7 Month Update - 102lbs Down with pics Half Marathon Training

[bigcountryab 278]

Hey there guys just wanted to give a seven month update on my journey to this point. I started out at around 300lbs with high blood pressure and severe sleep apnea. I have lost around 102 lbs depending on the day and what I had to eat the day before. I workout on a three day rotation. Day 1 I do my running, which consist of a 5-8 mile run depending on how I feel. Day 2 is my lifting day, I try to incorporate fundamentals of crossfit and p90x. I only use body weight for my lifting such as pushups, situps, pullups, dips, because if I lift heavy I will put on weight. I do use some small dumbells for curls and triceps. Day 3 is my rest day, and then I just go back to Day 1. My goal is to run a half marathon by October which seems pretty attainable at this point. My Diet consist of mostly Proteins and vegetables, but I have learned that if I don't intake enough carbs my blood sugar drops way to low due to all the exercise. For Breakfast I do greek yogurt fruit and granola, lunch is usually grilled turkey, chicken, or fish with vegetables and a cup of long grain brown rice. On days I run I might have more rice so I don't fee bad during the run. For Snacks I will roll up deli meat and a slice of cheese with a little mustard to dip it in. I might have two or three of these a day. For dinner I pretty much follow the same pattern as lunch. Before bed I sometimes have a granola bar or some more yogurt and fruit especially if I ran that night. If anyone has any questions feel free to private message me.

[Huntingnurse 510]

Another inspiring member.... I started at 303 and im 5'9"... I think i put off exercising for too long. Im almost 5 months out and only 72 down :-/ i hit the gym hard this week and im definitely paying for it lol.

So when you run do you do treadmill or ground? How long did it take to build your endurance or did you run prior to surgery? Did you lift prior? Are you having any skin issues?

Thank you for posting part of your routine!

How long do you spend on cardio on your lift day? Do you just do circuit and lift every group? Ive been trying to mix this week - 30-69 min of cardio then lift... Chest/tri first day, back/bis second, legs third.. Abs/obliques each day.

[Huntingnurse 510]

Im also in a week plus stall... :-/

[bigcountryab 278]

Im also in a week plus stall... :-/

I had one stall that lasted nearly a month and then poof! Weight fell off

[Huntingnurse 510]

Yeah im hoping it breaks soon :-/

You can pm the other answers if thats cool

[bigcountryab 278]

Yeah im hoping it breaks soon :-/

You can pm the other answers if thats cool

Sure man when I get a minute...

[bigcountryab 278]

Yeah im hoping it breaks soon :-/

You can pm the other answers if thats cool

On my lifting days I do circuit training but I do focus on either pulling muscles or pushing muscles

[Skinnypie 66]

Wow!! You are doing amazing!!! Keep up the hard work!!

[luckysmomma 407]

Congrats!

[mikeross 216]

Amazing results... any before pictures. How tall are you and what was your starting and current BMI. You have no loose skin issues and your abs and love handles look great. Its a very hard area to trim down... whats your ab exercises like or was that achieved with mostly cardio. Any ideas how many calories your eating a day?

How many calories do you burn on days you run?

[bigcountryab 278]

Amazing results... any before pictures. How tall are you and what was your starting and current BMI. You have no loose skin issues and your abs and love handles look great. Its a very hard area to trim down... whats your ab exercises like or was that achieved with mostly cardio. Any ideas how many calories your eating a day?

How many calories do you burn on days you run?

I'm 6'0 even, my starting BMI was 41 I do 20 min of abs everytime I lift. I don't count calories, and when I run I burn between 800-1000 calories. Any other questions?

[bigcountryab 278]

Another inspiring member.... I started at 303 and im 5'9"... I think i put off exercising for too long. Im almost 5 months out and only 72 down :-/ i hit the gym hard this week and im definitely paying for it lol.

So when you run do you do treadmill or ground? How long did it take to build your endurance or did you run prior to surgery? Did you lift prior? Are you having any skin issues?

Thank you for posting part of your routine!

How long do you spend on cardio on your lift day? Do you just do circuit and lift every group? Ive been trying to mix this week - 30-69 min of cardio then lift... Chest/tri first day' date=' back/bis second, legs third.. Abs/obliques each day.[/quote']

I always run outside on the ground, when I started in January I could only do a mile and in 5 months I've built up to 8 miles, no skin issues that I've noticed except where my ass and my thighs meet there is a small bit of access skin, I have lifted weights most of my life, but I lift differently now I only use body weight and dumbbell exercises and I always lift for one hour and I'm moving the whole time. My lifting is also cardio since I do really high reps for an hour nonstop. Anything else? Just let me know

[xcillax 24]

Amazing....keep up the great work!