Finally starting to see a difference!

afigueroa_pr

Hi to everyone at fitnesspal.com!
I want to share my story.
I am currently losing weight to go back to my ideal BMI of 25.
My story starts about 5 months ago when my wife and I had our first child on April 9th 2011. It was a couple of months afterwards that it hit me: I am overweight and I need to set a good example to my daughter and be able to keep up with her when she starts walking and running. I started a nutrition and weightloss program on July 5th 2011.
My starting weight was 205 (I am 5' 6.5"). I am proud to say that today I am 177 pounds with a body fat % drop from 26.6% to 21.3%. I also lost close to 5 inches on my waist line. We went shopping for clothes about a week ago and I was shocked to go from a size 36 waist to 32 in jeans and from a large shirt to a small.

I want to encourage people to keep your goals in sight. I had inspiration and a purpose when I was blessed with my daughter.

God bless and take care!


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JoLeeFA

Thanks for sharing your story.

Congrats on your success!

tere2ov

Congrats!

EmilySG2011

Please tell us your secret. That's an amazing drop in a small amout of time.

LillysGranny

Great story!

tere2ov

afigueroa_pr

Stick to a calorie count. Look up your basal metabolic rate. There are a lot of BMR calculators online. In my case my BMR was close to 2000 calories so my nutritionist put me on a 1500 calorie diet. If you follow that regimen, that's a pound a week you would lose only on counting calories. The other pound a week I am losing is by exercise.

Just remember it takes 3500 calories for a pound to be added to your body. So if you restrict your diet to be -500 everyday that's
-3500 a week so therefore one pound lost. The other 3500 i burn in exercise. Just remember you can't starve yourself or your body will just store those calories as fat.
:happy:

Thanks again to all of the people who're helping me!


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