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My journey from fat to fit! |
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I’ve been trying to lose fat and get fit for a long time. This will be my blog about my fitness journey! When a lot of people go from extremely fat to healthy and fit, they usually leave a lot out of their story. For instance, in online articles someone might have one paragraph describing when they were 300 pounds and sneaking fast food on their way home before eating a regular dinner with their family, then in the next paragraph they’re out running 5K’s and 10K’s. I want to show the fitness journey from beginning to end, with a lot of details and the philosophical outlook I’ve come up with on my own to guide me on my fitness journey. Hopefully, my experience can help others. |
| I hit 280.2 pounds Sunday morning, that was a real wake up call. I bought a large apple pie when I went shopping Friday, and ate it within 24 hours. It’s time to get serious about my diet, I want to get down to 269 pounds as soon as possible. I should be able to do that within about a month if I’m careful about what I eat. On Sunday, September 14, I weighed 270.6 pounds. My downfall was eating Mac and cheese with ground turkey and other junk foods consistently. A cheat day once a week turned into cheat days multiple times a week, with no end in sight! All day Sunday, October 19th I ate healthy, lots of vegetables. I had asparagus and broccoli for lunch, along with onions, bell pepper, and eggs. I had cabbage, onions, and ground turkey for dinner instead of spaghetti. I was planning on joining a gym about 2 miles from where I live. I went and looked through the windows, and saw what equipment they had. The following day, I decided not to join. I can train at home with my own equipment and it would be a lot cheaper, and the distance is too far on my bicycle. It was $125 for the initiation, and $55 a month. That’s $660 a year for things I can basically do at home. The only thing they have that I don’t is a lat pull-down machine and a squat cage. If I do change my mind eventually and join that gym, I would like to have $600 or more saved up. This isn’t something I want to jump into without a savings plan. On Tuesday I got down to 277 pounds. For lunch, I weighed out 2 ounces of whole grain pasta and made Mac, cheese and ground turkey. I used the cheese packet from a box of Annie’s Mac and cheese. When I ate it, I was satisfied without being overly full. I never would’ve naturally eaten that small of an amount of pasta on my own. This gave me a moment of clarity, I can eat foods that I love in moderation. On Thursday I cooked cabbage and onions in avocado oil with canned chicken breast from Costco. It was delicious and filling. This might be the key to eating in a caloric deficit for me, it’s not the type of diet you’re on, it’s the diet you can be consistent with. I’ve still been walking before breakfast each morning. Friday morning I was 276.2 pounds. |