Aesop
Mon, June 16th, 2008, 03:38 AM
I've been lurking on the forums for a little over a month and decided to get in gear regarding my fitness, or rather my lack of fitness. :whistle:
Anyways, as my stats list, i'm 25 years old, 6'5.5"@251 or so. I'm currently getting my diet in check, slowly. I've increased my water consumption and cut out soda almost entirely(still drink one diet soda a day). Fast food, fried food, and other "heavy" foods(things involving cheeses and white sauces with pasta etc..) are no longer an option for me. I'm not a big candy/sweets eater and I don't drink either.
I used to be in shape, but eventually let it go when I was around 19. When I was 12-13, I was 6"0"@205 with a BF around 12 or 13%. By 15 and after a couple years of lifting and playing sports, I weighed between 240-245 and stood around 6'3" or so. It's kind of different being larger than my old gym teachers, they didn't seem to fond of me after I refused to play football or basketball for them.:lol: Baseball was my game, and track&field seemed to call to me.
Anyways, back then it didn't matter what I ate. It seemed like all I would do is eat a lot, drink some protein shakes, hit the weights and I would gain mass. Once I bought a car, it was pretty much over for me. By 19 I was around 190 and kept up with running until a couple minor ankle injuries stopped me. I just never picked it up again.
So here I am, six years later and about 45-50lbs too much.:doh:It's all going to change though, i'm done with how I feel and look. Absolutely done.
First plan of attack is to cut out the crappy diet. I still have some reading to do on that, but it's coming. My excercise routine(started two days ago) is slowly coming back into effect, but I got rid of all my weights years ago so all i've been doing is body-weight excercises and some cardio. I'll be doing that until I can find a nice set of weights, hopefully soon. I can't wait to start lifting again.
I guess i'll be cutting until i'm around 210 or 200 depending on how I look/feel, with an ultimate goal of being back around 235-240 with around 8-10% BF. I might go bigger, but I don't know what the "too big" threshold is for my frame anymore.
Sorry for the novel.
Anyways, as my stats list, i'm 25 years old, 6'5.5"@251 or so. I'm currently getting my diet in check, slowly. I've increased my water consumption and cut out soda almost entirely(still drink one diet soda a day). Fast food, fried food, and other "heavy" foods(things involving cheeses and white sauces with pasta etc..) are no longer an option for me. I'm not a big candy/sweets eater and I don't drink either.
I used to be in shape, but eventually let it go when I was around 19. When I was 12-13, I was 6"0"@205 with a BF around 12 or 13%. By 15 and after a couple years of lifting and playing sports, I weighed between 240-245 and stood around 6'3" or so. It's kind of different being larger than my old gym teachers, they didn't seem to fond of me after I refused to play football or basketball for them.:lol: Baseball was my game, and track&field seemed to call to me.
Anyways, back then it didn't matter what I ate. It seemed like all I would do is eat a lot, drink some protein shakes, hit the weights and I would gain mass. Once I bought a car, it was pretty much over for me. By 19 I was around 190 and kept up with running until a couple minor ankle injuries stopped me. I just never picked it up again.
So here I am, six years later and about 45-50lbs too much.:doh:It's all going to change though, i'm done with how I feel and look. Absolutely done.
First plan of attack is to cut out the crappy diet. I still have some reading to do on that, but it's coming. My excercise routine(started two days ago) is slowly coming back into effect, but I got rid of all my weights years ago so all i've been doing is body-weight excercises and some cardio. I'll be doing that until I can find a nice set of weights, hopefully soon. I can't wait to start lifting again.
I guess i'll be cutting until i'm around 210 or 200 depending on how I look/feel, with an ultimate goal of being back around 235-240 with around 8-10% BF. I might go bigger, but I don't know what the "too big" threshold is for my frame anymore.
Sorry for the novel.