"I'm down with OPT!" "Who's down with OPT?" "Everybody!"
(okay, I know it was a little corny)
Hello all. I decided to start a journal here on this site. I just purchased Leigh's Fatloss Troubleshoot and am anxious to start OPT!! I spent the last day trying to get my cals and macros figured out along with purchasing some food.
A little about me:
5'10, 182lbs, 29yrs old, I Have a DBF of four years, no kids and a beautiful 1.5 yr old maltese!
I am a middle school pe/health teacher and a coach. I have always been active and have always had to deal with my weight. (I am pretty certain that if I hadn't played ball I would be very large!)
I played college Basketball and have always been around Basketball and physical activity...however, my eating habits are pretty bad. My junior summer I found 40-30-30 and ran 3 miles every day that summer only to come back about 40lbs lighter! Everyone thought I was sick. However, I didn't lift any weights and I was still very soft. I am sort of lucky that I am tall because I can hold more weight than others(everyone always asks why I am trying to lose!)...but I have a lot of fat.
I am addicted to everything fitness and will probably be broke because of it. I have every diet/fitness book available(its almost a sickness)...the biggest problem is sticking to a program. I try one thing and stop after two weeks...so I am working on finishing a program.
A few years ago I hired an online personal trainer and did body part splits and dieted down. I lost about 18lbs during that 3 months, but I couldn't find a way to keep it up. I have done weight watchers and everything in between
. I am so fed up with dieting. I do not want to diet forever...I want to learn to maintain a healthy lean weight.
So, anyway, I am hoping this will be my last "diet"..and I can move on to Leigh's maintenance stuff. I also have a bodybugg and will be logging my cals burned and cals eaten throught that site. I will post my totals here each time I post. I will try to be consistent with my posting, because I do not have access to this site at work (only through my iphone...but I may not have much time to use it being a teacher)
I start tomorrow and here is my plan
Goal: 1600 cals
40% pro
35% carb
25% fat
100oz water
1 multi, 2 fish oil
Workout A-1 (will be done in apartment)
I will add some starting pics!! Here I go!