Greetings :)

Hello World!

I've finally decided to join myfitnesspal so that I could start keeping track of my caloric intake and exercise log (even though many of the exercises I do are not in the system yet).

Allow me to brag about my current accomplishments real quick and on to my goals. May 5th of last year I was 297 lbs, and in horrible health. I ate anything, anytime, anywhere, no questions asked! I got a job at a local gym and my life has since done a 180 degree turn. With the help of my boss, I quit using chewing tobacco as a form of stress relief and I became a vegetarian. I have since dropped down to 233 lbs, a 64 lb decrease over a year. My goal is 186 lbs so that I can join the navy. If I can lose 2lbs a week, that is 8lbs a month or roughly 6 months to lose the 47 lbs for my goal. August 15th I will be converting to a vegan diet full time. Please, even if you don't agree with the plant-based nutrition, do not leave hate mails about why I need dead flesh for protein gains.

I do have a question though. When I signed up for this, it told me that I need to consume 2200 calories a day with an active lifestyle to lose 2 lbs a week. I eat a fraction of that currently, maybe 1400 on a high day. 1100-1200 on average. The idea of 2200 calories a day just seems ridiculously high to me, I don't know though. I do a crossfit workout everyday for 1 hour, and bike for 10 miles/30m with 8 400m rows on a stationary row machine each day. Hopefully I can stay consistant with this program

So with that, I end my first post.