’m looking to start fresh with a new acct and make some changes in my life.
A little background about me, I’m 21yo, I’ll be 22 in April, and currently I weigh 251lbs and I’m 6’2” tall. Growing up, and all through HS, I was always a bigger kid, sometimes I got teased about it, most of the time, I wasn’t but was still very insecure about myself. During my Sophomore year of college (Fall 2017-Spring 2018) I really drove myself to make changes. I had new roommates who were motivated to go to the gym, workout, play basketball, and overall be active. Over the course of about 8 months, I lost about 40lbs and got myself down to a weight of around 195lbs. Between December of 2017 and now (December 2018) I’ve now managed to gain back about 55-60 lbs and now I’m sitting at 250.
I am not happy with myself at all. I have about 8 pairs of jeans, only one of which fits because it’s a size up from the rest, I weigh 250lbs and not a ton of that is muscle, and I am just generally not happy with the way I look or how out of shape I feel.
Looking through this sub, I see a lot of people who make goals and get shit done. So I want to say thank you guys for showing me others did it, I already did it once, and want to get back to a healthier weight.
About the previous weight loss, most of my time during my sophomore year was spent either in class or at work. I was at school/work from about 7am-10 or 11pm. This left very little time to really eat a lot of food so I think that was the main reason I had lost the weight. I know that this time around, I want to do things in a more healthy weight and either lose weight in general, or if I’m going to be 250lbs, I need to be in better shape and have more muscle.
My main motivations for wanting to get in shape are a few things. First, I have a 3 month old son. I want to be able to be around for him for a very long time, and being healthier for him is important to me. I need to eat better and exercise more. Secondly, I want to look better. I feel like if I can get to a weight/strength I’m more comfortable with, I’ll be a lot happier in general because I won’t feel like a big tub of fat shit. Thirdly, and this is selfish but goes along with having better self esteem, I want people to compliment me on how good I look. I want to be able to look back and say “I used to look like that but now...now I look like THIS!” And have people congratulate me and tell me I look way better.
Thank you to anyone who actually read this whole thing, I really do appreciate your time. And I also have a few questions for people too.
-I’m really bad about eating fruits/veggies. I know I need to eat them but I’m going to have to ease myself into it. What are some ways to begin adding them to my diet that aren’t necessarily just eating them raw or adding them whole to meals? -I want to go to the gym, do some home exercises, is there anything specific that will help me getting in overall better shape before I try to just go straight to adding muscle? -what kinds of foods are best to stay away from when trying make meals/eat out at places/buying groceries?
Thank you again, I really appreciate you guys! TL;DR I was fat, lost some weight (in not a super healthy way), got fat again, not happy, trying to start the loss journey again but in a better way
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