JAbq Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Been mostly lurking for awhile on here. Found Nerdfitness (via the spezzy article) sometime in November and been hooked since. So a little about me is I come from an obese family with craptastic eating habits. I've sworn all my life I wouldn't look like my dad, and noticed in the last 2 - 3 years, my weight is creeping up. About a year and a half ago I was 195lbs, which is a little on the chub side for a 5'10" guy. My belly was starting to "tent" more than it had ever before. Slowly transforming into what I didn't want to look like.When I saw the 195 (and pictures of me on the couch with the start of a double-chin) I changed a few eating habits and lost 10 lbs. Took probably a year but I'm not sure because I wasn't really into keeping track or really doing anything formal. I kept saying I would get on exercise soon but never did. Sometime in late August something clicked and I started to exercise. Little by little I added this or that or researched something new. I found Myfitnesspal for my phone and started using that to track foods and cardio training. I lost about 5 lbs doing this. I found MFP to be a helpful tool because I surely wasn't eating enough, and now that I was exercising that was more of a problem. Since the beginning of January I started Paleo, and a home program of SL5x5 and HIIT and keeping workouts to less than my 1 hr/day max goal - I've now lost another 5 lbs. I also started gaining muscle - or at least the looks of having some! I have a TON more energy than pre-paleo, and noticed many other nice benefits like I don't have gas as much. I quit all sugar (I loved sugared coffee and tea) and drink between 96 to 128 oz of water - a year ago I would have laughed at the thought of regularly drinking 8 oz of water!So I am here to learn and to help where I can. My life is starting to get more exciting because of all these good changes and I would hate to keep it all to myself!Joel Quote Link to comment
Sven Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Really great progress so far! Seems like you're right on track. Welcome to the community Quote Svane Krios, Level 1 Drell AssassinSTR 1 | DEX 3 | STA 2 | CON 2 | WIS 4 | CHA 3Intro - Fitocracy - Lift - 2013 Goals - Life GoalsChallenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (current)"Amonkira. Lord of Hunters. Grant that my arms be steady, my mind be clear, and my feet swift.And should the worst come to pass, grant me forgiveness." Link to comment
Morrigainz Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Welcome! Glad to have you! Quote Level ? Half-Dwarf/Half-Amazon Warrior STR:21.25 STA:15 DEX: 10.95 CON: 14 WIS:15.5 CHA:17 SWOLE BUCKS: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Link to comment
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