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I intended to put this as my bio but for some reason it won't save. Maybe it's too long, haha.
I don't really know what to say about myself, so I'll detail my weight-loss thus far. This is partially for my benefit so I can track my progress. I graduated college in 2007. At that point I was out of shape because I never went to the gym and I ate pretty much whatever/whenever I wanted. I was somewhere around 33% bodyfat and 173 lbs at my heaviest.
When I finished college I wanted to go into Law Enforcement which required me to get in shape so I joined a gym (March '08) and had a few free sessions with a personal trainer which came as a perk when joining. I also joined a bootcamp at my gym that met twice a week for six weeks. I began a habit of working out at least twice a week which lasted maybe 6 months until I began Police Academy.
At that point I moved to a new city and didn't work out very often because I found it interfered with our Academy workouts which, although being only on average twice a week, left me very sore. I didn't lose much weight throughout the 6-month long Academy (maybe 5 lbs) but I did lose some bodyfat and a size or two. I believe my starting weight in October '08 was around 158 and ending around 153 in April '09. The main fitness advantage I believe I gained from my time in the Academy was cardio endurance. Throughout the Academy I went through phases of trying to eat healthy, and just not caring and eating what I wanted, so I was pretty inconsistent. Overall I would say I was not being careful with my diet.
Then I became unemployed. This actually left me with a lot of free time to workout. At one point during the summer I found myself in a routine of waking up, doing a protein shake and heading to the gym for cardio 4-6 days a week. This cardio generally consisted of 20-30 minutes on a stationary recumbent bike. I did weight training once or twice a week, sometimes not at all. I also ate less and tried to eat healthier, except on weekends. I spent a LOT of days by the pool or lake with friends and lots of beer. I think in general it was easier for me to eat less since the beer probably filled me up and distracted me, lol. Nonetheless this is when I really started to see the weight drop off. No, I don't attribute that to the beer, but moreso to the cardio and eating better. I kept my weight fairly constant around 140 but at my lowest was 135. I didn't check my bodyfat regularly but did have it checked in early Sep '09 and it was 17.4% - a huge decrease from my college days. My weight that day was 140.5.
Starting that Fall ('09) I began slowly putting on weight again and watched my bodyfat increase. Although I really didn't gain that much weight back, I know my bodyfat changed quite a bit. I noticed areas on my body that changed for the worse. This was due to, I believe, a false sense of confidence. See after hearing how much my bodyfat had dropped, I felt like I could start eating more things I knew I shouldn't. I did this for awhile and didn't notice much change in my body. I was also going through some personal problems at the time which combined with beginning a new job resulted in me not working out very often. The combination of my diet becoming worse and worse and my workouts becoming few and far between resulted in the changes in my bodyfat and weight. I gained 2 inches in my waist and an inch in my hips and could visibly see my new, smaller clothing fitting tighter than during the summer.
SO, now I am trying to get my summer beach body back! Although I am not religious in the least, I am jumping on the Lent bandwagon and giving up "sugar". To me, this means sweets in general. No more candy, although gum and an occasional breath mint is ok. No more cake, cookies, or my all-time weaknesses - cinnamon rolls or cupcakes. Fruit is good, and fruit products like fruit leather or bars without added sugar are good too. No pancakes either, I think that would be cheating. Diet soda is ok. Those are my rules so far! I'm also trying to eat better in general. Weekends I cheat on that one and generally eat out, so I don't track my calories very well on weekends.
If anyone has questions, feel free to ask away. :)
Diet Calendar Entries for 24 February 2010:
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1335 kcal
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Fat: 37.62g | Prot: 115.51g | Carb: 98.17g.
Breakfast: lucerne milk, special k protein plus. Lunch: starkist hickory tuna, red grapes, Crumbled Blue Cheese, sliced honey roasted almonds, Craisins 100 Calorie Pack, maple fig dressing, fresh express baby spinach. Dinner: Ultra Light Beer, Healthy Weight Vegetables, Chicken Breast (Skin Not Eaten). Snacks/Other: Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter, Ritz Crackers. more...
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1877 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Driving - 1 hour and 30 minutes, Desk Work - 7 hours and 30 minutes, Resting - 7 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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