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Hi, I'm Dave and I'm overweight, again. I did Boot Camp two years ago and was doing a great job, but fell off the wagon and, well here I am back just over 300 lbs. At 6' 0" I can carry the weight not too bad, at least that is what I have been telling myself, but I know I really need to shift at least 70lbs. Ideally I would like to take off 92lbs, which would make me 15 stones in UK weight. (14lbs to a stone).
I started work as a Prison Officer almost 10 years and was 252lbs, but had to lose 28 lbs to get in due to a health check. I managed this at the time and so got down to 224lbs. So in 10 years I have put on almost 80lbs. This is despite numerous "diets" and a couple of attempts at Atkins, so who knows what I have lost and gained again.
Anyway, I am 11 days away from my 39th birthday and the old addage comes out. "I don't want to be fat at forty." The best way I know how to lose weight is though Atkins but I don't want to just say, "I'm going to do it for a year." That would be a cop out. I really now need a way of eating for life, which will maintain my weight where I want it, and who is to say that it will only take a year. It may take longer. So I have to be committed, (I should be).
I have short term goals as well, which is always a good motivation. My wife and I, ( she is also on Atkins, so good support mechanism) are going to a music festival, T in the Park, in two months and really need to lose weight before then. We need to get the two of us into a three man tent. I haven't tried the tent on for size yet, but hopefully we shouldn't have any problems. So short term goal is to lose as much as possible by then, followed by long term goals.
We have both got off to a good start, (as always). We started on Monday and weighed in this morning. I have already lost 6lbs and my wife has lost 9. I know it is mostly water weight, but it is a good and promising start and I also know that I need to stop weighing myself, as I do get a bit obsessive with it.
I am off on leave from work this week, but start back next week and have a gym and sauna there which I intend to utilise. So exercise shouldn't be a problem.
So no doubt I will be on here over the next year or so and I will jump in where I can to help others.
Thanks
Dave
I started work as a Prison Officer almost 10 years and was 252lbs, but had to lose 28 lbs to get in due to a health check. I managed this at the time and so got down to 224lbs. So in 10 years I have put on almost 80lbs. This is despite numerous "diets" and a couple of attempts at Atkins, so who knows what I have lost and gained again.
Anyway, I am 11 days away from my 39th birthday and the old addage comes out. "I don't want to be fat at forty." The best way I know how to lose weight is though Atkins but I don't want to just say, "I'm going to do it for a year." That would be a cop out. I really now need a way of eating for life, which will maintain my weight where I want it, and who is to say that it will only take a year. It may take longer. So I have to be committed, (I should be).
I have short term goals as well, which is always a good motivation. My wife and I, ( she is also on Atkins, so good support mechanism) are going to a music festival, T in the Park, in two months and really need to lose weight before then. We need to get the two of us into a three man tent. I haven't tried the tent on for size yet, but hopefully we shouldn't have any problems. So short term goal is to lose as much as possible by then, followed by long term goals.
We have both got off to a good start, (as always). We started on Monday and weighed in this morning. I have already lost 6lbs and my wife has lost 9. I know it is mostly water weight, but it is a good and promising start and I also know that I need to stop weighing myself, as I do get a bit obsessive with it.
I am off on leave from work this week, but start back next week and have a gym and sauna there which I intend to utilise. So exercise shouldn't be a problem.
So no doubt I will be on here over the next year or so and I will jump in where I can to help others.
Thanks
Dave
It sounds like you've got a good support network and know the ropes already which helps.
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