Five pages in a day?
That's a bit surprising.
tippy2k2 said:
So tell me Escapist members, are you happy with your weight? Any good tips for your fellow fatties, skinnies, or supermodels? I swear we won't judge
I've been losing weight for the last year and a half, and exercising for the past six months, which I'm sure helped speed along the process a bit. As of today I'm down to 190 lbs, otherwise known as 86 kg or 13.5 stone, while back in July of 2012 I was probably up around 275, and throughout high school I coasted around an average of 230-250.
I sorely need to update my wardrobe, as most of my clothes are far too large for me now, but otherwise I'm quite pleased with what I've managed. I'm not so concerned about gaining muscle, but by virtue of my eating habits I'll probably need to continue rigorous exercise even after hitting my goal weight of 170 just to counteract the amount of fat in my diet.
As for tips, what started the whole process was that I had been drinking far too much soda on a daily basis and then one day cut it out cold turkey. We're talking excessive amounts here, though, so much that just dropping it made my daily calorie intake go down enough for me to start idly losing weight without increasing the amount of exercise I was doing. Otherwise, now I've been trying to maintain an intake of 1500-1700 calories a day and then combined it with a daily workout of lifting dumbbells, planking (and soon to move on to including push-ups I imagine), and squats. I'd walk/run, but it's winter and I've got a paranoia of slipping on ice ever since I did just that on a patch of black ice during my Sophomore year of high school and dislocated my right knee.