Hello everyone, I am a college student looking to get in shape and this is my dilemma.
I am 215 lbs and about 5'9'', and I recently decided that it is time to get in shape and get my life together. I am currently prescribed medications that cause me to have little to no appetite during the day, honestly it is hard for me to eat breakfast or lunch. I usually don't eat til around 4 or 5 PM. Being at college the dining halls have healthy options, so I have been eating pretty healthy (No Fried Foods, Grilled Chicken, Salads, Fruits, Whole Grain Bread.... etc.), and another big thing is I used to drink Diet Coke a lot, and I have completely cut that out. I drink a lot of coffee as well, but only black, no cream or sugar. With this all being said, there are days where I am so busy at school, I just forget to eat. This has just started to happen, but I keep reading online that you shouldn't "starve" yourself and not to eat too little, but quite frankly it is easiest for me just not to eat, I still feel as if I have energy and what not. I would say most days I eat around 1000 calories of "healthy" foods.
Also, I have began to do body weight exercises during the day, and to be honest I feel like it is more effective than going to the gym. I do push ups, planks, jumping jacks, and all of that kind of stuff, sometimes I use certain videos on the TV (Insanity, P90X) but those programs are too much for me to do religiously. I am able though to get a thorough workout in usually every day basically.
My point is this, can I lose weight doing this? I just started doing this about a week ago, and I plan on continuing for a month to see if this plan actually will work.
I am 215 lbs and about 5'9'', and I recently decided that it is time to get in shape and get my life together. I am currently prescribed medications that cause me to have little to no appetite during the day, honestly it is hard for me to eat breakfast or lunch. I usually don't eat til around 4 or 5 PM. Being at college the dining halls have healthy options, so I have been eating pretty healthy (No Fried Foods, Grilled Chicken, Salads, Fruits, Whole Grain Bread.... etc.), and another big thing is I used to drink Diet Coke a lot, and I have completely cut that out. I drink a lot of coffee as well, but only black, no cream or sugar. With this all being said, there are days where I am so busy at school, I just forget to eat. This has just started to happen, but I keep reading online that you shouldn't "starve" yourself and not to eat too little, but quite frankly it is easiest for me just not to eat, I still feel as if I have energy and what not. I would say most days I eat around 1000 calories of "healthy" foods.
Also, I have began to do body weight exercises during the day, and to be honest I feel like it is more effective than going to the gym. I do push ups, planks, jumping jacks, and all of that kind of stuff, sometimes I use certain videos on the TV (Insanity, P90X) but those programs are too much for me to do religiously. I am able though to get a thorough workout in usually every day basically.
My point is this, can I lose weight doing this? I just started doing this about a week ago, and I plan on continuing for a month to see if this plan actually will work.
