PhoenixDC
New member
Hi everyone,
I'm a 22 year old male from the UK.
Since about 13 years old I've always been (or considered myself to be) a bit chunky. At school I was teased a bit because of it by mates etc. and as a result my self confidence has taken a bit of a hit every since.
I'm getting to the stage now where I'm just frustrated at feeling bigger than I want to be and I'd like to do something about it now while (hopefully) it's potentially a bit easier (I was always told weight loss gets more difficult as you age?).
I'm currently about 18st (252lbs). I need to get an accurate measurement next time I'm at the gym. I've got a fairly big frame but I still feel like my weight should realistically be around the 15st (210lbs) area, if not a little lower.
As well as the motivation of just wanting to be more healthy & happier about my body image, I've also got a bit of a goal that I've always wanted to ask out a girl that I've kept in contact with from school, but because of my weight I've always felt self-concious about doing it. It's not that I really feel like me being thinner would actually mean that much to her, but it would to me, and I'm hoping it would give me the extra confidence boost to enable myself to do it.
I don't really want to be skinny as I quite like the fact that I'm quite well built, but I definetly need to loose a few pounds!
At the moment I go to the gym 4 times a week (one day on, one day off sort of arrangement) and generally do half an hour of fairly intensive cardio and some low weight, high repetition weight training, I've also been trying to eat better. I think my biggest problem at the moment is the weekends as I feel like they are my danger times food wise as there seems to be more temptation around than during the week.
Another thing I'm finding difficult is that with my job I just sit at a desk all day, not particularly active! Not really sure what I can do to remedy that one really apart from look for a new job, which isn't really an option at the moment.
Timescales wise I'd like to have lost the weight I want to by the end of the year if possible, but I'm not too fussed about how long it takes as long as I get it off! I feel like it'd be good to have a target date however, so maybe I need to do a bit of reading around here and work out what a sensible one would be for what I want to achieve.
Cheers for listening guys.
I'm a 22 year old male from the UK.
Since about 13 years old I've always been (or considered myself to be) a bit chunky. At school I was teased a bit because of it by mates etc. and as a result my self confidence has taken a bit of a hit every since.
I'm getting to the stage now where I'm just frustrated at feeling bigger than I want to be and I'd like to do something about it now while (hopefully) it's potentially a bit easier (I was always told weight loss gets more difficult as you age?).
I'm currently about 18st (252lbs). I need to get an accurate measurement next time I'm at the gym. I've got a fairly big frame but I still feel like my weight should realistically be around the 15st (210lbs) area, if not a little lower.
As well as the motivation of just wanting to be more healthy & happier about my body image, I've also got a bit of a goal that I've always wanted to ask out a girl that I've kept in contact with from school, but because of my weight I've always felt self-concious about doing it. It's not that I really feel like me being thinner would actually mean that much to her, but it would to me, and I'm hoping it would give me the extra confidence boost to enable myself to do it.
I don't really want to be skinny as I quite like the fact that I'm quite well built, but I definetly need to loose a few pounds!
At the moment I go to the gym 4 times a week (one day on, one day off sort of arrangement) and generally do half an hour of fairly intensive cardio and some low weight, high repetition weight training, I've also been trying to eat better. I think my biggest problem at the moment is the weekends as I feel like they are my danger times food wise as there seems to be more temptation around than during the week.
Another thing I'm finding difficult is that with my job I just sit at a desk all day, not particularly active! Not really sure what I can do to remedy that one really apart from look for a new job, which isn't really an option at the moment.
Timescales wise I'd like to have lost the weight I want to by the end of the year if possible, but I'm not too fussed about how long it takes as long as I get it off! I feel like it'd be good to have a target date however, so maybe I need to do a bit of reading around here and work out what a sensible one would be for what I want to achieve.
Cheers for listening guys.
