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[Daryn]

Hi ! I'm Daryn, a 21 y-o student, I have avoided the balance for my whole life, but a year ago i got into one of those BMI-Calculating balance in drug stores to discover that i was (am) a few pounds away from obesity. It was a huge wake up call for me and I decided to lose some weight.

 

I found a beachbody program lying around and tried it (Turbo Jam); i kind of liked it but I felt a bit awkward doing the moves so i bought another workout from Chalene (I liked her in Turbo Jam) which is PiYo. I followed PiYo for a month, following a balanced diet (mostly eating quality organic food and maintaining a calorie deficit with the help of MFP) I lost roughly 20 lbs (9kg). After that one month success I was ecstatic and tried other workouts that didn't work as well for me, but I did manage to lose another 20 lbs in the following two months for a total weightloss of 44lbs (20kg). After that, with exams kicking in, getting satisfied with my looks and just getting bored of dieting, I stopped counting calories, opting to just eat reasonable and balanced without caring for the calorie count. I managed to maintain my weight (fluctuating in a 2kg range) for about six months after that, working out regularly but a lot less intensely than before (from 6 days a week during my weight loss to 2 days a week during maintenance).

 

Now, upon my one year of living healthy anniversary; I decided that I had enough 'rest/maintaining'. I got rid a lot of fat tissus this past year, but unfortunately doing so while focusing on cardio and a carb oriented diet means that I also lost a lot of muscle mass in doing so. I'm not really into getting bulky; But I do want to have more muscle mass, less body fat and more strength and just be more fit overall. In that optic, I joined a gym to begin strength training; but having never done so before; I am a bit at a loss at what to do and I think I'd like to join a community where there are people who want to do the same thing, for I don't want to go through this alone.

 

Cheers!

[SpecialSundae]

Hi Daryn and welcome to the Rebellion!

 

Sounds like you've made a great start!  

 

Don't worry about getting bulky, it takes years of work to even get close to having built that much muscle mass so you'll have plenty of warning before you get there!  

 

Plenty of lifters around these parts and bodyweight trainers too. Whatever your fitness flavour, you'll find someone willing to try to help!

 

Anyway, give me a shout if you wanna chat barbells!

 

Sundae

[Daryn]

Thank you!

Yes, I've noticed that there's a lot of variety here fitness-wise! I'm really excited to get to know the community!

Also, your stats ! *-* Lifting 80kg in squat is my Epic quest o/