bigdude Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Hi all, I'm new to fitness, nerd or otherwise. I've struggled with weight my whole life, and have fairly recently made a commitment to change things. This was triggered from my doctor telling me if things don't change I should consider surgerical options as I was passing 350lbs with an upward trajectory at 44 years old. I was pretty pissed off. Not at him, but me. It took another 6 months for me to actually take action even still. So, back in July I started making small changes, mostly trying to form some good habits in general - not necessarily fitness related. Then at the end of July/early August I decided I would start getting up in the morning and walking. I did this for several weeks, getting faster day by day. I was walking about a mile. The first morning my wife was terrified. She thought I was sleep walking! Before long I was working harder and harder, until shin splints slowed me. So I bought an elliptical (which burned my quads so I would switch back and forth between the elliptical and a treadmill we've had for years). I was really working hard. I started doing research. I found out about the importance of getting my heart rate up - so I bought a monitor and downloaded the app. I knew I had to do something about food too, because I ate like $#it. So I downloaded "my fitness pal" so I could just get an idea how much and what I was eating. That led to more changes where my goal was to simply "eat clean" - getting rid of processed foods. I bought Quinua. I stopped eating my bagels for breakfast. I started eating green stuff. So, I'm about 2 months in. I've dropped at least 35 lbs (I don't know where I really started because we had thrown out our scale). I'm doing cardio about 5 mornings a week (combinations of walking, treadmill - even some jogging! gasp! - and the elliptical.) Then I bought some powerblock dumbbells because I knew I needed to build some strength. But knew nothing about how to use them. And that's how I found NF. And how I found Starting Strength and Strong Lifts. Now there is a power rack and weight set in my growing gym in the basement. Which led me to my actually join the forum, because my form sucks and I need some help. So, thanks for having me. My apologies in advance for asking dumb newb questions. I pledge to use my best google foo before starting yet another thread about XXX. Matt Quote 100lb Weight loss goal: 25lbs as of Jan 1,2019 Link to comment
Nedwin Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Sounds like you're doing great! No need to apologize for asking questions. Everyone started somewhere 1 Quote Level 2 Furyan Ranger You keep what you kill STR 3 | DEX 2 | STA 3 | CON 2 | WIS 2 | CHA 36.1 | 6.2 | Duolingo | Daily | Fitocracy Spoiler Captain Hammer: Have I seen you at the gym? Billy: [smiles] At the gym! Captain Hammer: [to himself] I don't go to the gym, I'm just naturally like this... Link to comment
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