Hi there everybody, this is my first post on this forum.
I came across this website a few weeks ago and today I finally decided to join up. I like the idea of having an online dieting journal and interacting with people who are going through (or have been through) a similar experience. I think/hope this may motivate me to finally shed my unwanted weight.
I've been trying to lose weight for quite some time but I always fail to maintain a healthy diet and regular exercise. I usually start off well and then fall back into my negative habits. At the age of 21 I know this has to end.
I am going to start my journey tomorrow but I wanted to begin my diary today.
At the moment I am roughly 6 feet tall and weight 14 stone I am male and 21 years of age. I like to think that I am not massively overweight but I desperately want to reduce the fat on my body as it really bugs me and makes me a less confident person.
My main source of cardio exercise is jogging. There is a nice, quiet road near my house and I try to run up and down this road 3-4 times a week. The road is 4 miles long (there and back) so I believe this is a fairly good source of cardio.
Over the past 2 weeks I have ran a total of 30 miles, which I hope to increase.
I also own some free weights and am beginning to use them more often than I used to. I try to do several hundred reps a day when I get the motivation to actually use them
In terms of eating I am a vegetarian (have been for about 2 years) and a lot of my diet consists of Quorn which I really like. I try to keep my meals at roughly 400 calories in total.
I think my main downfall is that I have a habit of snacking on junk food which piles on hundreds of unneccesary calories. Chocolate, cake, crisps etc often find their way into my diet even though I don't want them there.
Anyway, I am hoping that this diary and forum will finally give me the push that I need to shed my unwanted weight. Hopefully I shall report back tomorrow with my progress.
Any feedback in terms of what I am doing wrong or things that I should be doing would be massively appreciated as I am not an expert on health and dieting so I may be making mistakes.
Thank you so much for reading.
I came across this website a few weeks ago and today I finally decided to join up. I like the idea of having an online dieting journal and interacting with people who are going through (or have been through) a similar experience. I think/hope this may motivate me to finally shed my unwanted weight.
I've been trying to lose weight for quite some time but I always fail to maintain a healthy diet and regular exercise. I usually start off well and then fall back into my negative habits. At the age of 21 I know this has to end.
I am going to start my journey tomorrow but I wanted to begin my diary today.
At the moment I am roughly 6 feet tall and weight 14 stone I am male and 21 years of age. I like to think that I am not massively overweight but I desperately want to reduce the fat on my body as it really bugs me and makes me a less confident person.
My main source of cardio exercise is jogging. There is a nice, quiet road near my house and I try to run up and down this road 3-4 times a week. The road is 4 miles long (there and back) so I believe this is a fairly good source of cardio.
Over the past 2 weeks I have ran a total of 30 miles, which I hope to increase.
I also own some free weights and am beginning to use them more often than I used to. I try to do several hundred reps a day when I get the motivation to actually use them
In terms of eating I am a vegetarian (have been for about 2 years) and a lot of my diet consists of Quorn which I really like. I try to keep my meals at roughly 400 calories in total.
I think my main downfall is that I have a habit of snacking on junk food which piles on hundreds of unneccesary calories. Chocolate, cake, crisps etc often find their way into my diet even though I don't want them there.
Anyway, I am hoping that this diary and forum will finally give me the push that I need to shed my unwanted weight. Hopefully I shall report back tomorrow with my progress.
Any feedback in terms of what I am doing wrong or things that I should be doing would be massively appreciated as I am not an expert on health and dieting so I may be making mistakes.
Thank you so much for reading.