37 years old. 5'10"
July 2022: Weighed in at 268 with a plan to lose weight. I don't think I stuck with it for more than a week.
July 15th 2023: Weighed in at 261.4
August 6th 2023: Weighed in at 243.4
18 pounds in 22 days. Obviously some of that is water weight. I went from not exercising, and eating poorly, to my new plan as listed below.
Diet Plan: NutriSystem. I picked my own meals, as I've done NutriSystem in the past, and some of the meals are good, and some are horrible. I'm tracking with MyFitnessPal. I'm eating between 950-1,200 calories per day. Which means I'm skipping an allowed snack, by the official NutriSystem plan. I'm not doing that on purpose, and I am not against having that "extra" snack whenever I feel like I need it. If I plateau, I might actually start eating - more - just to make sure that I don't fall into "starvation mode."
Water: At least 96 ounces per day (I drink three, 32 ounce Nalgene bottles full per day). I often do 128 ounces (four, 32 ounce bottles) which is a full gallon of water. I add sugar free flavoring to my water. 0 calories. Just makes it taste better.
Daily Supplements: Psyllium Husk Caps (Fiber) (500mg). Vitamin D-3 (1,000 IU). Zinc (50mg). Iron (65mg). Magnesium (250mg). B-12 (500mg).
Exercise: I walk 3 miles per day on the treadmill. Set it at 3.0 mph. No incline (yet). So, with a 30 second "warm up" I'm usually done with my 3 miles in about 61 minutes. I'm also doing the Sweat #1 workout on the Power90 DVD (Old fitness DVD that came out before P90X). I do that as many times a week as I feel up to it, but I don't beat myself up if I "skip" Power90. But I haven't missed a day of walking on the treadmill yet.
First major goal: 238 pounds. That would be 30 pounds down from where I was in July 2022.
Next major goal: 218 pounds. Not that 218 is awesome, but that would put me comfortably back into an XL shirt instead of XXL.
Big Goal: Under 200 pounds. I haven't been under 200 in more than 15 years. Being active, and watching what I eat and maintaining at under 200 pounds would be my first ideal, before perhaps diving into getting truly, in-shape.
I'm feeling good, and committed to this.
Keep up the hard work guys.