All you motherfuckers rule
About a year ago at my 20th birthday, I realized that over my first two years of college, I had gained over 75lbs since highschool when I was around 230. Keep in mind, I've never been remotely thin. My whole life I've been a pudgy kid who turned severly obese in college. I was like 310lbs and gaining. So, when I was back home for last summer, my uncle showed some genuine concern, and him being the only real male role model in my life, had lost 50 lbs the previous year. He said he'd be willing to help keep me on a diet, push me to exercise in the mornings before work and what not. No kidding, he helped!
I did a diet called the Scarsdale diet, which is probably the best commercial diet I've ever heard of. It's sort of low carb, but has small amounts of multi-grain bread dispursed throughout your days, and tons of lean protein and veggies and fruit. It more or less cuts out all the shit food and stresses not to eat when your not hungry.
The whole motivator of this diet was if i dropped 40 lbs by the end of the summer, I could drive my uncle's brand new Corvette Z06. After riding my bike and eating like a health freak, I did drop those 40 lbs and got to around 260lbs. I never got to drive it for various reasons though lol :redface:
Anywho, I was changing my whole life around at the time and I had left my school that I was at for the first two years and transfered to a school in Boston and got an apartment. When I moved here I wanted to keep losing weight, so I more or less ballanced out my diet to something I could do every day, along with a bit of exercise. I walk to and from school and work, so that definately helps.
Recently when my great grandfather passed away, the morning that he died, I woke up at 6AM and had a sudden urge to go for a run. Mind you, I never ran really, cept for track in high school. When I got out there, I just kept going and going. I think I made it over a mile which was impressive for me haha. Later that day I found out my great grandfather passed and I was devistated, but I don't know, I feel like that was a sign somehow.
I've been running ever since then, about a month and a half, I've gotten down to 230lbs, flat, as of this morning and I've really noticed a further change in my body. I can also do pullups now, which I couldnt even do a single one of a few months ago. I don't weight lift anymore, just running in the AM, then stretching, pushups, crunches, handstand pushups and pullups on anything that can support my weight throughout the day.
I feel so much better about my life now, and it's really a huge attitude change towards everything you do. Anyone can do it, but I guess you really need a good boot in the ass or a reality check before you're strong enough to do anything.
My mom is very obese as well, and she's stubborn about dieting. She more or less gets really pissed when I try and say anything to her about it, so I just get frustrated and walk away. She quit smoking a few years back and has developed thyroid problems, so hopefully with everything piling up on her she will make a move, sooner than later.
My sis is a stick and always has been. Skinny bitch! haha.
My goal is to get down to 200lbs and maybe even below. But for now I just focus on small goals and continually build until I'm satisfied.
I'm 5'9, pretty muscular from genetics. Anyone have any idea what an ideal weight for me might be?