My 90 day Challenge

I have battled with weight my whole life, I have wild swings of 30 pounds or so. Luckily I am also have been pretty active my whole life too, so it it easier for me to drop weight than most.

I started this journey at 224 pounds, my goal was two pounds a week for a net of 1500 cal a day. I know many of you will give me flak for this, its the internet you are entitled to your own opinion. I wont lie, the first three weeks were hell. I started every morning with a banana and a nutri grain bar or 3 eggs and toast. Lunch was typically a 6" turkey on flat bread from subway, and then a lot of chicken and veggies for dinners. Every night I had an ice cream bar, a Skinny Cow, so that I still got the sweets I love so much. I also had a cheat day every weak where I would eat to my maintain cal, this helped me with cravings as well.

During this time I ran about 160 miles or so, started at 5.0mph for as long as I could or up to 30mins, every week I added .2 to the speed until I reached 6.0 for 30mins. I didnt start lifting any weights until after almost 60 days as this usually drives my hunger up a lot. Even when I did start lifting I only used light weights with high reps.

Its been 2 weeks since I have completed my 90 days, I dont track every day, but stick to a general diet and have decided to drop another 5 pounds. Which is surprisingly easy to cut off some calories from my maintain now, but I am only looking to drop a pound a week at this point.

With out MFP I dont think I would have had this success, plus having a my now ex GF doing it with me. I love this tool and tell everyone about it, the gamification it brings to the process its great also.

Wrapping this all up, I wouldn't recommend starting off at 2lbs unless you have been pretty active for a majority of your life, it would be a huge shock to many that might derail your enthusiasm. The best exercise you can do is the one you enjoy doing the most. Find time to work out, I have only worked out over 30mins a handfull of times, typically when I was running more the 3 miles just to do it. And treats are not the worst thing you can do, I think they are good to reward yourself for your hard work.

Good luck to you, push yourself and you can do anything you set your mind too.