Hey everyone! Thank you for taking the time to view thread.
I guess I'll start with a little about myself. I'm currently a 19 year old student from Central Florida
I'm just a tad short of 6'7, and about 350 lbs.
Yeah, I'm a pretty hefty kid.
Despite size, I've always had natural athleticism. Then video games happened.
I gained a ton of weight, and now I'm here.
I'm not doing this to look good, I'm not doing this for beach muscles, I just simply need it.
I'm currently trying to drop about 115 lbs, to hit 235 so I can join the National Guard.
ultimate goal is to become a Close Protection Specialist, some military experience will help out with that.
I'm a huge teddy bear until you mess with someone I care about. I'm overly protective in that way, always have been.
Figured a job where I protect people for a living would be right up alley.
I've needed a change in life for a while now. Just recently moving out on own has really motivated me for some reason.
Previously, the only foods available at home were complete junk food items.
Now I'm on own and have the chance to do things right. I'm just not so educated on the whole nutrition thing.
I'm going to be grocery shopping for myself for the first time (I knowww rightt?)
And this is whats on list so far.
As you will be able to tell, I'm not good at putting meals together. Pretty much just going to buy things that are healthy and pray to God some of it comes out edible.
Kale
Bananas
Brown Rice
Boneless, Skinless chicken breast
Salmon
Almonds
a metric shit ton of salad
carrots
black beans
spinach
I just literally want to cut out ANY unnecessary foods and eat completely healthy.
If you have things to add or remove from that list, I would appreciate it a TON
I've always really enjoyed working out,so I'm hoping this time since situation is completely different, I'll be able to stick with it.
I have motivation, I have goals that I personally believe to be reachable, and I hopefully will have a solid future ahead of me once I get this done.
I took a ton of boxing lessons when I was younger, and plan to go that direction again.
Muay Thai and Jui Jitsu will be main focus once I build cardio up more.
Anyway, I'm sorry for the long post.
If you've read this far, thank you so much.
Now I guess questions would be about the nutrition, maybe some other healthy foods that are affordable and very good for you?
Anyway, if you have any questions for me I'd gladly answer them!
Thank you all:D
New here, looking for some advice!
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Re: New here, looking for some advice!
I posted this for someone else recently so it might work for you.
Breakfast
Option 1.
Bowl of Whole-grain Cereal and 1 rasher of Bacon, fat trimmed off and scrambled Eggs, (2 Egg Whites + Yolk)
Option 2.
Protein shake, small portion of Nuts, (excluding higher carb ones like Cashews, Chestnuts and Grapenuts), + Apple. Give the Apple 10-15 minutes to digest to improve digestion.
Snack
Option 1.
Portion of Turkey + Orange
Option 2.
Small Portion of Peanuts, some Chicken + Raw Carrott.
Lunch
Option 1.
Large Beef Sandwich with trimmings, I.E. Tomato, Lettuce, Cucumber etc.
Option 2.
Bowl of Chicken Soup, + Pot of yoghurt.
Snack
Option 1.
Turkey + Cashews
Option 2.
Ham + 2 large Tomatos
Dinner
Option 1.
Pork with mashed Potato.
Option 2.
Chicken and Rice
Option 3.
100g Halibut + Broccoli
Snack
Option 1.
Beans on Toast
Option 2.
Ham Sandwich, no trimmings.
Easy on the bread with both options.
You could add a few things to certain meals, like Sea Salt, Cracked Black Pepper, Parsley, Mustard, Herbs, Garlic.
As for the training you could do a schedule something like this, which is all bodyweighted.
Squats, 2 sets, 10 reps
Lunges, 2 sets, 10 reps
Good Mornings, 2 sets, 10 reps
Bent over Rows, 2 sets, 10 reps
Vertical Flyes, 2 sets, 10 reps
Shrugs, 2 sets, 10 reps
Planks 30 seconds.
In relation to the training ideas I gave you above, your bodyweight workouts and cardio schedule could look something like this.
Day 1. Bodyweight
Day 2. Cardio
Day 3. Bodyweight
Day 4. Day off
Day 5. Cardio
Day 6. Bodyweight
Day 7. Day off.
This prevents you doing 5 days straight and 2 days of nothing, as I think that's allowing too much consecutive taxation and 2 days of your body doing nothing, slowly starting to adjust to it, before 5 days of grind again, which might take the edge off progress potential, so the 5 split days should be better for you.
If you can get in a Gym, then the bodyweighted system listed above, would be replaced with actual artificial weight like dumbells and barbells and an instructor may give you something similar to what I gave you, in terms of the workout schedule and possibly added cardio mixed in during the week as well.
If you don't want to go to a gym or can't for some reason, try the system I prescribed above and see how that goes. I'm sure that coupled with the meal plan you'll be able to start getting somewhere.
Breakfast
Option 1.
Bowl of Whole-grain Cereal and 1 rasher of Bacon, fat trimmed off and scrambled Eggs, (2 Egg Whites + Yolk)
Option 2.
Protein shake, small portion of Nuts, (excluding higher carb ones like Cashews, Chestnuts and Grapenuts), + Apple. Give the Apple 10-15 minutes to digest to improve digestion.
Snack
Option 1.
Portion of Turkey + Orange
Option 2.
Small Portion of Peanuts, some Chicken + Raw Carrott.
Lunch
Option 1.
Large Beef Sandwich with trimmings, I.E. Tomato, Lettuce, Cucumber etc.
Option 2.
Bowl of Chicken Soup, + Pot of yoghurt.
Snack
Option 1.
Turkey + Cashews
Option 2.
Ham + 2 large Tomatos
Dinner
Option 1.
Pork with mashed Potato.
Option 2.
Chicken and Rice
Option 3.
100g Halibut + Broccoli
Snack
Option 1.
Beans on Toast
Option 2.
Ham Sandwich, no trimmings.
Easy on the bread with both options.
You could add a few things to certain meals, like Sea Salt, Cracked Black Pepper, Parsley, Mustard, Herbs, Garlic.
As for the training you could do a schedule something like this, which is all bodyweighted.
Squats, 2 sets, 10 reps
Lunges, 2 sets, 10 reps
Good Mornings, 2 sets, 10 reps
Bent over Rows, 2 sets, 10 reps
Vertical Flyes, 2 sets, 10 reps
Shrugs, 2 sets, 10 reps
Planks 30 seconds.
In relation to the training ideas I gave you above, your bodyweight workouts and cardio schedule could look something like this.
Day 1. Bodyweight
Day 2. Cardio
Day 3. Bodyweight
Day 4. Day off
Day 5. Cardio
Day 6. Bodyweight
Day 7. Day off.
This prevents you doing 5 days straight and 2 days of nothing, as I think that's allowing too much consecutive taxation and 2 days of your body doing nothing, slowly starting to adjust to it, before 5 days of grind again, which might take the edge off progress potential, so the 5 split days should be better for you.
If you can get in a Gym, then the bodyweighted system listed above, would be replaced with actual artificial weight like dumbells and barbells and an instructor may give you something similar to what I gave you, in terms of the workout schedule and possibly added cardio mixed in during the week as well.
If you don't want to go to a gym or can't for some reason, try the system I prescribed above and see how that goes. I'm sure that coupled with the meal plan you'll be able to start getting somewhere.