Originally posted by psonefreak
GTP, I need help. As many of you probably read, I'm engaged now, and obviously I have a reason to care now about living long and being healthy. I got the idea of posting this here because of the "find out how to get in shape yourself" part in the description of the category. I just need to loose weight. I'm 6'1 and weigh 268, give or take a few pounds, and its mostly fat.
I just need a free and fairly easy way to loose it. I need sugestions people!
Oh, and just so you're wonderin, Kari didn't want me to and didn't even hint that I should, I'm totally doing this on my own so I can be with her a long time and be the best I can be for her and later on for our kids.
Okay, at the risk of sounding like a jackass here it goes.
RUN, don't walk, run, walking does nothing but get you to the coffee house for pastries. Walking is something that humans do everyday and we have a large quantity of overweight people who claim that they work out or excercise by walking. Fast paced walking just gets you there quicker. Go to the store, get some $20 running shoes from Asics (we use em) and run.
Start off with the goal of one mile of a non stop jog. Then a mile and a half, then two miles, then two and a half miles, and so on. Don't out run yourself though. Don't get out there and run just below a dead sprint if that's not what you are used to. Walk briskly for about 100 meters then just start to move forward while hopping on your feet. Viola you are jogging. If you feel you can run faster, run faster, but remember that you have to keep up this pace for a mile. Do this at least 3 times a week and don't quit.
Laziness accounts for more overweight people than anything else. It's not that people don't have the time because I've seen people complain that they don't have the time and then they go home, sit down, grab some chips and watch tv until they fall asleep.
Which brings me to my next point.
EAT RIGHT!
Don't sit there and run every day, but turn around and grab some Burger King everyday. You said you're a family man, so start implementing a day where the entire family eats a healthy meal.
Set Limits:
Maintain a diet that is no greater than the normal 2000 calorie a day limit. Try, if you can, to even stay under 2000 calories. It's hard but it pays off in the end.
I'm not telling you to starve yourself because you'll just wind up dying if you do that. I'm just telling you that instead of a bucket of fried chicken, grab a chicken ceaser salad or instead of getting that extra vat of butter on your popcorn, opt out, or don't have popcorn at all.
I hope this helps, if you need anymore advice PM me or email me at
hunterd557@hotmail.com
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