Casting swine before pearls
 

So I fear that me posting in this forum on this board is pretty funny but here goes. As many of you know, I am an obese man. As in 100+ lbs overweight. Well I finally went and got a physical and at 37 things are getting scary if I don't shape up. So I got started in earnest this last week on a fitness / weight loss program.

What I am doing:

1. Eating a high protein, reasonably low-fat diet of about 2000 calories / day, separated into 5-5 meals.

2. Walking 5 miles / day on the treadmill. Missed one day because my after the first two my tendonitis in my left foot flared up and I literally couldn't walk. But I've done 15 miles since then so maybe I"ve gotten used to it ... here's hoping.

3. Lifting 2-3 times / week.

4. Shooting for 150oz + of water per day.

According to the online calculators, my Basal Metabolic Rate is about 3000 calories. So between the workouts and the 2000 calories diet I'd think I should be able to consistent drop 2-3 lbs a week.

Any advice from you gurus? Or you can just laugh and move on if you like.

First follow medical advice over internet advice.

Second congrats for starting.

Third, it must be a lifestyle change, so do things which you can commit to doing in the future.

Fourth, pick activities which you will enjoy but tend not to injure. Running is a great exercise but tends to injure.

However, races of any kind help one stay motivated to train. Fun is the key and variety helps one keep it fun.

Set the example for your family and save your own life please.

Sounds like a good plan. I am especially glad to see you lifting. I started lifting (consistently) 2.5 years ago and I am amazed what a difference it made. The increased muscle mass and improved muscle tone will increase your metabolism. You will feel much better also.

Good for you, FM. Good luck.

That's a very solid program. It'll work.

ride a bike to work.

Well I've never lost 100+ lbs, but I did lose 30 once, and I can tell you that the first week is the hardest. If you stick to your program, it won't take long for the hunger pains to completely go away, and healthy foods eventually start to taste better than junk foods.

40 miles each way?

Best of luck. I'm trying to drop weight again and it's tough... especially now that I am working more.

But here is a song that you can use as motivation:

(I haven't watched the whole video, but at least listen to the song... it has a great message)

I'd be jealous. That'd be two hours each way.

Good news and bad news
 

Good news is that today was my first weigh-in after starting this and I lost 7.5 lbs.

Bad news is I have the flu and have been derailed. At least I'm not eating much.

You better not have what I have. Two weeks of sinus, cough, drainage. Fever on Sat. So much coughing yesterday that a puke-fest ensued.

Continued drainage and coughing today.

Well one of my kids tested positive for it at the doc so she prescribed tamaflu for all of us. I started taking it today so hopefully it won't last as long / be as bad. Oddly it's affecting me more stomach/intestinal, though the cough, sore throat are there too. But definitely achy, fever, headache, etc. The wird thing is that I have odd pains. My left foot, my elbow, etc. feel almost like they've been injured. Bizarre.

That bug has been floating around since the beginning of January. My entire family had the same thing and it set us all back two weeks. Sucked big time.

Sorry about the flu FM, but congrats on the weight loss. I am officially on your bandwagon.

My wife has been chastising me for the past year to lose weight. I am 65 lbs over my ideal weight. She herself has been kicking my trash by changing here lifestyle and has lost so much weight her level of hotness has increased ten fold :cool:

This morning I went out for my first run. I right these words as I hack up everything that has settled in my lungs over the past who knows how many years. I also realized why it is so hard for me to lose weight. I need to achieve something. Losing weight mentally doesn't count with me personally. So crazy or not I have decided that I will be ready to participate in my first triathlon by fall 2008. I know that if I put my sites on accomplishing something like this, the weight will leave me and I won't be thinking about it all the time. I will just be thinking about being able to perform in the race.

Having recently tied my consultancy with a financial services company I attended a conference in Salt Lake. One of the uber producers who is also an independent ripped into all of us who were overweight. He said that we needed to be examples to our clients. We should all be in the best shape we possibly can. I felt my ears burning knowing he was right.

If there is anyone who knows a decent Olympic distance tri along the Wasatch that takes place in September/October feel free to make suggestions.

Way to go FM...I'm cheering for you all the way. Stick to it.

That means a lot coming from guys like you, Arch, etc.

http://www.triutah.com/

http://www.trifind.com/ut.html

http://search.active.com/?__viewstat...d&u3=q&x=0&y=0

Only if it was up hill and into a head wind for you.

Congrats FM on your goal to being both rich and thin.

Is there any other way?