Long story short i always had fluctuating weight. A few years ago before Covid i got into hardcore diet/training and lost a total of 140 pounds. I was 345 and got to 205. But this was done trough really hard work. For instance i ate the same thing for diner every day, i cut pretty much all sugar, only ate "cheating food" VERY VERY rarely (like a poutine every 2 months maybe) and i kept my drinking at 1 time a week. This was 2019 or so.
Then during the following years i pretty much slowly put back weight. And now i am around 290 with it fluctuation from 1-2 pounds up and down. But i promised myself i would NEVER go over 300 pounds again back then and im very serious on going down again. I look at my comiccon pics and i see how "round" i am compare to what i used to be. Not to mention a bunch of my cool shirts don't even fit me anymore. Basically thats my ultimatum to myself... I need to be under 250 before next comiccon or i won't attend. 1 year to loose 40 pounds (minimum) is doable i think.
That said i don't see myself going back to eat chicken wraps every dinners ... and im tired of eating cottage cheese as much i used to like it.
To be perfectly honest cutting dessert won't be much of an issue. I don't eat that much to begin with. Beside a few ice cream cones (because its summertime and i have a bar laitier right beside) i don't eat much already. Junk food its 50/50 .... i do enjoy a poutine or a burger at the restaurant, but at home i can cut pretty much all of it without issues. So as long as i keep restaurant ocasional, it should be fine.
Beer will be the hardest, because i often am bored during evenings and drinking while watching movies and then gaming seem to be "the thing" that make my days more fun. But on another front its not just the weight, its the health as a whole (i can't sustain drinking too much now that i am in my 40s) and of course its not cheap... every night i drink its a 20$ gone. But i want to not only cut frequency but cut quantity too. This will have to be done gradually tough. Im thinking cutting 1 can and doing 2 times a week at first, hopefully going back to only 1 time a week in a few months.
And of course exercising ... well i used to walk a lot when i slimmed down, so i know i will need to walk again.... Im also thinking on replugging my old xbox kinect and playing a dance game or such lol.
But what i would like to ask peoples who are into fitness and such is more on food advices. What should i try to eat considering i am ZERO cook. Like i don't cook meals. I buy pre-made or stuff i can simply put in the oven. Im thinking on looking at these companies who deliver like "factors" or such, you know where you order a box and its delivered to you and its all pre-made, just put it in microwave. Some seem to have healthy foods.
Is powder stuff really good? Like those supplements you do shake with, would you recommand some? What about vitamins in pills bottles?
After my last weekend i was so "racked" (racker in french, not sure if you can use it in english) but basically just getting up of my chair made me feel my muscle... I didn't played hockey or anything, but i walked a fair share. I know if i drop weight this should improve itself (more you weight, more you carry, more your body work, its logical). But if i could help my body improve/be more solid, it would be nice.
Right now i have no mean to lift weights or do "gym stuff" . But if i could do some exercise wich don't require any and simply re-enforce my body with supplements, it could help?
I did 2 major weight losses in my life, first was in my 20s, second in my 30s, but the more you age, the harder it get. Now is the time or never tough, and this time i need to keep it ... because i don't see myself trying again in my 50s or such...
Then during the following years i pretty much slowly put back weight. And now i am around 290 with it fluctuation from 1-2 pounds up and down. But i promised myself i would NEVER go over 300 pounds again back then and im very serious on going down again. I look at my comiccon pics and i see how "round" i am compare to what i used to be. Not to mention a bunch of my cool shirts don't even fit me anymore. Basically thats my ultimatum to myself... I need to be under 250 before next comiccon or i won't attend. 1 year to loose 40 pounds (minimum) is doable i think.
That said i don't see myself going back to eat chicken wraps every dinners ... and im tired of eating cottage cheese as much i used to like it.
To be perfectly honest cutting dessert won't be much of an issue. I don't eat that much to begin with. Beside a few ice cream cones (because its summertime and i have a bar laitier right beside) i don't eat much already. Junk food its 50/50 .... i do enjoy a poutine or a burger at the restaurant, but at home i can cut pretty much all of it without issues. So as long as i keep restaurant ocasional, it should be fine.
Beer will be the hardest, because i often am bored during evenings and drinking while watching movies and then gaming seem to be "the thing" that make my days more fun. But on another front its not just the weight, its the health as a whole (i can't sustain drinking too much now that i am in my 40s) and of course its not cheap... every night i drink its a 20$ gone. But i want to not only cut frequency but cut quantity too. This will have to be done gradually tough. Im thinking cutting 1 can and doing 2 times a week at first, hopefully going back to only 1 time a week in a few months.
And of course exercising ... well i used to walk a lot when i slimmed down, so i know i will need to walk again.... Im also thinking on replugging my old xbox kinect and playing a dance game or such lol.
But what i would like to ask peoples who are into fitness and such is more on food advices. What should i try to eat considering i am ZERO cook. Like i don't cook meals. I buy pre-made or stuff i can simply put in the oven. Im thinking on looking at these companies who deliver like "factors" or such, you know where you order a box and its delivered to you and its all pre-made, just put it in microwave. Some seem to have healthy foods.
Is powder stuff really good? Like those supplements you do shake with, would you recommand some? What about vitamins in pills bottles?
After my last weekend i was so "racked" (racker in french, not sure if you can use it in english) but basically just getting up of my chair made me feel my muscle... I didn't played hockey or anything, but i walked a fair share. I know if i drop weight this should improve itself (more you weight, more you carry, more your body work, its logical). But if i could help my body improve/be more solid, it would be nice.
Right now i have no mean to lift weights or do "gym stuff" . But if i could do some exercise wich don't require any and simply re-enforce my body with supplements, it could help?
I did 2 major weight losses in my life, first was in my 20s, second in my 30s, but the more you age, the harder it get. Now is the time or never tough, and this time i need to keep it ... because i don't see myself trying again in my 50s or such...