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i am a 36 year old man who was just married in october. my first child, a boy, is due this july and i am in the worst shape of my life. i am 6'-4" and weigh about 380 pounds. i say "about" because i am really not sure. the scale at my gym only goes up to 350 lbs. so i weigh in here at work on an industrial scale in the factory. so with different clothes on and getting on the scale at different times of the day it's hard to tell how accurate that thing is. i wasn't always this way. it's crazy to think that just 5 years ago i was 250 pounds.
my story begins back in high school. i was fat as a teenager. i was over 6' in high school and always weighed right around the 300 pound mark. i wasn't sloppy because god blessed me with height but i definitely felt fat. it wasn't until after high school that i got my weight in check. back in the early 90s it was the low fat diets that were all the rage here in new jersey. so i went on a strict low fat diet and starved my way down to 220 pounds. once i lost the weight i got big time into weight training. i bulked myself up to 235-240 and maintained that for the next decade until i turned 30.
when i turned 30 there were so many big changes in my life. i purchased a home and moved out of my parents house and that same year i also met the girl i would eventually marry 5 years later. well to make a long story short i stopped chasing girls and started just staying home eating and being lazy. i loved it. i had the stereotypical life. went to work all day, came home to my girl and a big dinner and with a few beers. i tell you what... it was defintely the life. i can remember right before the summer in 2005 realizing i had gained weight. i remember getting on the scale and it reading 250. i figured that wasn't bad. for not training at all anymore and just hanging out drinking and eating garbage 10 pounds wasn't bad. the next time i would get on the scale would be almost a full year later where i clocked in at 325 pounds. i was disgusted with myself. i went back into the gym and started a heavy cardio program. i went back to starving myself and lost some weight. after a while that stopped and not only did i gain the weight back but i gained more. i was up to 360. last year at this time i knew i was getting married in october so i had to do something. i was back in the gym but just couldn't get my diet going. eventually by last july i found my way here and started atkins. in the 3 months before my wedding i manged to lose about 50 pounds on atkins and got down to right around 310. it was great. even though i was still way overweight i felt great. well once again i fell off the wagon and here it is march 2010 and i weigh the most ever, 380 pounds. i feel terrible and need to do something.
i have been back in the gym and am focused on my cardio program but that doesn't mean anything really when the diet isn't what it should be. so i decided i want to give atkins another go. i want to make sure i do it right this time. i have no time table like i did last time when i was getting married. my first order of business is to get down to 350 pounds so i can start weighing in at the gym this way i can accurately judge what is and isnt working.
i feel like i can never learn enough and appreciate all the help i have had the past day or so and all the help i will get going forward.
i am a 36 year old man who was just married in october. my first child, a boy, is due this july and i am in the worst shape of my life. i am 6'-4" and weigh about 380 pounds. i say "about" because i am really not sure. the scale at my gym only goes up to 350 lbs. so i weigh in here at work on an industrial scale in the factory. so with different clothes on and getting on the scale at different times of the day it's hard to tell how accurate that thing is. i wasn't always this way. it's crazy to think that just 5 years ago i was 250 pounds.
my story begins back in high school. i was fat as a teenager. i was over 6' in high school and always weighed right around the 300 pound mark. i wasn't sloppy because god blessed me with height but i definitely felt fat. it wasn't until after high school that i got my weight in check. back in the early 90s it was the low fat diets that were all the rage here in new jersey. so i went on a strict low fat diet and starved my way down to 220 pounds. once i lost the weight i got big time into weight training. i bulked myself up to 235-240 and maintained that for the next decade until i turned 30.
when i turned 30 there were so many big changes in my life. i purchased a home and moved out of my parents house and that same year i also met the girl i would eventually marry 5 years later. well to make a long story short i stopped chasing girls and started just staying home eating and being lazy. i loved it. i had the stereotypical life. went to work all day, came home to my girl and a big dinner and with a few beers. i tell you what... it was defintely the life. i can remember right before the summer in 2005 realizing i had gained weight. i remember getting on the scale and it reading 250. i figured that wasn't bad. for not training at all anymore and just hanging out drinking and eating garbage 10 pounds wasn't bad. the next time i would get on the scale would be almost a full year later where i clocked in at 325 pounds. i was disgusted with myself. i went back into the gym and started a heavy cardio program. i went back to starving myself and lost some weight. after a while that stopped and not only did i gain the weight back but i gained more. i was up to 360. last year at this time i knew i was getting married in october so i had to do something. i was back in the gym but just couldn't get my diet going. eventually by last july i found my way here and started atkins. in the 3 months before my wedding i manged to lose about 50 pounds on atkins and got down to right around 310. it was great. even though i was still way overweight i felt great. well once again i fell off the wagon and here it is march 2010 and i weigh the most ever, 380 pounds. i feel terrible and need to do something.
i have been back in the gym and am focused on my cardio program but that doesn't mean anything really when the diet isn't what it should be. so i decided i want to give atkins another go. i want to make sure i do it right this time. i have no time table like i did last time when i was getting married. my first order of business is to get down to 350 pounds so i can start weighing in at the gym this way i can accurately judge what is and isnt working.
i feel like i can never learn enough and appreciate all the help i have had the past day or so and all the help i will get going forward.
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