I'd say the motivation is the great physic you have hidden under all that extra weight. Big guys like you have huge muscles and look great once the weight comes off. Got for it. Less is more. Cut off your cable. Throw out the lazy boy and just have fun being active. Make up your mind your going to be ripped and never concider looking back. I was the other way. At age 18 I was 6'2" and 148lbs. I had know muscle and had to build it from nothing. I always envyed big guys that just needed to loose weight and exercise a little.
PS. Don't tell anyone... Beside us Friends and family may not be encouraging and can bring you down sometimes. Just do it and the prize is every time someone tell you you look good you know it's real and not just them wanting to make you feel good because you told them your trying to loose weight. Nobody believed I'd stick to workingout and so they never encouraged me. So my motivation was to get someone to ask me if I'd been working out. Then I knew I was getting bigger. It was very encouraging then. Now I'm no longer the skinning kid but the intimidating looking guy. Which was not my intension but it better than the other. Good luck and give yourself a carrot when you react your goal. Harley. Trip to NZ. Dodge Viper
I have pretty much struggled with my weight my whole life. When I graduated high school I was 6' tall, and weighed about 165. A couple years later I was about 260. The past couple years I have been progressively working towards a goal. I am currently about 185. The best advice that I can give you is to not do any sort of dieting, but change your diet completely. Don't look at this as a quick fix, but look at it as changing your life for the better. Eat healthy and start to exercise. You don't have to start out running marathons, but just start out doing something. Keep building on this and keep it regular. Just remember, you don't have to kill yourself working out to lose weight. Eat and exercise smart. And keep in mind, there are no shortcuts. Anything that is a shortcut is most likely not sustainable. Once the diet ends, you don't know how you should really be eating and the same habits can come back. Trust me on this, it's happened to me. Good luck on getting healthy. And don't wait til tomorrow, start it today.
Here I go again, I know I know... IMO there has been some great advice and some not so great advice thrown around so far, my own replies included. Just remember there are hundreds of ways to eat, lift weights, run etc...but if you are not burning more calories than you take in you will not lose anything. It can be 6000 in and 6001 out or 2 in and 3 out, but it has to go this way, everything else is on you...HAVE FUN, that is the key... I love the gym and running, but do not like walking. I walk to keep my wife involved, but I do my own thing to keep going. If I had to walk, I would quit.
I am working on getting in better shape too. You have to look at it as a lifestyle change and not just a diet. You can't go back to eating or lack of exercise, you simply have to ingrain it into your daily/weekly routine. That's not to say you can never have a cheat day or anything. If you have kids, that right there is the motivation. MBrauer's plan looks pretty good. I think I will try that shake for after a workout.
Weighed over 250lbs in November of 2010. Currently weighing in at 185lb. I share my story here: It Wasn't For Me I explain what finally got me motivated. Others have said it and I'll repeat. It's not a diet that is needed it's a lifestyle change. Go from eating for entertainment to eating for nourishment was my biggest thing.
You mean the fact I cut dairy? Honestly in my searches of eating better I read online, talked to people in person and heard stories on youtube of just how cutting dairy cleared peoples sinuses/allergies and just overall health making just that one cut. So I tried it for a while and with almond milk substituted in for it I didn't miss it. See I loved milk, I'm talking give me a glass a milk 8 times a day or more kind of love...stuff was like candy to me. So I started calculating how many calories (I know I'm not a calorie counter but I was curious). I was getting 700-1100 calories just from milk some days....that's a lot of calories... That's just it though, milk is something which occurs in order to feed and nourish offspring. It has to be so high in fats and calories in order to boost the growth of the young during the explosion of growth young offspring experience (both human and animals). BUT, ONCE GROWTH HITS A CERTAIN POINT NATURE SHUTS THE MILK OFF. That became the underlying reason why I decided to take it out as much as I can (I still will have a slice of cheese from time to time, and won't NOT eat things at get togethers if dairy is involved). I decided if naturally in nature and in a primitive human society milk consumption stops once the explosive development of our bodies is done why would we keep drinking it now? Especially why do we consume ANOTHER animals milk...that does not occur naturally anywhere. Some people could see a difference just simply making the change from 2% to skim or whole to 2% and that's what I'd encourage before going completely off. Although I'd recommend almond milk or even soy if people are the kind that desire that thicker milk like whole milk as soy is thicker...but almond to me tastes much much better.
The China Study....read it. Milk has been linked to so many bad things for humans. How many other mammals out there drink milk after they have been weaned from their mother??? Drink water. Quit eating sugar and that means a lot of fruit. There are different types of sugar and they are all broken down differently but in the end sugar is sugar. Try to limit your sugar intake to under 23 grams a day. Vegetables can give you everything that fruits can but without nearly as much sugar. Stay away from anything that says multi-grain and stick with whole grain. High protein, low fat, lots of veggies with whole grain thrown in. I'm a big proponent of Braggs Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar in my water. Start with a tsp in a glass of water and then work your way up to a tbsp. There is ton of information out there about the positives from ACV. Alternating days of weight training and cardio work is a great way to start to get into shape. In the end it's all about lifestyle change and changing not only for you but for your loved ones.
***UPDATE*** Well Guys I've been at it for 2 weeks now, I started out slow, trying to break old habits. At first I didn't see any results. This week has been better. I'm naturally making healthier decisions and finding it easier to resist unhealthy foods. Last week I only lost 1Lb but this week I dropped 5 for a total of 6Lbs total so far. Ill keep on trucking and keep updating as I go. Thanks for the help guys.
