The Long Journey...

[RomulusNZ]

Hi all,

I stumbled across this website while doing some research on getting fit. There are some really great stories & transformations; I hope to join that some day.

Anyway, this is my first post, of hopefully many!!!

A little background information of myself...

At 18/19, 11st (154lbs) I was pretty trim & had I have gone to the gym probably could have made a good go of it. I used to play football regularly & in general, was pretty fit. Then the dreaded period of going to university & eating well. I would say that during university I must have added 4st (56lbs) to my weight by the time I graduated three years later. In honesty I was pretty embarrassed & stupidly did not really do much about. My weight would fluctuate from maybe 15st to 16st during the next 7 years.

In 2013 I moved to China for work reasons & this started to bring my weight down a little as there were few snacks knocking around that didn't taste weird!!!

Then in April 2015 I moved to New Zealand & weighed in at 15st. Height = 1.73. This is when I started to take things a little more seriously. Again, I was a little embarrassed of my weight & figure compared to all these rugby players knocking about.

So far I have got down to 13st 10lbs, which gives me a weight loss of 18lbs, although I'm struggling to see much difference in my appearance. To get in proper shape I joined Jetts gym, which is about 20 mins walk from my apartment. It seems to have all the gear & there doesn't seem to be many people in there when I visit, usually 10am-ish. It makes the place a little less intimidating

I will post my workout plan to see what you think & if you would change anything. Again, I'm new to this, so not 100% on it all. I'm also not sure whether to just do cardio & get the weight off & then make a concerted effort on the weight, or, keep on the weights & cardio together.

Monday - Treadmill 10mins at a good pace - Arms - Bike 10mins
Tuesday - Treadmill 10mins at a good pace - Legs - Bike 10mins
Wednesday - Treadmill 10mins at a good pace - Chest - Bike 10mins (Probably my weakest muscle group. Today I really struggled on not much weight)
Thursday - Treadmill 10mins at a good pace - Back - Bike 10mins
Friday - Treadmill 10mins at a good pace - Shoulders - Bike 10mins
Saturday - Play football

I find running in general pretty boring & struggle to push myself. I'm always looking at the clock for it to finish up. Any tips on avoiding clock watching would b great.

Food wise I'm trying my best with, but it's my downfall.

Mon - Fri = B = Oats & trim yoghurt. L = Banana, Kiwi, Apple, Pear, Chia seed in the Nutri-Bullet. D = Grilled chicken breast with scrambled egg & sweetcorn.

I'm at the point now (29) where I really need to take this seriously as I don't want to be overweight anymore. I think putting myself out there, on a site like this, will push me into doing it.

Again, any advice would be really appreciated.

Thanks for reading.

[Gameover89]

Those pictures were top notch, Saved to desktop for later viewing.

[RomulusNZ]

Those pictures were top notch, Saved to desktop for later viewing.

Thanks m8. Appreciated. #lolz #bantz