Exohain Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Starting statistics:Age - 20Height - 6'0"Weight - 245 lb Quest:To weigh around 154 lbTo drastically improve my endurance running (Minimum of a half marathon.)To be able to do parkour (increased upper body strength.) Hey all, I'm Kane, a 20 year old Electronic and Electrical engineering student from the U.K who has had enough of being overweight. I’ve always been overweight, I was always the chubby kid who ignored the extra weight as irrelevant and pretended that he could eat whatever he liked because he was “a growing boy.†I should have seen the signs of impending doom when I was in secondary school, I was pretty slim then (especially by today’s standards) weighing in at ~126lb in year 8. Over the course of the 6 years since then I put on almost double that to become ~245lb most of which came within the first 2 years. Now I’m coming up to the mid point in my first year at University and I’ve finally had enough. I am sick and tired of being overweight (actually, according the the NHS I’m obese, which is even worse) and I’ve decided to do something about it.Let's do this. 1 Quote Link to comment
Basement Cat Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Welcome to the rebellion, Kane! Good luck with your goals and keep us posted! 1 Quote Current form: Chubby House Cat (lvl4) Weight objective: 20% S. 4 P. 6 E. 4 C. 7 I. 8 A. 4 L. 5 Battle log Current Challenge Handy linky. Link to comment
Exohain Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Thanks I'm just finalising the starting workout routine at the moment. Should be all set to go later on today! 1 Quote Link to comment
Flex Luthor Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Honestly for a 6 foot tall male 154 is a little light. It depends entirely on your goals of course but if strength training is any part of your plan you will end up weighing more than that. 1 Quote "I like you just the way you are" - Mr. Rogers In Br0din's name we gain. Link to comment
Exohain Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Honestly for a 6 foot tall male 154 is a little light. It depends entirely on your goals of course but if strength training is any part of your plan you will end up weighing more than that. I know I'll probably weigh more than that because of the strength training, but I would rather set a low goal weight at the moment because I know that if I set the goal weight to be higher I'll probably just give up with strength training when I reach that weight, so I'll be the target weight for muscle but it'll still just be fat and I'll be in pretty much the same place as I am now. All goals are subject to change throughout the course of the program anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment
Flex Luthor Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 That's why I generally don't set physique goals. I just decide I want to gain weight and stop whenever I feel like it. If I want to make my triceps bigger, same thing. I'm pretty anti goal setting in general actually which is not a common philosophy around here but it works for me. 1 Quote "I like you just the way you are" - Mr. Rogers In Br0din's name we gain. Link to comment
citizenkade Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Good to meet you, Kane! And welcome to the Rebellion! I'm going to add to Simon's advice about weight. It's a number, and that is something you are not. It really seems like a good goal, but I'll tell you something funny; weight is screwy. If you're working out and eating right, you're going to burn off fat. You might hit 200 pounds and find yourself in the best shape of your life! I'm in the same boat as you. I'm tall, and I am carrying more insulation than I want. I've been focused on weight my whole life. This time around, though, I'm trying to make it just a number. It's not me. I'm using goals based off of the clothing size I want to fit into, and if I weight the same exact thing as I did when I started, but fit in those clothes? It's a win! Regardless, you came to the right place. The Rebellion is all about getting people fired up about those habits that are keeping us down. Fight on! Quote Race: Half Elf/Human. Class: Wildling Ranger. Level: 3 STR: 6 DEX: 2 STA: 7 CON: 5 WIS: 3 CHA: 0 First Campaign Second Campaign Daily Campaign Battle Log MY FITNESS PAL LOG Link to comment
Exohain Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 That's why I generally don't set physique goals. I just decide I want to gain weight and stop whenever I feel like it. If I want to make my triceps bigger, same thing. I'm pretty anti goal setting in general actually which is not a common philosophy around here but it works for me. Good to meet you, Kane! And welcome to the Rebellion! I'm going to add to Simon's advice about weight. It's a number, and that is something you are not. It really seems like a good goal, but I'll tell you something funny; weight is screwy. If you're working out and eating right, you're going to burn off fat. You might hit 200 pounds and find yourself in the best shape of your life! I'm in the same boat as you. I'm tall, and I am carrying more insulation than I want. I've been focused on weight my whole life. This time around, though, I'm trying to make it just a number. It's not me. I'm using goals based off of the clothing size I want to fit into, and if I weight the same exact thing as I did when I started, but fit in those clothes? It's a win! Regardless, you came to the right place. The Rebellion is all about getting people fired up about those habits that are keeping us down. Fight on! Yeah I get what you're both saying, but at the moment while I'm still getting into the habit of training and eating right it's nice to have a numeric goal to work towards rather than an arbitrary "get healthier" thing. I'm sure over the next few months the actual goal weight will fall by the wayside. 1 Quote Link to comment
citizenkade Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Well, you know what they say... Old Hobbits die hard! 4 Quote Race: Half Elf/Human. Class: Wildling Ranger. Level: 3 STR: 6 DEX: 2 STA: 7 CON: 5 WIS: 3 CHA: 0 First Campaign Second Campaign Daily Campaign Battle Log MY FITNESS PAL LOG Link to comment
Flex Luthor Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Don't get me wrong I think a weight goal can point you in the right direction but the trap people fall in is thinking a certain number will get them a desired look and that's just not how it works. All we're saying is to be careful of falling into that train of thought. 1 Quote "I like you just the way you are" - Mr. Rogers In Br0din's name we gain. Link to comment
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