QuelThelos Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hey all, Ben here (or call me Quel), just your usual friendlyoversized out of shape desk jockey. Some of you are probably going to hate me for this, but Ihave great genetics and just never used them. I’m 6’4†and since high schoolhad girls fawning over my shoulders. Fawning is probably too extreme a wordsince it was only my shoulders, and only a few girls. I ate poorly and myworkout mostly consisted of strapping a 40lb bass drum on and marching around afield. Come college I got a little crazy with things. I realizedthat without band, my poor eating got me up to 260 lbs. My girlfriend at thetime was one of those people who would be on a diet for 2 weeks, realize shedidn’t like being on a diet and try a different diet. I convinced her to pickone and stick with it and I’d join her for support. BLAMO, dropped to 180lbs onweight watchers and an elliptical routine that would make you want to stab youreyes out to avoid boredom (yeah, that boring). The relationship goes south, the diet goes back to the wayit was, graduate college, get a desk job and next thing I know I’m over the 260lbs. I’m not really sure how bad it got because I refused to get on a scale.This is when my WoW addiction got really bad. I mean 8-14 hours a day bad. Mysleep schedule went to heck. I still joke about WotLK coming out and being the~3rd Druid on my server to hit 80. Of course that was on 12 hours of sleep over3 days and at least 4 pizza deliveries. When I realized that my real life was circling the tubes, Iseriously cut back on WoW. I started tracking what I ate and joined a gym.Figured that if I slept more and did what I did last time the weight would comedown. Sure enough I got my weight down to 230, was boring the heck out ofmyself on the elliptical/treadmill and things were improving. Then I got laid off. Moved back in with my parents, met mybeautiful wife, and got rehired by the same company and sent halfway around thecountry. The company was paying me to live out of a hotel and eat out everynight. Dream job right? Until I looked down around my waist and saw I was back towhere I started.Anyways, finally got married 4 months ago and realized I’vegot this gym membership getting very little use. I start doing research andlearning about 1000 different diets. My wife pushed me to get back on weightwatchers since it worked before, but I’m not totally satisfied with thatsystem. A guy at work keys me off about the Macrobolic Diet (45/35/20 if youwere interested) which is a great weightlifting/bodybuilding routine, but notquite for your average Ben. I combined this with some of what I’ve read in aMen’s Health book on living healthy (notice not weight loss), and boom offagain; This time with weight training. As I continued to read about diets, Istumbled onto the Paleo Diet which lead me here. At first I thought this wasjust a cute website with great photos of Lego men. Still it was a well writtenand referenced article.Fast forward a few months and I’m looking to get intosomething more of a routine on the weight lifting. I mean I’ve been logging,but I’m just aimlessly throwing weights around. Back to Google and boom,there’s this weird website with the Lego guys again (great gimmick those). NowI’m reminding myself which muscle groups I want to hit, stealing Staci’s graphfor actually showing myself the improvement in my lifts (new squat record todaywith 185lbs), and feeling a bit more optimistic about getting healthy.I’m glad to say I’ve fallen out of the obese category. I’mstill badly overweight with 28% body fat, but it’s coming off. Moreimpressively my bone density is up a full percent since I started eatingcleaner, and I’m seeing definition in my quads, biceps, and triceps somethingI’ve not seen since...ever.I’m planning on getting into this website mainly foraccountability. My wife is a fantastic support base, but it’s really small.And, I’m looking to meet other people traveling the road I’m on.I’m hoping I can share some of the knowledge I’ve gatheredon diet, and maybe pick up some more on lifting routines and even running formore speed (still working the C25K program for endurance first).Looking forward to getting better.-Ben Level 2 - Goliath RangerSTR - 3 DEX - 1 STA - 3.5CON - 5.5 WIS - 6 CHA - 2"There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose; the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it." -Napoleon Hill Link to comment
Laureleye Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Lots of us just stumbled in here from a google search (Nerdfitness???) and stayed. Glad you found your way here. Cruise around the Ranger's challenge thread and see what the rest of the gang is up to, so you can be ready when the next challenge starts. The hardest part of the workout is lacing up your shoes'"10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Current Challenge |INTJ | MFP | FitBit Link to comment
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