Hi all,
Have been lurking on the forum a while now and decided to make a post…
First off some details regarding me and myself …
I am a 30 year old male and have basically been obese all my life, gradually getting bigger and bigger, sadly like many others. January 2. this year I decided to change the trend and turn my life around. At that time I weighed in at 168.4 kg (~371 lb), and I am only 178 cm ( ~5.84 ft) tall, so I was kind of a big fellow…
Anyhow, over night I changed my diet to healthy, non pre-processed food and cut back on salt, snacks and sweets. It is not like I don’t eat stuff like that, but if I do I make sure to keep it within acceptable limits and within the weekly kcal budget. I am logging all my meals to ensure that I reach my kcal goal and correct amount of complex carbs, fat and protein.
This was a struggle in the start, but after a few months it was a routine, and to be honest, when eating healthy food it sometimes was a struggle to eat enough to reach my daily goal of 2500 kcal, because that is a lot of food! Yes, I know I could have lost more weight faster by lowering my daily kcal goal, but I want to keep as much of my muscle mass as possible, so then I need food
, also – I have no rush, and the diet I am doing now is something I can and want to live with after I have reached my goal weight.
Have been lurking on the forum a while now and decided to make a post…
First off some details regarding me and myself …
I am a 30 year old male and have basically been obese all my life, gradually getting bigger and bigger, sadly like many others. January 2. this year I decided to change the trend and turn my life around. At that time I weighed in at 168.4 kg (~371 lb), and I am only 178 cm ( ~5.84 ft) tall, so I was kind of a big fellow…
Anyhow, over night I changed my diet to healthy, non pre-processed food and cut back on salt, snacks and sweets. It is not like I don’t eat stuff like that, but if I do I make sure to keep it within acceptable limits and within the weekly kcal budget. I am logging all my meals to ensure that I reach my kcal goal and correct amount of complex carbs, fat and protein.
This was a struggle in the start, but after a few months it was a routine, and to be honest, when eating healthy food it sometimes was a struggle to eat enough to reach my daily goal of 2500 kcal, because that is a lot of food! Yes, I know I could have lost more weight faster by lowering my daily kcal goal, but I want to keep as much of my muscle mass as possible, so then I need food
, also – I have no rush, and the diet I am doing now is something I can and want to live with after I have reached my goal weight.
