Going to the gym for a 300lb, 47 male - where to start ?

Hi

I am male, 47 and around 300lb from the UK. i have been this size for all of my life since my early 20s. I never really go up or down. 320lb is the biggest i have been. As i got older it started to effect my day to day life.

I started swimming back in 2018 and do around 1km a day in 24mins pretty much 6 days a week. I have seen my fitness increase but not really weight loss. I used to swim competitively in my teens before quitting and putting on the weight.

I think its time i try and get into the gym and do some uphill walking but also some weight training. I do go for walks generally but since lockdown i work from home and so hard to get my 10,0000 steps in. At weekends i go for long walks. Around where i live is not great for walking - so gym is best option. At the age i am now - really dont care what others think so thats not an issue :)

i have no idea where to start at the age / weight i am. Anyone else been down this road ? What has stopped me in the past is damging myself as i am not so young anymore. I want to start slow and i will do it every day - what wont work is doing something crazy and injuring myself.

I dont really eat much these days due to IBS issues - so thankfully the reason i dont really put weight on either. I could eat more veg / fruit, but i dont really eat junk food due to the IBS.

Thanks for any advice.

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I lose 100lbs ending 2021, sadly ad of June 2023 I've put all the weight back on. Let's get rid of the 100lbs and more!

Hi all,

I'm making a little diary post for me to get myself back on the horse and cart and get my weight loss going again.

I used to weigh a total of 336lbs in December 2016 and decided it was time to be proactive and make some changes for my health.

Luckily over the years I managed to control my diet and do a lot of walking when I had free time. I had some ups and downs but was consistent enough to see changes.

I then weighed myself in 2021 and finally reached a 100lb loss. I was ecstatic, I had the willpower to keep it off.

Then 2022 happened, I bought a house, I had a few tragic events in my life and I was WFH all the time. The weight slowly crept back on and now I've regained all 100lbs.

I'm not devastated this time though as I was back in 2016. In 2023 I'm motivated to get this off me and can't wait to get myself back in action.

Food shop today and I'm going on a long country hike this afternoon. What better time than today to get back to it and see those pounds drop off.

Let's go!!! Wish me all the best of luck and I'll see how we do in a months time 🩵

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19f and 32 pds down!

For some context, at my highest weight I was 244 pounds (5’7).

I’ve been lurking for a minute and I just wanted to provide some “inspiration” that might help someone who’s been like me. Since I was around 11, I’ve been the bigger girl, both chunky and a bit taller, and was always jumping from one diet to the next. “Military” diet, keto, paleo, gluten free, vegan, pescatarian, anything in the book really. But the common theme was always hunger and pain. Sometimes I’d lose some weight, but I’d always gain it all back and then some.

It was only in February of this year that I realized that weight loss doesn’t have to mean suffering, and I’ve lost 32 pounds since February 7th. I honor my cravings and there is no one food that I don’t allow myself to have.

I eat fajitas and McDonald’s ALL the time, the only key difference between now and my childhood obesity is that I have a slight calorie deficit.

To sustain the weight I am now, 212 pounds, I’d have to eat 1700 calories, but to lose weight like I have been, I eat in the range of 1270-1350.

By eating this amount, I lose around 1.5 to 2 pounds a week, which may seem slow if you’ve gotten used to stupid ass ed mindsets, but it’s actually a very healthy and sustainable way to not only lose weight- but also be happy.

All my life I’ve looked in the mirror with a frown, and was always talking shit to myself for never having the courage or the strength to force myself to suffer so I could be beautiful. But now when I look in the mirror, I not only am beginning to see what my mature face looks like slim, but am also able to see my perseverance and a determination I had never been able to achieve.

My ultimate goal is to be 160-170 pounds, but I never understood how close within reach it could be for someone who was so “lazy” and “weak minded”.

TLDR; weight loss isn’t suffering, all you need a slight HEALTHY calorie deficit to achieve a lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of.

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Water Weight and Weight Lifting are Wild

I started my deficit with a pretty intense bodybuilding routine after sitting on my ass for almost two years. At first it was around 500 but now I'm pushing a 700cal deficit after the lack of "results"

So far, 10 weeks in, I've lost 8cm off of my waist but didn't lose a single pound until a few days ago. It's absolutely insane to hold the measuring tape at 101cm where I started and hover it over the navel, crazy progress! I needed some encouragement for sure, after starting at 200lbs and being at 200lbs 8 weeks later... felt bad man, but now I'm down to 197.8 and it seems to drop about .2-.3 per day.

Depending on your lifestyle shift, "your miles may vary" on weight loss. I wish I did a DEXA scan before I started this, those results would have been very interesting.

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I cannot feel satiated with just 1400 calories anymore

(20F 96Kg --> 70Kg)

When I started my weight loss journey, I was incredibly strict with what I ate. I ate around 1400 calories everyday and went to the gym to do a 5K three times a week, along with adding more to my daily steps. I stuck to this for around 5 months, and I shed a lot of weight quite quickly.

However, I've started to do weight lifting since January to tone up. I haven't seen a whole lot of (aesthetic) progress with this as it's been fairly off and on (I definitely feel stronger though), it's very dependent on who I can go with, I've also started yoga, these things have both been extremely helpful with my weight loss, my mental health, and also my overall fitness. I can breathe easier now, I can run, and I can participate in things that I could never have ever thought of doing beforehand like MMA, bouldering, and trampolining.

I don't know why but lifting weights consistently has made me ravenous, I'm still keeping with my better diet and I haven't gained, but I've plateaued in terms of my weight because I'm so hungry all the time. I'm hoping to lose a bit more when I go travelling and volunteering over the Summer because I'm going to be in desert heat and my appetite becomes basically null in the heat. I still have 10 more kg I want to lose, and I feel like now it's going slower than ever now that I'm going down to the last 10kg.

Any advice for meals that will keep me satiated, and any tips on self-discipline in trying to keep to my calorie deficit?

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Others losing it for fertility-related reasons?

Hello all! I started what feels like my 50th weight loss attempt on March 1, after being diagnosed with PCOS. I’m 29, 5’4, and currently 248 pounds (26 pounds down!) I also have hypothyroidism.

Although I’ve been trying to lose weight for 10 years, this is time feels different, because I’m doing it so my husband and I can try to have a baby. It’s definitely made it more emotional and stressful for me, but also more motivating. I feel like I have a legitimate time crunch, and I also feel guilty that I’m delaying everything for my husband.

Im happy with my progress and my dedication, but can’t help feeling down because I waited this long. We started trying almost a year ago, why didn’t I work on this then? Or before we started?

Anyone else losing it to try and have a baby feel similarly? Any advice or words of wisdom?

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NSV: I've just fit into a bra I haven't worn since I was 16. 30 now ha!

It's not a massive size difference cause I've been a stable level of obese from 18-29 and very overweight since 10 but I haven't worn that bra since I was 16!

And not just that, but I'm on the second hook!!!

I know I should probably temper my enthusiasm because I bet I'll be wishing I'd stayed the same bra size at some point further down the weight loss line but I hadn't changed size in any clothing despite losing 40lbs so I'm just irrationally happy that a piece of clothing has gone down a few sizes haha.

I kept all my bras from when I was younger luckily because I used to buy them with my work wages cause they were so expensive due to how limited the shops for those sizes used to be. So even though I really had convinced myself it would be a very long time before I ever fit them again, if ever, I'm so glad I kept them!

And some of my favourite patterns will fit again if I can find them at some point when I'm more mobile. So happy.

Yep happy rant over haha

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