Working towards a goal....getting below 300

MalkinMagic71 wrote: »

278.8 this morning.

MalkinMagic71 wrote: »

I'm a 32 year old male. 5'11 w/ high blood pressure. When I went to the doctor at the beginning of October I weighed 388lbs. My doctor flat out told me that I needed to lose weight, and start exercising. He told me I was young enough that I could get this weight off without having to have surgery, but I needed to start now, not later. It was the wakeup call I needed. He gave me the basic outline of a diet and calorie goal, and I have stuck to that since that day. I take in approx 1200-1250 calories a day.

About 2 weeks in I bought an exercise bike. When I first got on I could barely do 5 minutes without being out of breath. Now I can do 15 minutes on near the highest resistance setting and feel great afterwards, and am averaging under 5 minutes a mile. This morning I did 15 minutes and 3.3 miles. I do around 30 minutes on the bike a day, one session in the morning before work, and one after dinner. I never miss one, no excuses.

The hard work is paying off....when I was last at my doctors my blood pressure was way down from where it had been, and he is hoping that if I keep losing weight I can eventually get off the medication all together.

Weight 10/06/2015 388 lbs

Weight 10/15/2015 374 lbs

Weight 10/23/2015 364 lbs

Weight 10/29/2015 358 lbs

Weight 11/02/2015 353 lbs


I still have a long way to go. 350 is my first mini goal, but getting under 300 is the first big goal. It's been hard work, but I actually enjoy working out now and I've learned to control what I eat even if I have a treat every once in a while.

I always worry that eventually the weight is going to slow down coming off... and that will be the toughest but I plan to keep working hard to keep taking it off. I feel so much better than I did even a month and a half ago.

The other big key I think is that I do not drink pop at all anymore. I was drinking pop on a daily basis before. Now it's water and nothing else pretty much. Milk with cereal if I have some that's it.

300 by January seems doable at this point if I keep plugging away as I have been. Thoughts?

Congratulations I was 389 48 year old and 5ft10 I did have surgery and now 294 getting under 300 was awesome keep the faith

MalkinMagic71 wrote: »

I've upped my calories a bit. I'm still working on trying to eat more honestly. This past weekend I went crazy and ate lots of pizza, steak and cheese hoagies, french fries etc, but I worked out a lot more to balance it out. During the week I burn probably 600ish calories a day give or take(sometimes more). I try to do an hour to hour and 15 minutes a day on the bike during the week. On the weekends I usually do 90 to 100 minutes or so on the bike, sometimes more if I know I'm going out to eat and eating alot more. It's hard to say for sure what I burn cause even though I wear a chest strap HRM I know it's not 100% accurate, and I know my logging isn't always 100%, but thats why I work out as much as I do to not only feel good but to give myself some wiggle room on my numbers... so far it has worked for me.

I know the way I do it will not work for everyone. I work out hard every day of the week. I don't take rest days. I probably eat a bit less than I should, but I feel great. I'm not tired, I have lots of energy etc. My doctor is always in the loop on how im doing and any bloodwork ive taken recently has been great.