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gnome · 02-12-2009, 11:41 AM

I decided last month that I was tired of being so overweight, and since I have until October 2011 before I get married, I figured the smart thing to do (rather than crash dieting 6 weeks before and screwing up my dress fittings) would be to start a life-style change and really get into shape. The fact that my fiance has some issues with his blood sugar (borderline pre-diabetic...fasting blood sugar is 100), we are changing our eating habits.

A little more background on myself...I am 5'1", and weigh 230 pounds. I don't eat a lot of junk food, but my portion sizes are bigger than they should be. I've always been a little on the chunky side, and starting at about 12 years old, starting on and off dieting with my mom. I did play a bunch of sports in high school and college, and spent a lot of time in the weight room, but never had a specific routine I was doing, rather just bopping around from one machine to another. Either way, I am still relatively strong for my height and weight. I've had chronic problems with my knees (13 years of a soccer goalie), and 2 year ago broke my elbow which won't go totally straight anymore, and had chronic shoulder issues, and was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff last summer. In August 2008 I had surgery to repair it, and am still working on strength building in that shoulder.

I've been slowly over the years working on eating better, cutting a lot of sugar and simple carbs out of my diet. I get migraines from a lot of artificial sweeteners, and have problems eating fresh raw fruits and veggies, something I miss horribly (I think I have Oral Allergy Syndrome, but have yet to be officially diagnosed). I'm trying to maintain a daily caloric intake of about 2000-2300, which is more or less what I was doing before, but I'm concentrating more on the division of macros, trying ot get more protein and less carbs and fat.

I like these forum boards as a way to get feedback on what I'm doing. I got a friend of mine who is a virtual gym virgin to start the NR workout with me. We spent a couple of extra workouts of Day 1, because she was nervous about her inability to do some of the workouts. I'll start logging from the beginning, which was in mid-January.

02-12-2009, 11:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
gnome Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 48	From Fat to Fabulous!! Gnome's NROL4W Log I decided last month that I was tired of being so overweight, and since I have until October 2011 before I get married, I figured the smart thing to do (rather than crash dieting 6 weeks before and screwing up my dress fittings) would be to start a life-style change and really get into shape. The fact that my fiance has some issues with his blood sugar (borderline pre-diabetic...fasting blood sugar is 100), we are changing our eating habits. A little more background on myself...I am 5'1", and weigh 230 pounds. I don't eat a lot of junk food, but my portion sizes are bigger than they should be. I've always been a little on the chunky side, and starting at about 12 years old, starting on and off dieting with my mom. I did play a bunch of sports in high school and college, and spent a lot of time in the weight room, but never had a specific routine I was doing, rather just bopping around from one machine to another. Either way, I am still relatively strong for my height and weight. I've had chronic problems with my knees (13 years of a soccer goalie), and 2 year ago broke my elbow which won't go totally straight anymore, and had chronic shoulder issues, and was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff last summer. In August 2008 I had surgery to repair it, and am still working on strength building in that shoulder. I've been slowly over the years working on eating better, cutting a lot of sugar and simple carbs out of my diet. I get migraines from a lot of artificial sweeteners, and have problems eating fresh raw fruits and veggies, something I miss horribly (I think I have Oral Allergy Syndrome, but have yet to be officially diagnosed). I'm trying to maintain a daily caloric intake of about 2000-2300, which is more or less what I was doing before, but I'm concentrating more on the division of macros, trying ot get more protein and less carbs and fat. I like these forum boards as a way to get feedback on what I'm doing. I got a friend of mine who is a virtual gym virgin to start the NR workout with me. We spent a couple of extra workouts of Day 1, because she was nervous about her inability to do some of the workouts. I'll start logging from the beginning, which was in mid-January.