I'm 43yo, M, fat guy - 5'10" was 227 pounds, BMI 32, BP 108/64 - does NOT look good naked!
Trying one more time after a lifetime of failure to drop some weight.
My routine:
1) 7 days a week - Wake up and do 60min of cardio on my elliptical (by my bed).. Of which - 30 min of modified hit training (1 min fast, 2 min slow), followed by 30 min of normal 227 bpm. I feel pretty good after I'm done, not too exhausted or weak legs.
2) Floor exercises - situps (400), pushups (20), general stuff
3) Night: visit the local gym and do 30 - 60min on upright bike.. Doesn't burn as many calories as elliptical, but doesn't fatigue the same muscles i use on cardio either.. Every bit counts - right?
4) M, W, F - I do intensity training with weights at my house.. barbells and such.. high weight, low reps.
5) Laps in the pool
Diet:
- I only eat once a day (I have IBS and get bloated easily). I live in the third world, am a bachelor and don't cook much - so I just go to the end of street to mexican restaurant and have one of:
1) Chicken fajita platter (3 soft shells)
2) white fish and rice
3) taco salad
At home, if I'm hungry I'll have 1 cup of rolled oatmeal with 3 slices of peaches in it, or a head of steamed broccoli.
Not sure how many calories I'm eating - I'm guessing under 1k.. However I find I'm just not very hungry.. The IBS keeps me bloated, and I have a lot of stored fat I guess my body can munch on.
However I'm concerned about shocking my body, lowering my metabolism if I don't eat enough.
A few questions:
1) Should i eat more even if I'm not hungry (no stomach growls)?
2) Should I exercise less even if I'm not fatigued?
Prior to this attempt my daily diet was:
- half container of ice cream, 1 large bag of Ruffles or Doritios (over the course of a day), mexican lunch, 1 chocolate bar, half med. size can of nuts, couple of diet sodas, 1 or 2 yogurts with m&ms, bowl of raisin bran with or without milk.
so you can see - i was an everyday-eating-machine... eating not cause i was hungry, but cause i was lonely, bored, or just wanted comfort. i would also eat pizza twice a week..
so this is a big change.
I started this routine 11 days ago when I was 227 pounds - I'm now 218 pounds. I use a Withings scale and it appears pretty exact: I lose about 0.6 - 0.8 pounds each morning.
I'd like to lose 37 pounds overall - so I'm 9 pounds into it - and I'd like to do it within 8 weeks.
Anyone have any advice for me? I want to do it right, without hurting my body or endocrine system, a LOT of conflicting information out there.
Also scary stuff about releasing tons of cholesterol into your body when you lose weight etc. (I have high cholesterol - but dr. won't give me meds - says it will go away if i lose the fat).
I'm trying to make long-term lifestyle changes, however i'm pretty good at maintaining weight once i hit a set-point.. so my thought was to go into 'boot camp' for 2 months and lower my set-point from 225 to 190 or so. Then maintain..
Also - I keep reading you should take 1 day off a week and eat what you want. But to be honest I haven't done that yet - just don't want to break my stride, and not really feeling that tired or hungry for old junk food.
Advice?
Thanks!!
Trying one more time after a lifetime of failure to drop some weight.
My routine:
1) 7 days a week - Wake up and do 60min of cardio on my elliptical (by my bed).. Of which - 30 min of modified hit training (1 min fast, 2 min slow), followed by 30 min of normal 227 bpm. I feel pretty good after I'm done, not too exhausted or weak legs.
2) Floor exercises - situps (400), pushups (20), general stuff
3) Night: visit the local gym and do 30 - 60min on upright bike.. Doesn't burn as many calories as elliptical, but doesn't fatigue the same muscles i use on cardio either.. Every bit counts - right?
4) M, W, F - I do intensity training with weights at my house.. barbells and such.. high weight, low reps.
5) Laps in the pool
Diet:
- I only eat once a day (I have IBS and get bloated easily). I live in the third world, am a bachelor and don't cook much - so I just go to the end of street to mexican restaurant and have one of:
1) Chicken fajita platter (3 soft shells)
2) white fish and rice
3) taco salad
At home, if I'm hungry I'll have 1 cup of rolled oatmeal with 3 slices of peaches in it, or a head of steamed broccoli.
Not sure how many calories I'm eating - I'm guessing under 1k.. However I find I'm just not very hungry.. The IBS keeps me bloated, and I have a lot of stored fat I guess my body can munch on.
However I'm concerned about shocking my body, lowering my metabolism if I don't eat enough.
A few questions:
1) Should i eat more even if I'm not hungry (no stomach growls)?
2) Should I exercise less even if I'm not fatigued?
Prior to this attempt my daily diet was:
- half container of ice cream, 1 large bag of Ruffles or Doritios (over the course of a day), mexican lunch, 1 chocolate bar, half med. size can of nuts, couple of diet sodas, 1 or 2 yogurts with m&ms, bowl of raisin bran with or without milk.
so you can see - i was an everyday-eating-machine... eating not cause i was hungry, but cause i was lonely, bored, or just wanted comfort. i would also eat pizza twice a week..
so this is a big change.
I started this routine 11 days ago when I was 227 pounds - I'm now 218 pounds. I use a Withings scale and it appears pretty exact: I lose about 0.6 - 0.8 pounds each morning.
I'd like to lose 37 pounds overall - so I'm 9 pounds into it - and I'd like to do it within 8 weeks.
Anyone have any advice for me? I want to do it right, without hurting my body or endocrine system, a LOT of conflicting information out there.
Also scary stuff about releasing tons of cholesterol into your body when you lose weight etc. (I have high cholesterol - but dr. won't give me meds - says it will go away if i lose the fat).
I'm trying to make long-term lifestyle changes, however i'm pretty good at maintaining weight once i hit a set-point.. so my thought was to go into 'boot camp' for 2 months and lower my set-point from 225 to 190 or so. Then maintain..
Also - I keep reading you should take 1 day off a week and eat what you want. But to be honest I haven't done that yet - just don't want to break my stride, and not really feeling that tired or hungry for old junk food.
Advice?
Thanks!!