Hello Everyone!

[davdrums3d]

I found these forums thanks to E36Guy.

I am looking to get into shape. My ideal goal is to lose weight, but I'm not against building muscle. I am currently about 5'9 and 230lbs. My main concern is my food intake. I usually don't know what to each for lunches (especially since I don't have access to much during this time) so instead of eating... I do nothing. I know, very bad for me. It would be easiest for me to be given a meal plan. Something I can follow.

Motivation is another thing I have trouble with. Though, I'm pretty determined at the moment, I think being on this forum will help a great deal as well.

Not sure of what other information is needed, but let me know. I appreciate the help in advance!!

[E36Guy]

Hola senor. Finally I get you to join.

Just so you guys know, this is my roommate, so that also makes it harder to figure out food.. We tend to collaborate on dinners, and as most you know Im trying to GAIN weight.. so yeah. I don't know the type of foods he needs to eat since Im on the reverse diet, so I told him to come ask the forum.

He needs some help figuring out a good diet of foods to get rid of the junk we usually eat. (Pizzas, frozen foods, fried chicken, and stuff like that.)

[bellavus]

welcome to the board. Post up a typical day of what you do eat and don't eat. Then we can figure out what to cut out and stuff.

[davdrums3d]

Ok! My typical day would be...

Breakfast: A bowl of imitation cheerios IF I have time. If not I skip breakfast.

Lunch: Arby's crispy chicken cordon bleu with curly fries and a sprite. I sometimes skip it or just have peanuts or a bag of Original Baked Lays.

Dinner: After work I usually have a turkey sandwich or sometimes turkey, ham and swiss sub from Togos with mayo and a bag of Original Baked Lays(this is somewhat rare).

Then I usually eat when my roommate comes home around 1030pm. Which is usually pizza, hot dogs, chicken, basically whatever is in the fridge.

On top of all that I have 2-4 regular size bottles of water, daily.

I'm willing to change anything I need to change!

[E36Guy]

Hmm.. I wonder if maybe you shouldn't eat before going to bed.. (when I eat after class).

[Sportsmedjosh]

Looking at your meal plan you will see huge results by just making some small changes.

1. Eat breakfast
2. Skip the frys and soda, maybe get a grilled chicken breast sanwhich if you want.
3. Eat a snack a piece of fruit some raisins something, or half of a sanwhich
4. Chicken is great try a simple rub of spices to give it taste and try to cut out foods that are processed.

Originally Posted by davdrums3d

Ok! My typical day would be...

Breakfast: A bowl of imitation cheerios IF I have time. If not I skip breakfast.

Lunch: Arby's crispy chicken cordon bleu with curly fries and a sprite. I sometimes skip it or just have peanuts or a bag of Original Baked Lays.

Dinner: After work I usually have a turkey sandwich or sometimes turkey, ham and swiss sub from Togos with mayo and a bag of Original Baked Lays(this is somewhat rare).

Then I usually eat when my roommate comes home around 1030pm. Which is usually pizza, hot dogs, chicken, basically whatever is in the fridge.

On top of all that I have 2-4 regular size bottles of water, daily.

I'm willing to change anything I need to change!

[Bears]

Hey dude, welcome

It's good to hear that you want to make some life changes. You will feel much better once you get started trust me.

I'll start by telling you that I was pretty much in your position last summer. I'm as tall as you are, and I was weighing 210lbs. I was not feeling too great about myself and decided to make some changes. Since then I've dropped a little over 40lbs. Here's a few things I learned along the way:

1. Set a reasonable goal for yourself. Don't aim too high too fast as it can work against you instead of for you. Set backs will happen, but setting reasonable goals will help greatly in staying motivated.

2. Don't skip meals. You want your metabolism to be constantly working, so getting yourself on a schedule is ideal; especially for weight loss.

3. Having a good sleeping schedule is important. Sleeping less usually causes an individual to eat more during the day (at least it did for me.) Sleeping the recommended amount of hours (6-8) will also aid your body into properly recovering from the day's work out.

4. Drop the fast foods. The quickest way to make progress is to drop all the fatty foods that we all seem to love lol. Junk foods, Burger joints, anything fried, heavy in oil is a no no. This also goes for foods high in sugars as well as liquids ie. soda, baked goods. If dropping everything at once seems like too much, then do it gradually but do it.

5. Start doing research on foods and nutrition so you can begin to experiment with what works for you. There is plenty of healthy foods and recipes out there, but that doesn't mean you will like them all lol.

6. Find a partner. As stated before set backs will happen and that's OK. A lot of people tend to give up/lose motivation when this occurs. Having someone who's motivated to exercise with you can greatly aid your progress.

7. Observe and conquer bad tendencies. Do you have bad habits that lead to over eating? If you do, what are they? When do they happen? What triggers them? These are just some of the things you should ask yourself day by day.

I realize that these points are not in order, but I put them down as they came to me. There is more I can say but for now I've gotta run. I'm no expert by any means, I'm just someone who decided they needed a lifestyle change, and has been learning ever since

Originally Posted by davdrums3d

Ok! My typical day would be...

Breakfast: A bowl of imitation cheerios IF I have time. If not I skip breakfast.

Lunch: Arby's crispy chicken cordon bleu with curly fries and a sprite. I sometimes skip it or just have peanuts or a bag of Original Baked Lays.

Dinner: After work I usually have a turkey sandwich or sometimes turkey, ham and swiss sub from Togos with mayo and a bag of Original Baked Lays(this is somewhat rare).

Then I usually eat when my roommate comes home around 1030pm. Which is usually pizza, hot dogs, chicken, basically whatever is in the fridge.

On top of all that I have 2-4 regular size bottles of water, daily.

I'm willing to change anything I need to change!

[davdrums3d]

Wow, so much useful information! Those are all definitely changes I can work on. I have a buddy of mine that is going with me to the gym twice a week for a hard workout and then I'm going to be running in between those days. It does help to have someone to motivate you.

I cut out all of the fast food and soda on Monday. I have no problem dropping it all it's just a matter of finding out what do replace it with. Yikes! Although, I am focusing all of my research on the dieting.

Hrmm, goals... My main goal is 199lbs. I've been dyin to get under 200. The closest I hit was 203, but I was practically killing myself. Doing everything the wrong way, so I've decided to work on a healthier approach. *fingers crossed*

I'm also going to take some pictures and keep track of my progress. I hope I can add a success story to the very successful before and after section.

Thanks again! and any bit of advice would be much appreciated!

[E36Guy]

You should also post a specific goals thread in the Goals section. That way you can keep track of where you are, where you are going, and we can all discuss there as to how you are doing.

[Sportsmedjosh]

Originally Posted by E36Guy

You should also post a specific goals thread in the Goals section. That way you can keep track of where you are, where you are going, and we can all discuss there as to how you are doing.

Thats a good idea.

[E36Guy]

Originally Posted by Sportsmedjosh

Thats a good idea.

(Oh yeah, that reminds me.. I think we need the :stickoutt (stick out tongue) smiley from bf.c; what do you think?)

[Bears]

Originally Posted by davdrums3d

Wow, so much useful information! Those are all definitely changes I can work on. I have a buddy of mine that is going with me to the gym twice a week for a hard workout and then I'm going to be running in between those days. It does help to have someone to motivate you.

I cut out all of the fast food and soda on Monday. I have no problem dropping it all it's just a matter of finding out what do replace it with. Yikes! Although, I am focusing all of my research on the dieting.

Hrmm, goals... My main goal is 199lbs. I've been dyin to get under 200. The closest I hit was 203, but I was practically killing myself. Doing everything the wrong way, so I've decided to work on a healthier approach. *fingers crossed*

I'm also going to take some pictures and keep track of my progress. I hope I can add a success story to the very successful before and after section.

Thanks again! and any bit of advice would be much appreciated!

Good luck with your goals

The right attitude, combined with hard work and dedication will go a long way

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