Where did you start? What's your current status? What is your goal?
blackeyedone
Posts: 6 Member
Hi All,
Until now, I've never used the community aspects of MFP, but SYSK has a special place in my heart since I listen to it almost every time I go to the gym or on a walk. I'd like to hear about what your goals are and how close you are to accomplishing them! Also, what methods are you taking to accomplish them?
I'm getting married in September 2016 and I want to look and feel the best that I can that day. I'm a 5'9", 30 year old male. Last year at this time, I weighed 187 lbs and I decided I wanted to get in shape for both Burning Man 2015 and my wedding (which was much further down the road at that time). From June 2015 until September 2015 I dieted and exercised and lost 20lbs (down to 167). Then I took a break. Over the next 6 months I gained about 8 of it back (up to175).
Fast forward to about 5 weeks ago. After months of saying I would get back into a healthy routine, I finally started on that journey again. The most important routine i need to redevelop when living a healthy lifestyle is making sure I log absolutely every single piece of food that I eat into MFP. I set my calories at 1500 per day as a limit. As of today, I've lost 8lbs and I am back down to 167.
My goal is to lose a bit more weight (10 lbs) and then add some muscle. I'm working towards that goal by doing cardio 3-4 times a week (Couch 2 5K) and weightlifting 3 times per week. Once I reach that goal I want to continue with cardio, but increase my calories gradually into s surplus and add some more exercises to my weightlifting routine. I'm hoping that by September 10th I will look the best that I have in years.
So where did you start? What's your current status? What is your goal? And, what is your plan? Let's keep each other motivated!
Until now, I've never used the community aspects of MFP, but SYSK has a special place in my heart since I listen to it almost every time I go to the gym or on a walk. I'd like to hear about what your goals are and how close you are to accomplishing them! Also, what methods are you taking to accomplish them?
I'm getting married in September 2016 and I want to look and feel the best that I can that day. I'm a 5'9", 30 year old male. Last year at this time, I weighed 187 lbs and I decided I wanted to get in shape for both Burning Man 2015 and my wedding (which was much further down the road at that time). From June 2015 until September 2015 I dieted and exercised and lost 20lbs (down to 167). Then I took a break. Over the next 6 months I gained about 8 of it back (up to175).
Fast forward to about 5 weeks ago. After months of saying I would get back into a healthy routine, I finally started on that journey again. The most important routine i need to redevelop when living a healthy lifestyle is making sure I log absolutely every single piece of food that I eat into MFP. I set my calories at 1500 per day as a limit. As of today, I've lost 8lbs and I am back down to 167.
My goal is to lose a bit more weight (10 lbs) and then add some muscle. I'm working towards that goal by doing cardio 3-4 times a week (Couch 2 5K) and weightlifting 3 times per week. Once I reach that goal I want to continue with cardio, but increase my calories gradually into s surplus and add some more exercises to my weightlifting routine. I'm hoping that by September 10th I will look the best that I have in years.
So where did you start? What's your current status? What is your goal? And, what is your plan? Let's keep each other motivated!
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My main issue is food, especially with a kid around who has some AMAZING snacks, and I work at an office where I am pretty sure it is a birthday every month, and if not a birthday, monthly lunch office meetings. I know I need to reduce my calorie count. So I need to be more diligent in recording my food on here and my fitbit.1 -
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So last September I started just making the healthier choice and lost 18 lbs by December. then Xmas and a vacation in Mexico and laziness happened but I maintained through all those. At the beginning of March I started eating healthy again and I lost 5 more lbs! So now I am down 23 lbs!
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Started approx 18 days ago after listening to SYSK and Chuck announced this site. Start weight 165. Current weight 150 after logging everything I eat each day and paying attention to the calories. I'm staying close to 1200. My goal weight is about 135. I just want to be able to feel less winded by getting off the couch. 1
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Ok here I go. I'm 5'1", on a good day and I weigh 143 lbs. I was very thin (105lbs) my whole life till I went to pastry school and taste tested... a lot haha. My goal for now is just to get to 135 which is where I was about 18 months ago. Eventually I'd like to be around 120-125. I've been counting calories (1390 is my limit) for 3 weeks now. I've lost a half a pound and been starving which is pretty disappointing. Besides being miserable from hunger I've also been emotionally far less stable. I'm starting to feel like my overall health would be better if I just quit but I'm not at that point yet. Hoping to keep going and get over this plateau, start feeling better and having the pounds start to go. 1
