Hey /fit/, /fat/ here.
So, after reading through a thread yesterday and getting advice from a few of you, I've pretty much decided that I'm going to get my shit in gear.
For reference, I'm 19 and I weight about 115kg (253 pounds, more or less). My main problem has always been motivation. I start doing shit and then I quit because I'm a dumbass and I get put off by the fact that I'm not seeing results instantly. My only real obstacles right now are the fact that I live on campus at university (and my room really only allows me to go as far as pushups, I couldn't get any lifting equipment here if I wanted). I know most of you would probably recommend going to the gym but unfortunately our great land of bong sucks £9,000 a year from me and the cheapest gym membership here is £180 a year, money which I don't have.
All I really wanna ask is, having considered all the shit I wrote, where do I start? I know that dieting is the main thing and that's gonna be a pain in the dick to go through with but I know it has to be done. What else? How much can I do in my Harry Potter-tier room to actually lose weight?
Read the sticky then kill yourself
>>35210214
Done
>>35210180
Sort out your shitty budgeting skills and join a gym. I am also a student in the UK and I have more than enough for my gym plus supps.
>>35210284
I have about £300 to work with between student finance payments after paying for accommodation fees breh.
>>35210339
You got a part time job?
>>35210381
Currently hunting for one.
>>35210396
Good lad. Bonus points if you find one that is warehouse based or something physical, you literally get paid to do exercise. I've had my weekend job for 5 years now, since I was 16 and the experience is invaluable, the money even moreso.
As soon as you get one, go pay your gym membership with your first payday, don't blow your first pay check on bullshit. Use your first pay check to buy your membership plus a load of good, cheap food. Chicken, Tuna, Rice, Bread, Milk etc.
It's amazing how much money appears in your bank account when you shop for food properly. Not to be a dick but if you are 253 lbs, I doubt you have been. Cut out the bullshit, cut out takeaways, pop, sweets, microwave shit. Your body and wallet will both thank you for it.
When I was 19, I dropped out of Uni, got into 3 grand of payday loan debt and was about 14 stone (I am 5'8).
Now I am 21, back at Uni, have a savings account with a grand in it and I am now about 12 stone.
Pinch pennies, eat well, lift weights. Also, do your fucking assignments. Learn from my mistakes.
>>35210479
Thanks man.
>>35210180
>attending a university
>that doesn't have a gym
Holy shit Europe really does suck
>>35210509
The University DOES have a gym and it costs £180 a year. Gyms in the surrounding area are priced similarly.
>>35210518
Have you checked for student deals? My gym is £15 a month (£180 a year too). For students it is £120 a year.
>>35210539
£180 is the deal, but we don't get to pay monthly. It's £180 upfront or nothing.
Staff have access to the gym too and they pay £210 but it doesn't have to be paid upfront.
>>35210548
Buy 2 six-pinters of milk. Reuse the cartons as dumbells. Fill them water plus whatever you can to make it heavy (Screws, random lumps of metal etc). Go full ghetto until you can afford to do it properly.
dont forget to stretch fagget
>>35210180
Now, if losing weight (mainly fat and a bit of muscle) is your primary consern, than all you need to do first is to stop eating as much. You don't need to go ham and start lifting straight away.
I was 105kg around the start of November when I started READING THE STICKY and finding calorie intake to lose weight on scooby's fitness website. There's a calculator to manage how much weight you can lose depending on a few factors.
So far I've been trying to eat 2400-2700 calories a day to help reduce weight (though I'm probably eating <2000 because I used to eat habitually when finishing or taking a break from an activity which I am now cautious about and thus drink water at those times)
I'd reccomend working out a meal plan and actually counting calories (shock horror I know) and prepping certain meals based off caloric intake and protein levels umungst other vital nutrients.
My meal plan is: 2slices of multigrain toast and 2 pan friend eggs (yolks included because fuck it i like the taste better)for breakkie.
85g of Oysters in BBQ sauce inbw some light seaweed crackers or 100g of pecan nuts (roughly a large handful) for midday snack
And for dinner, the staple Chicken breast and Veggies.
Now you will need to do math to work out where you can spend your calories and get as much protein as possible to reduce the liklihood of losing muscle mass. you can google how much Xg of Y costs in terms of calories or look on the packaging of your food (unless they dont put the nutrition content on packaging in britbongistan. They do in glorious convict land) to determine how much calories/protein/fats/etc per serving or 100g. You have to math this shit to your caloric limit which really doesn't take that long.
If you don't know how to cook, now is the time to learn. Eggs and Chicken breast are ez to cook in a frying pan and you can normally get veggies in ready packs that only need microwaving for a short period.
Set your goal to 80kg. Comment limit lol
