hey everyone,
Just thought i'd shoot out my greetings to everyone before i started taking an active role in the forum.
My name is Jonathan and my friends(the polite ones,at least) call me Joe. You can all call me Joe.
Right i've finally gotten my butt off my chair and started working out after 6 and a half years of an extreme couch potato lifestyle.
Why i dint work out? simple, i dint really care what i looked like since i was always overweight by about 10 kilos or so and i was too lazy to put an effort to burn it off since i never could get it off and just quit trying (recent research on the net shows it might
possibly be due to an unbalanced workout plan and
definitely due to a messed up diet
Why i started? Even simpler.. i dint look at my weight for over 2 years. I am 24 years old now and a little over 5feet 8 inches. I dont drink alcohol but i've been a heavy smoker over the last 6 years varying from 3-4 packs a day 4 years ago to about 10 sticks a day nowadays. When i last checked my weight two years ago i was between 92kg and 96kg. Two years later i hop on the scales and my weight is a 112kg (approx 250 pounds,give or take). That was a shock and just plain unhealthy and pretty much motivated me to start lookin out for myself.
I joined a gym and have been going regularly 6 out of 7 days since gym is closed on sunday evening and the morns are too early for me.
The first week was bad. Twenty minutes on the treadmill (walking) and i was wheezing like an old man taken off life support (yes i know its the ciggies). 10 minutes on the elliptical and another 10 minutes on the bike. At which point i could legally certify myself as dead.
The second week i was more used to the sudden physical exertion so i started doing a circuit on the weights after 20 minutes of the treadmill (sprinting for the most part) and another 10 minutes on the elliptical. lots of pain at this point.
Third week is over and i started on focusing.
Monday - Shoulders
Tuesday - Chests
Wednesday - Lats
Thursday - Biceps/Triceps
Friday - circuit (but prob gonna start on legs or something)
Saturday- circuit
I do ab crunches on alternate days and hip stretching (not sure what the term is) on the other days.
This is my fourth week. and its going well Everyone says i look a lot slimmer but the weight is the same. about 111 kilos. I'm not depressed or worried too much since i'm sure it will go in time. Only thing that bothers me is my diet. Googling on the net produces to much information and its going to be a long lesson getting a hang of counting calories.
The gym is fun since i've forgotten how much fun it is when you make new friends with the same goal of losing weight. Doesn't make it like a lonely battle anymore.
Advice though.. How much time should i put in on the cardio like treadmill and elliptical and i stopped the bike since i was adviced it was ineffective.
Furthermore, can you help me fill the slots on Friday and Saturday somehow i am not sure if a circuit is effective enough. Also, i will probably be starting on lipo6 as weight loss suppliment if it works, it works.. if it don't i got the treadmill and time. I guess my goal is that i would like to lose a min of 10 kilos within 6-12 months and then see what i can do after.
Sorry for such a long winded post. But i hope to be a more active member on the forum.
Any and all advice is appreciated.