frankthetank
Member
Hi everyone!
I'm new to the forum, and have come here because I thought it'd be fun for me to keep a little online record of my weight loss exploits, and also might be interesting for other people to see and get ideas etc! I can see there doesnt seem to be many blokes on the site, so thought that my diary could fill that niche
A bit about me first:
I'm a 22 year old student coming to the end of my time at university (about time, too!). I've always been pretty big, but my weight does fluctuate quite significantly. When I'm at uni i usually pile on the pounds due to a diet of boozing, television and pizzas, and when I'm at home I usually lose quite a bit due to being more active i guess, and not eating as much pizzas!
In my third year at university I got up to 18 stone, because I was particularly inactive that year! Just as I finished the year my Mum had joined Slimming World and was making good progress on it. She taught me the ways of it and I got her to pick me up the food directory and any other bumpth i might be interested in looking at and I set off on my journey! I used to get her to get me a copy of magazines that had articles about men in them, obviously being more relevent to my goals.
I managed to lose just over 2 stone that summer in about 2-3 months, going down to 15'10. I was pretty happy with that! But I decided I wanted to carry on being an academic and went back to dodging taxes at university, where i once again indulged in way too many beers and pizzas, and I had now reached back to 18 stone! I kept trying to restart the diet, but someone would go to me after a couple of days: "Hey, lets go out and drink lots and probably get a kebab" and I would be like: "Good idea!".
So a week ago I started the diet again. A bit later I'll post a diary of my week just gone, a couple of recipes I rustled up (despite loving pizzas so much, I actually really enjoy cooking and am quite adventurous and know my way around the kitchen... or I like to think!).
It's also worth mentioning here that I am a very keen Rugby Player, and when I'm back home i engage in a lot of training, but at university i become nearly idle. I've kind of started my preseason training a bit late, but i really need to work on my fitness, so I'll also share some stuff about the exercise i've been doing. A couple of weeks ago I thought it would be a good idea to take some of that Maximuscle stuff, so I've been drinking that twice a day too, but when I finish the tub I have i doubt i'll get some more.
Right that was a nice long introduction, and I'm sure you know enough about me. Hopefully it'll be a bit interesting and I'll try to make it a bit funny and light hearted. It might inspire some other people, as I'm sure it'll inspire me to carry on this time!!
My target: in 12 weeks time I'm going on holiday with 2 of my mates who are fairly athletic, so I dont want to be shown up by the pool haha! I'd say my target weight is between 14 and 15 stone, but to be honest i'd be happy to weigh around 16 stone in 12 weeks.
I'm new to the forum, and have come here because I thought it'd be fun for me to keep a little online record of my weight loss exploits, and also might be interesting for other people to see and get ideas etc! I can see there doesnt seem to be many blokes on the site, so thought that my diary could fill that niche
A bit about me first:
I'm a 22 year old student coming to the end of my time at university (about time, too!). I've always been pretty big, but my weight does fluctuate quite significantly. When I'm at uni i usually pile on the pounds due to a diet of boozing, television and pizzas, and when I'm at home I usually lose quite a bit due to being more active i guess, and not eating as much pizzas!
In my third year at university I got up to 18 stone, because I was particularly inactive that year! Just as I finished the year my Mum had joined Slimming World and was making good progress on it. She taught me the ways of it and I got her to pick me up the food directory and any other bumpth i might be interested in looking at and I set off on my journey! I used to get her to get me a copy of magazines that had articles about men in them, obviously being more relevent to my goals.
I managed to lose just over 2 stone that summer in about 2-3 months, going down to 15'10. I was pretty happy with that! But I decided I wanted to carry on being an academic and went back to dodging taxes at university, where i once again indulged in way too many beers and pizzas, and I had now reached back to 18 stone! I kept trying to restart the diet, but someone would go to me after a couple of days: "Hey, lets go out and drink lots and probably get a kebab" and I would be like: "Good idea!".
So a week ago I started the diet again. A bit later I'll post a diary of my week just gone, a couple of recipes I rustled up (despite loving pizzas so much, I actually really enjoy cooking and am quite adventurous and know my way around the kitchen... or I like to think!).
It's also worth mentioning here that I am a very keen Rugby Player, and when I'm back home i engage in a lot of training, but at university i become nearly idle. I've kind of started my preseason training a bit late, but i really need to work on my fitness, so I'll also share some stuff about the exercise i've been doing. A couple of weeks ago I thought it would be a good idea to take some of that Maximuscle stuff, so I've been drinking that twice a day too, but when I finish the tub I have i doubt i'll get some more.
Right that was a nice long introduction, and I'm sure you know enough about me. Hopefully it'll be a bit interesting and I'll try to make it a bit funny and light hearted. It might inspire some other people, as I'm sure it'll inspire me to carry on this time!!
My target: in 12 weeks time I'm going on holiday with 2 of my mates who are fairly athletic, so I dont want to be shown up by the pool haha! I'd say my target weight is between 14 and 15 stone, but to be honest i'd be happy to weigh around 16 stone in 12 weeks.
