HouseTonyStark
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Sorry for the MASSIVE essay, but i feel the background will help.
So, having gone through a summer of dissertation work, and general laziness, ive finally reached the point where i need to do something about my weight. having always been pretty well built(6'3wide-ish shoulders) ive always carried extra podge, but where my attention has been on my degree, and my diet has been foul, i have gotten to a stage where stretch marks are severely demoralizing me.
a bit of background:
being a computer science student, i have always been pretty chubbo, until i went to summer camp, left uk at 17 stone, came back around 14 stone. in 11 weeks i had managed to lose nigh on 3 stone due to excercise and better living.
i managed to stabilize around 15 over the time, then became an american footballer, which was pretty decent. didnt do too much excercise around my training, but i managed.
then i started placement year, which gave me access to a gym, where i was often spinning for a good 45 minutes, clocking up around 21 miles, so not without a certain ability on there.
my routine would mix it up doing bench, military, curls ab stuff, rowing some squats pushups pullups(assisted).
then i had some negative issues in my life emotionally, and i also MEGA messed up my knees/shins when i started doing running, within 3 weeks, i was able to do 5k in about 30 minutes(by which point i was near death, probably 60-40 running/jogging:walking) but the impact took its toll and i could no longer walk across the office without a getting a limp. so i toned that back a bit. but still kept up the spinning and general excercise. to about 2-3 times a week when i could.
Duroing this time though i was eating a lot of foods. often finding myself VERY hungry with the working out. so while my strength and visible muscle mass increased, so too did my overall weight.
cut to autumn 2011, i finished placement, and found myself very ill with respiratory issues all the way through until feb 2012, during which time i lost a chunk of muscle mass, because i was in bed for a large chunk of this.
by the time i had gotten over the issues(to the point i could be a bit more active) i was struggling under the weight of my dissertation, which had an extension through till summer. During this time there was a lot of late nights, a lot of junk food, and an all round lack of training.
cut to now. i wigh 18stone steady(have been the same weight for the last couple of weeks as i have tried to curb my intake) i have got my degree, and a job with a gym membership, and i aim to use it.
BUT
I am unsure how best to proceed. i need to lose the fat, and am actively trying to work on my diet to help this out. i dont want to do anything that will make me unhealthy and be detrimental to my overall performance.
so it comes to what kind of excercises i need to do to get back to some kind of point where i am able to do excercises where my actual bodymass arent working against me.
I plan to make a serious effort with this, am going to take some shots of my current body shape, would like some help of which shots will give me the best angles to judge progress on.
so im really asking for is:
help to get a decent ish training regime
help understanding progress pictures
advice on decent, cheaper foods to help with my progress(i have no experience with protein shakes and all that stuff, i figure if i can do it without then surely thats better?)
general support and advice on issues i will face given my size and shape/weight.
thanks all!
So, having gone through a summer of dissertation work, and general laziness, ive finally reached the point where i need to do something about my weight. having always been pretty well built(6'3wide-ish shoulders) ive always carried extra podge, but where my attention has been on my degree, and my diet has been foul, i have gotten to a stage where stretch marks are severely demoralizing me.
a bit of background:
being a computer science student, i have always been pretty chubbo, until i went to summer camp, left uk at 17 stone, came back around 14 stone. in 11 weeks i had managed to lose nigh on 3 stone due to excercise and better living.
i managed to stabilize around 15 over the time, then became an american footballer, which was pretty decent. didnt do too much excercise around my training, but i managed.
then i started placement year, which gave me access to a gym, where i was often spinning for a good 45 minutes, clocking up around 21 miles, so not without a certain ability on there.
my routine would mix it up doing bench, military, curls ab stuff, rowing some squats pushups pullups(assisted).
then i had some negative issues in my life emotionally, and i also MEGA messed up my knees/shins when i started doing running, within 3 weeks, i was able to do 5k in about 30 minutes(by which point i was near death, probably 60-40 running/jogging:walking) but the impact took its toll and i could no longer walk across the office without a getting a limp. so i toned that back a bit. but still kept up the spinning and general excercise. to about 2-3 times a week when i could.
Duroing this time though i was eating a lot of foods. often finding myself VERY hungry with the working out. so while my strength and visible muscle mass increased, so too did my overall weight.
cut to autumn 2011, i finished placement, and found myself very ill with respiratory issues all the way through until feb 2012, during which time i lost a chunk of muscle mass, because i was in bed for a large chunk of this.
by the time i had gotten over the issues(to the point i could be a bit more active) i was struggling under the weight of my dissertation, which had an extension through till summer. During this time there was a lot of late nights, a lot of junk food, and an all round lack of training.
cut to now. i wigh 18stone steady(have been the same weight for the last couple of weeks as i have tried to curb my intake) i have got my degree, and a job with a gym membership, and i aim to use it.
BUT
I am unsure how best to proceed. i need to lose the fat, and am actively trying to work on my diet to help this out. i dont want to do anything that will make me unhealthy and be detrimental to my overall performance.
so it comes to what kind of excercises i need to do to get back to some kind of point where i am able to do excercises where my actual bodymass arent working against me.
I plan to make a serious effort with this, am going to take some shots of my current body shape, would like some help of which shots will give me the best angles to judge progress on.
so im really asking for is:
help to get a decent ish training regime
help understanding progress pictures
advice on decent, cheaper foods to help with my progress(i have no experience with protein shakes and all that stuff, i figure if i can do it without then surely thats better?)
general support and advice on issues i will face given my size and shape/weight.
thanks all!