Post by G on Jul 19, 2007 22:37:19 GMT -5
I see that this area of the board has barely been touched. And even I didnt touch it. So why did I put it here in the 1st place? Well, i guess because it is close to home to me.
I used to be in great shape. I played football in High School. I was always skinny and healthy and could do just about anything I wanted.
That was until I got about 30 years old. I used to be real skinny. Im only 5' 9" tall and at one point I weight 130 lbs for quite a few years. Then I started putting on weight. At 1st I loved it. When I got to be about 180 lbs to 200. I felt solid. Not big to be fat and not too small to be scrawny.
However, I was a smoker and I got this job then where I sit on my butt all day. Now, I had always worked out off and on throughout my life. But here I was going through my 30s and I kept picking up weight. Twice in my life I have lost 40 lbs. Both times felt like great accomplishments. The last time I felt really healthy was in 2004. I always had this dream of working out for 1 solid year. I had tried many times. And I would get further each time. 2 months, 4 months...etc. Well, in 2004 I worked out with weights for 10 solid months. For the 1st time I felt kind of buff. It was a great feeling. I felt great about myself. But, I got burned out and quit.
Since then, I have got married and quit smoking. In a little over 2 years I ballooned to an all time high of 251 lbs. Remember, I am only 5' 9".... I felt huge and hideous. Quitting smoking had a lot to do with it. But sitting on my butt and diet had a lot to do with it too.
My partents had a picture taken of me last September that mortified me. I had to do something.
Since then, I have purchased a treadmill and a Weider Home Gym (its like a Bowflex except a heck of a lot cheaper). I have went from drinking sodas all day to almost nothing but water. I diet right. I exercise.
But at this point, my weight fluctuates (I weigh myself every morning) between 237 and 245. I cannot seem to get lower than these points and it is frustrating. Now, admittedly, I havent worked out as much as I should. But I am going to change that (honest, once I get to working out, I can work out for months straight when I get into it)...but the changes in diet and I do do some degree of exercising, and even now, I occassionally work out. I feel like I should have lost a few more pounds than I have. I have a goal of finishing 2007 at 230 lbs. And my ultimate goal would be to get to 200 - 210.
I put this section here as a way to motivate myself. Maybe others are in the same boat. I know Az isnt. Hes rather slim and looks in shape. But Im now 40 and being in shape and slim seems extremely difficult.
I started this thread to remind myself to stick with it and get back into steady workouts on the gym and treadmill.
I used to be in great shape. I played football in High School. I was always skinny and healthy and could do just about anything I wanted.
That was until I got about 30 years old. I used to be real skinny. Im only 5' 9" tall and at one point I weight 130 lbs for quite a few years. Then I started putting on weight. At 1st I loved it. When I got to be about 180 lbs to 200. I felt solid. Not big to be fat and not too small to be scrawny.
However, I was a smoker and I got this job then where I sit on my butt all day. Now, I had always worked out off and on throughout my life. But here I was going through my 30s and I kept picking up weight. Twice in my life I have lost 40 lbs. Both times felt like great accomplishments. The last time I felt really healthy was in 2004. I always had this dream of working out for 1 solid year. I had tried many times. And I would get further each time. 2 months, 4 months...etc. Well, in 2004 I worked out with weights for 10 solid months. For the 1st time I felt kind of buff. It was a great feeling. I felt great about myself. But, I got burned out and quit.
Since then, I have got married and quit smoking. In a little over 2 years I ballooned to an all time high of 251 lbs. Remember, I am only 5' 9".... I felt huge and hideous. Quitting smoking had a lot to do with it. But sitting on my butt and diet had a lot to do with it too.
My partents had a picture taken of me last September that mortified me. I had to do something.
Since then, I have purchased a treadmill and a Weider Home Gym (its like a Bowflex except a heck of a lot cheaper). I have went from drinking sodas all day to almost nothing but water. I diet right. I exercise.
But at this point, my weight fluctuates (I weigh myself every morning) between 237 and 245. I cannot seem to get lower than these points and it is frustrating. Now, admittedly, I havent worked out as much as I should. But I am going to change that (honest, once I get to working out, I can work out for months straight when I get into it)...but the changes in diet and I do do some degree of exercising, and even now, I occassionally work out. I feel like I should have lost a few more pounds than I have. I have a goal of finishing 2007 at 230 lbs. And my ultimate goal would be to get to 200 - 210.
I put this section here as a way to motivate myself. Maybe others are in the same boat. I know Az isnt. Hes rather slim and looks in shape. But Im now 40 and being in shape and slim seems extremely difficult.
I started this thread to remind myself to stick with it and get back into steady workouts on the gym and treadmill.
