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Benjamin Roy

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Hi my name is Benjamin Roy. I am 19 years old and have struggled with my weight my whole life. I go to the gym everyday doing a mix of strength training and other exercises to elevate my heart rate. I do push my self to go the gym as I'm 6'2 and 325 lbs. I'm fairly strong. My one downfall is what is at home for food/I can't have milk products as my stomach can't handle that kind of stuff, I have been doing my best to reduce the amount of bread that I eat as well. I drink water through out the day id say only water. I haven't touched a drop of pop since January which has been a big accomplishment for me as before I would drink to much of it.

Benjamin Roy
 
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Sounds like you are doing great!! Keep on that track and you will be dropping the pounds.

Wouldn't worry about milk products. Most adults can't fully digest dairy to some degree or another. We were never built to handle milk outside of being babies. Most people that have dairy issues can still handle old / aged cheese ... have you tried that?
 
Benjamin,
Might I suggest eating whole grain wheat bread which is different than just whole wheat bread. Also drinking water is one of the best things you can do. You should drink half your body weight in ounces a day.

Good Luck and don't become a professional dieter like me. Change your eating lifestyle.
 
That seems like a lot of water ... are you sure that's right? Is that based on British stones, lol? Even on kg, that would still be 40 ounces of water ...
 
I guess I should have done the math first, lol. I drink 3-4 litres / day - 5-6 on workout days. Just never really converted it into ounces ...
 
Welcome Benjamin! Great that you have picked up the challenge of losing weight! You are at the right place to find good advice on what to do!

Not drinking pop is a great accomplishment indeed! If you keep making steps like this, I am sure that you will lose. The reason that you are not losing now is that you most probably haven't yet created a calorie deficit yet.

Strength training is good in the sense that you build muscle that can help you burn more calories, but the activity itself does not really burn much. I am not suggesting that you stop, but that you add a bit of cardio. You can do that to the same training sessions, for example doing some cycling and running, but you can also incorporate some cardio in your life. Walk to the supermarket, work, school, friends, etc. Or just walk a bit for fun (or cycle), listening to an audiobook so you also get some entertainment and/or education. With your weight, you burn 150 calories per kilometer (running or walking... speed does not make a difference here in terms of how much you burn per unit of distance, but of course you burn more per hour if you go quicker). When I was at my highest weight, I could not motivate myself to run, so I chose to walk a lot. Eventually I walked like 35 kilometers per week, which meant that I lost half a kilo per week because of the walking alone.

I took this step-by-step (literally), I did not go walking this much in the first week, but I just did it more and more. I started to enjoy it, and now, years later, I still do.
 
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