Losing Weight and changing my life for Air Force OTS

[otshopeful]

Hi everyone, I will be posting my fat loss and overall life progress in this thread.

My situation:
I was sexually molested as a child and gained and retained a good deal of weight throughout my life mostly as a result of being depressed. I realize that now and am tired of letting it control my life. I started out at 6'0" 365lbs a few years ago and I have been hovering around 300lbs for just over a year now. Well, I'm tired of this and I'm going to lose the rest of my weight, finish school, and apply to OTS for a pilot slot before I am too old to do so. It's always been one of my dreams, and for the first time in my life, I'm going to chase one of my dreams.

I have to accomplish the following in order to be ready for OTS:
*Get down to an acceptable body fat percentage and weight to qualify for a pilot slot.
*Pay for and receive PRK or Lasik eye surgery.
*Pay for and receive a decent amount of dental work.
*Finish off my degree in mathematics before I am turn 28.
I am currently 25 years old and will be turning 26 this May.

I will be doing cardio 7 days a week and lifting 4 days a week. My cardio consists mostly of walking for 45 minutes, but I began throwing in one-minute running sessions here and there yesterday.

My starting stats, according to my scale, are as follows:
Weight = 306.6lbs
bf% = 45.7%
bmi = 41.5

I did a few calculations and my LBM is approximately 166.5, so I will be eating at least 170g of protein a day and I will be eating around 2400 calories a day until I get down a bit more in weight.



I'm going to do this for my fiance, my family that loves me so much, and for the first time in my life, I'm going to do this for myself. This is my dream and nothing is going to stand in the way of it.



Any suggestions, help, tips, pats on the back, or kicks in the ass are more than appreciated.

[Rosco1001]

Good on you for getting started! Sounds like you're doing it for all the right reasons and your approaching it with a good mindset! Can't wait to see the results

[otshopeful]

Diet 03/30/11:
1x serving oatmeal - 150 calories
1x cup of skim milk - 86 calories, 12g carb, 8.4g protein, 0.0g fat
1x banana - 105 calories, 27g carb, 1g protein, 0.0g fat
1x orange - 69 calories, 17.6g carb, 1.3g protein, 0.0g fat
20x green grapes - 40 calories, 0.8g carb, 0.0g protein, 0.0g fat
1x cup of white rice - 205 calories, 44.5g carb, 4.3g protein, 0.4g fat
2x servings green beans - 40 calories
8oz chicken - 220 calories, 0.0g carb, 48g protein, 3.0g fat
1x fat free yogurt - 100 calories, 19g carb, 5g protein, 0.0g fat
1x orange - 69 calories, 17.6g carb, 1.3g protein, 0.0g fat
1x orange - 69 calories, 17.6g carb, 1.3g protein, 0.0g fat
1x orange - 69 calories, 17.6g carb, 1.3g protein, 0.0g fat
20x green grapes - 40 calories, 0.8g carb, 0.0g protein, 0.0g fat
20x green grapes - 40 calories, 0.8g carb, 0.0g protein, 0.0g fat
1x orange - 69 calories, 17.6g carb, 1.3g protein, 0.0g fat
1x fat free yogurt - 100 calories, 19g carb, 5g protein, 0.0g fat
cafeteria food - 700 calories (this consisted of two beef patties, two pieces of baked fish, less than a cup of rice, boiled snap peas, and a salad with a tiny bit of light ranch dressing)

Exercise:
45 minutes on treadmill
Trained shoulders heavy with three different lifting exercises

[otshopeful]

1 week update!

I weighed myself this morning and had good results!

04/04/11
Weight - 302.4lbs
bf% = 44.3
bmi = 40.9


Cardio:
I spent 45 minutes on a treadmill today. The treadmill has different endurance programs and I started out with the lowest level program for 20 minutes and then the high intensity interval program for 20 minutes. After this, I jogged at 5.5 for a 1:30 and then walked for 1:30. I then finished off by jogging at 5.5 for 2 minutes. The machine, which does not monitor heart rate and doesn't ask for personal info, said I burned around 330 calories!

[otshopeful]

4/11/11
Weight - 300.6
bf% = 44.9
bmi = 40.7

I feel ashamed this week. While my weight and bmi went down slighly, my bf% seems to have gone up.

I vow that I will lose twice as much this week as I did last week. I shall not eat anything that does not have easily measurable caloric information on it.

Total weight loss so far = 6lbs

[otshopeful]

4/18/11
Weight - 298.6
bf% = 42.6%
bmi = 40.4

Breakfast
1x serving oatmeal: 150 cal, 27g carb, 5g protein, 2.5g fat
1x cup skim milk: 80 cal, 12g carb, 9g protein, 0g fat
1x navel orange: 69 cal, 17.6g carb, 1.3g protein, .2g fat
1x banana: 105 cal, 27g carb, 1g protein, 0g fat

Lunch
8oz chicken breast - 220 cal, 0g carb, 48g protein, 3g fat
1x cup Quinoa - 206 cal
1/2 cup pinto beans - 40 cal
1x navel orange: 69 cal, 17.6g carb, 1.3g protein, .2g fat
1x navel orange: 69 cal, 17.6g carb, 1.3g protein, .2g fat
1x banana: 105 cal, 27g carb, 1g protein, 0g fat