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Anonymous
Kudos to you for deciding to change yourself, I'll be rooting for you, Alex. I started my own routine May 2007, age 21, 6'1 and 310lb. My last weigh in was friday, 205lb. I aim to drop to 190, then lower my cardio and focus on building some muscle until around the end of summer. When I started I couldn't run at all, if I tried to jog my knees would feel like they were about to give out. I started off by walking an hour for five days a week. As for my eating habits, I mostly kept eating the same things but I started strictly counting the calories and never went over 2600 a day. After about two months I had to switch to healthier food, because in order to stick to my diet I could only eat one fast food combo meal a day, with barely enough calories left over for a slice of bread and maybe a glass of OJ. After two weeks, if you stick to your cardio and diet regimen you'll really see the pounds fly off, I think my personal best in one week was eleven fucking pounds in one week. If you can keep it up for two months, the habit kicks in and it doesn't feel like an effort at all. I can totally sympathize with your gym-shyness, until around December I couldn't even bring myself to jog during daylight, while people could see me. I jogged at a local high school track at one in the morning to avoid unwanted attention. This, I think, was a mistake because you'll meet some really awesome, supportive people at the gym. I highly suggest giving your local University gym a shot, maybe around five or six AM, right when they open, if you must. In summary, eat what you want, just strictly count calories and stick to an intake of around 2400-2600 a day, and don't eat four hours before you sleep, try to squeeze in a solid hour of cardio three to five times a week. If you have any questions feel free to ask, our situations were pretty much identical heh.
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