Hello! This is my first challenge!
Hope everyone out there is doing well. I'm here to get my fitness and overall health and weight in check. I love the 5-week challenge approach. Here's to the first of many more.
Right now, I'm 240lbs and want to lose around 80 lbs. In addition to losing weight, I want to get stronger, healthier and just generally feel better. I'm constantly out of breath from walking here to there, and struggle with stupid things like tying my shoes. I'm physically uncomfortable 100% of the time. I'm 43 years old and have a family history of stroke and heart attack. I have a wife and two young kids, and more than anything I want to be around for them for a long time to come!
I've spent a lot of time thinking about my health and have decided to focus on a whole-food, plant-based diet for the foreseeable future (at least for several of these challenges) - but I'll see how it goes.
For this challenge, I'll be working toward the following goals:
Post a daily recap of what I ate each day
Follow a prescribed exercise plan, to include both strength training and HIIT, and post a daily recap of what I did each day
Make a few friends here at NF and encourage others as we all go through the challenge(s) together.
Check by often to my (this) challenge thread and please keep in touch! I look forward to us all helping each other through this journey!
-sh
