body fat percentage reduction friends/challenge group

Papa_Swearingen

Hello all,

I am venturing on a differing kind of journey. I am trying to reduce my body fat to 20% for the first main stage of my journey. I am 6'1" (185cm), and ~255 lbs (~116 kg) and an ex-football/baseball player. I love low-impact aerobics like cycling, weight-lifting, walking, elliptical, rowing, etc. I recently started a 90 day fitness challenge at my gym and set a goal to lose ~10% of my body fat. Roughly 25 lbs in 90 days. That's a tall damn order, but it's the goal anyway (I cuss like a sailor)

The Journey Begins...

Why am I so fat? Good question... Well, after months of trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong its no surprise its a combo of things, but mostly my problem stems from having a horribly stressful last year.. which led to stress, emotional eating, drinking, and depression. A whole lot of not giving a sh** about myself (did I mention I cuss a lot?). I put on about 15 lbs in the last year, but in actuality I've put on 30 lbs since 2010.

I just started a 90 day fitness challenge at my gym and I weighed in at 30.8% August 4th. That's startling because I don't look like a 30%er. I'm in good aerobic/weight training shape, so I think this is do-able for me. Although, I was wondering if any other MFP users out there would like to join up with me. If so, please send me a friend request.