Here I am, Here I lose!

elyk
elyk Posts: 6
edited September 19 in Introduce Yourself
I was always the skinny guy right up until I hit my thirties. Married, kids, content with my life and having a physical job, I never really had any issues. Then it happened. I was injured on the job with a hip injury and my life became very sedentary.

10 years later, here I am. Wow, 10 years. I am now self employed and the hip is probably as good as it is ever going to get. I have actually not had any pain in it for quite some time come to think of it. Now I am constantly refered to as the 'big guy'.

Anyways, I am overweight, tired all of the time, absolutely no energy to do anything around the house, with the kids, or even for myself. Quite a disappointment I have become. My life sucks and my family does not desrve this. I know who I am, who I want to be and how I want to carry myself throughout the rest of my life but this current situation I find myself in needs to change.... and it is about to.

So... overweight, smoke, no excercise, no cares with my diet. Truly sad. I am at 271lbs now and my goal is to get down to 190lbs in the end... I should say before I get to the end.

The journey begins right here, right now. I am looking forward to what Part II in my life will bring me.

I have to say.... I am greatly inspired by many people here, been through a lot of the before and during posts and I am very impressed. I am going to count on you to keep that fire burning underneath me hot.

Cheers!

My stats:
Height: 6' 3"
Current Weight: 271
Target Weight: 190
Current BMI: 33.9
Target BMI: < 20.0

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  • MOMOFTWO29
    MOMOFTWO29 Posts: 8,276 Member
    Hello and welcome to the best website ever. You will love it here, I do. This site is so helpful, supportive, motivational, easy to use, and everyone here is so nice and friendly. I just wanted to tell you that I hope you have a lot of success on your weight loss journey. You can do this. :smile: :flowerforyou: :smile: :flowerforyou:
  • lagavica
    lagavica Posts: 25 Member
    Welcome to the family, you can achieve anything that you can think of.
    See you
  • rinalynn
    rinalynn Posts: 87
    Welcome you can do it! We all have the same goals to live a healthier life. You will love this site!!
  • elyk
    elyk Posts: 6
    Thank you to all for the warm welcome. Definitley looking forward to using this site to the fullest. Kept track of calories today using the Food area. Stayed within where I need to be!
  • rinalynn
    rinalynn Posts: 87
    Thank you to all for the warm welcome. Definitley looking forward to using this site to the fullest. Kept track of calories today using the Food area. Stayed within where I need to be!

    That is a great start ! you will get the hang of it and then you will become addicted :laugh: make sure you add your exercise and then you will get more cals.
  • elyk
    elyk Posts: 6
    On my way now... had to get a few things in order I found before I could begin to focus on my sefl. Priorities mainly. Anyways, down 4 now and on track to where I want to be. Going to be a fun summer now!
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    Hi Elyk and welcome! It is really fun to keep track of our progress with a bunch of other motivated people :flowerforyou:
    Good luck on your journey!
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    Wow, you sound like me 7 months ago. I quit the smokes a couple years ago - which is a big part of how I got so heavy (cheated, used Chantix to quit smoking, it worked for me).

    This works - but here's what happened to me:

    When I started I was just dieting. Like you I was a really big heavy guy (270 pounds) and my calorie intake was about 2000 a day, and that was fine, I wasn't uncomfortable.

    When I got to 260 MFP adjusted my intake down to 1920 or something, and that was lean but I was Ok. When I got to 250 it dropped me down to 1850, and then it was starting to get hard. When I got to 240 it cut me down to about 1780 a day and that just wasn't enough food and I was $&%in' miserable.

    So then I went to Walmart and blew $300 on an elliptical machine, and now I'm doing 30 minutes a day, earning 400-500 extra calories and I'm feeling great and I get enough to eat and I'm still meeting my weightloss goals. I also really feel like I've made a real lifestyle change that I'll be able to sustain and not gain the weight back.

    Anyways,,, I eat my exercise calories, and I do my exercise, and I'm making progress and doing great and feeling better than I've felt in a long time. I got my 34" waist jeans back (I was in 40's at new years')!!!.

    Food for thought - this can be VERY difficult to stick with if you want to do it by diet alone. I found that I had to add exercise. A calorie deficit is a calorie deficit, and it can be done with just diet, but I just couldn't.

    Works for me, and it'll work for you too. Welcome aboard and good luck.
  • elyk
    elyk Posts: 6
    Thanks for your suppport, guys. CasperO, really appreciate your detailed post. I am definitely looking forward to putting on an old pair of 34" waist jeans!
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