hello,
i am a 26 yo male, 5'8, 235 lbs. i've gained 90 lbs in the past 3 years.
i want to lose weight for health + self-esteem. it's affected my sleep, my heart (sharp pains), my ability to move around at ease, my sex life, my self-image (which has always been abysmal, even in my "skinny" days), exacerbated my social anxiety, etc. a month ago i started walking at a slow pace for about an hour a day and doing easy bicep/tricep exercises with 10 lb dumbells 2x's a week.
i've gone down 5 lbs so far. which is good.
only thing is . . . my diet. right now, i am unemployed (personal reasons), so my income is. . . well, almost non-existent post rent and internet. so i can't really afford super healthy things. mostly eating (mornings are okay. pouched eggs, brown toast, water. or oatmeal, brown toast, water.).
but lunch and dinner are usually like KD and Hungry Man meals. and that won't really change. because within a week into the month, i am flat broke and have to resort to the food bank and what friends/family give me (which is not much different than the food bank. and i don't blame them.).
anyway, is it going to be very difficult in the long run for me to try and lose weight if i'm eating hungry mans and kd and canned beans etc.? seems quite obvious it's not a good thing health-wise, but...i have lose 5 lbs so far.
i have cut out butter, salt (of my own pouring), pop, chips etc. and am drinking about 6 glasses of water a day. i have also cut out gorging and eating at late hours (between midnight-4 am. which i've been doing for the past few years. gorging in the early hours, and then sleeping on it.) - when i was working, i was eating XL pizza's to myself. in one sitting. i literally couldn't stop. if you'd put an XXL nfront me, i'd have to eat it. and would be left wanting more. so i've curbed that behaviour - but then again, i'm sorta forced to, with the way things are financially right now (i refuse to go on ODSP. so i'm stuck with the income I have. until i get better mentally...long story.)
thanks!
*you're probably wondering where my priorities are when i'm choosing the net over healthy foods.
i am an addict! and it's the one way i can communicate (email) with family (as i don't have a phone). so kinda essential.
i am a 26 yo male, 5'8, 235 lbs. i've gained 90 lbs in the past 3 years.
i want to lose weight for health + self-esteem. it's affected my sleep, my heart (sharp pains), my ability to move around at ease, my sex life, my self-image (which has always been abysmal, even in my "skinny" days), exacerbated my social anxiety, etc. a month ago i started walking at a slow pace for about an hour a day and doing easy bicep/tricep exercises with 10 lb dumbells 2x's a week.
i've gone down 5 lbs so far. which is good.
only thing is . . . my diet. right now, i am unemployed (personal reasons), so my income is. . . well, almost non-existent post rent and internet. so i can't really afford super healthy things. mostly eating (mornings are okay. pouched eggs, brown toast, water. or oatmeal, brown toast, water.).
but lunch and dinner are usually like KD and Hungry Man meals. and that won't really change. because within a week into the month, i am flat broke and have to resort to the food bank and what friends/family give me (which is not much different than the food bank. and i don't blame them.).
anyway, is it going to be very difficult in the long run for me to try and lose weight if i'm eating hungry mans and kd and canned beans etc.? seems quite obvious it's not a good thing health-wise, but...i have lose 5 lbs so far.
i have cut out butter, salt (of my own pouring), pop, chips etc. and am drinking about 6 glasses of water a day. i have also cut out gorging and eating at late hours (between midnight-4 am. which i've been doing for the past few years. gorging in the early hours, and then sleeping on it.) - when i was working, i was eating XL pizza's to myself. in one sitting. i literally couldn't stop. if you'd put an XXL nfront me, i'd have to eat it. and would be left wanting more. so i've curbed that behaviour - but then again, i'm sorta forced to, with the way things are financially right now (i refuse to go on ODSP. so i'm stuck with the income I have. until i get better mentally...long story.)
thanks!
*you're probably wondering where my priorities are when i'm choosing the net over healthy foods.
i am an addict! and it's the one way i can communicate (email) with family (as i don't have a phone). so kinda essential.