Alright, so here it is. I'm 6'3 and weigh 270, my goal is 220 for now. I've never actually TRIEDto lose weight before, and to be frank, i have no earthly idea as to how to go about it. It's rather hard to find ways to get started, much less stay motivated. I hope to try to use this website, and y'all to stay occupied with trying to lose weight, as opposed to trying for about... hmmm... a day, and then losing focus. Here are my main problems aside from knowing where to start:
1. The counting to burning ratio seems a little bit intimidating at first, any pointers to simplify it?
2. My body structure is not strong enough, due to a car accident two years ago, for a lot of exercises, I've broken my back in multiple places, ive broken nearly all my ribs on the left side, my neck in two places ect, ect... i still get around fairly well all considered, but I still get incredibly sore and stiff, i don't know how to overcome that, yet.
Greetings from London (by way of LA with regular time in the Swamplands:))
Right, you are a boy (perceptive aren't I) and, as such, probably are not going to want to obsess about dieting. I'd say ignore a bit of what the diet part of this comes up with. You know you want to lose but 2lbs a week is the most you want to be losing and means cutting back quite a bit and definitely falls into the realms of dieting. Since you haven't done that previously - don't start now. Dieting implies that you'll stop one day once you lose the weight and that leads to yoyoing and putting it back on. Think of this as improving your approach to food and exercise and don't cut back too far but enough to slowly get to goal. Think more about just losing 1/2lb a week. That is the way I did it the first time around and for the most part that is what I aim for now. You won't lose it by next month but just think about how, with small little improvements to your overall diet you'll have lost it by next year - slowly - the same way that weight always goes on:)
Put in your food, watch your portions and if you don't know what you are having (if you are out) just pick something that looks close. Don't get too into needing to enter the exact item. If you do you speed too much time at it and then get frustrated.
Think about getting into pilates as that is good for strengthening yourself up after your accident but may be a tad girly for you so just look at lots of walking for now. If you get into walking everywhere that will make a huge difference without taking too much of a toll on your body AND losing weight will help to ease a lot of the aches and pains.
Good luck.
Hey, thanks! Basically aim low and dont get overzealous with it, mkay i can do that. I'm not going to lie, I'm quite fascinated with it at the moment, but then again it is 5 A.M. and I'm on a slight caffiene rush, so... i just need something to keep my mind on it, but at the same time not to go overboard with it... this is going to be a thin line to walk lol
Well, there is another good thing but may require using the journal or a bit of paper on your own at home but, if you are really into it sometimes and not others then, so long as you don't go beneath around1200 cals a day (you'll drop into starvation mode and do yourself more harm than good) and so long as you keep up the calorie counting, you can carry deficits over to other times. Like if you are going to have a big party weekend you can be under on calories during the week to save up extra calories for the weekend. It is overall consumption that matters.
I tend to be very good during the week and then to look forward to reasonable blowouts on the weekends (still calorie count and make sure not to go over what you saved up during the week)
Original Post by gim_bob:
Basically aim low and dont get overzealous with it
Hey gim_bob, welcome to the club! I was at a dinner last night where the speaker was a nutritionist, and when question time came I asked how we can stay motivated after the "honeymoon period" of a diet (after two weeks on a "diet" I'm usually completely off the wagon!). She said the most important thing is to not try to do TOO much all at once. It's the little changes that will make the big difference overall. Like Jenneytome said, a DIET implies stopping at some point, but making small changes will show results in the long run.
Good luck, and all the best.
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