balance0 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Salutations! I've just started reading this site yesterday, but as I wanted to get some accountability started, I figured I'd get, you know...started! I'm 40 and living in the greater Detroit area, although I grew up in Connecticut. I've always thought I've been on the big side, although when I look back to up to my senior year of high school, it wasn't that bad. From then on it was a slow trundle from my 5'7" 160 to my current 240. There was a big jump in there when I quit smoking about 13 years ago. I'd like to get back to that 160-170 range. BMI chart will put me at 140, but I have long legs for my height, and those are my best muscles (and best feature!! I love to show off my legs, even though they are spidered with vericose veins a bit) and a larger bone structure. I think at lower than 160 my muscles will look more meh. My starting goal is to excercise every weekday and to track what I eat. I have noticed in past efforts that even when I take the approach of eating whatever I want as long as I write it down, it deters me from eating at least 1 bad thing....simply because I don't want to write down that it was eaten! Then, when I've nailed that habit, I can look to improve, and I'll have a great record to see what easy things can be trimmed. Right now I have some fun excercises like Rockin' Body and Wii Fit. Wii Fit is intended to be my minimum, since if i'm feeling to tired when I get up, i can weigh in and do one or two stupid games and stop. I usually find that primes the pump and I keep going. I also am going to track weight goals there. I also do some "inside walking" which involves making a circuit around my living room/kitchen, including a light jog, while watching Netflix shows (X Files is the current selection). Quote Link to comment
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