redbaron007
New member
Hello everyone,
I joined today to hopefully be motivated by you all in my journey to maintaining a healthy weight. My details:
- Male, 50, 172 cm, 161 lbs (BMI: 24.5)
- High LDL cholesterol. Had high triglycerides in the past too, but now in normal range primarily due to daily fish oil capsules.
What I'm good at:
- cut out bread, rice, pasta, etc.
- cut out fast food & sodas
- cut out snacks like chips, candy and replacing them with Costco figs, apricots, pistachios & almonds
- run 2 miles 7 days a week (small side-benefit of living in Calif)
- keeping BMI just about below 25
What I suck at (and need motivation):
- losing that stubborn belly fat
- reaching out for those pita chips every time I pass by the kitchen
- getting BMI way below 25
- eating my recommended daily allowance of veggies (though I eat a salad 7 days a week for lunch)
- adding some strength training to my daily run.
- running longer distances
How I can help the community
- Not sure I guess, considering I'm brand new. I'm a software engineer, so some day I would like to develop an app that helps motivate people who struggle with weight loss and resulting depression (Mods: I won't be advertising it here, no worries there!)
I guess next steps are to start a diary, so hope to see you all there. Have a wonderful evening folks!
I joined today to hopefully be motivated by you all in my journey to maintaining a healthy weight. My details:
- Male, 50, 172 cm, 161 lbs (BMI: 24.5)
- High LDL cholesterol. Had high triglycerides in the past too, but now in normal range primarily due to daily fish oil capsules.
What I'm good at:
- cut out bread, rice, pasta, etc.
- cut out fast food & sodas
- cut out snacks like chips, candy and replacing them with Costco figs, apricots, pistachios & almonds
- run 2 miles 7 days a week (small side-benefit of living in Calif)
- keeping BMI just about below 25
What I suck at (and need motivation):
- losing that stubborn belly fat
- reaching out for those pita chips every time I pass by the kitchen
- getting BMI way below 25
- eating my recommended daily allowance of veggies (though I eat a salad 7 days a week for lunch)
- adding some strength training to my daily run.
- running longer distances
How I can help the community
- Not sure I guess, considering I'm brand new. I'm a software engineer, so some day I would like to develop an app that helps motivate people who struggle with weight loss and resulting depression (Mods: I won't be advertising it here, no worries there!)
I guess next steps are to start a diary, so hope to see you all there. Have a wonderful evening folks!
What I meant was if you had specifics in mind, like: I'm having enough vegetables for lunch but I'll add a handful of leafy greens to the other meals. Or: I'll roast a tray of veggies every Sunday to have ready in the fridge so I can add X amount to each meal. Or: instead of pita chips I'll make sure I have veggie sticks and a low-cal dip in the fridge to snack on.