Joining a gym

RobertM

Firstly Hello & Merry Xmas

Due to my sedentary life, I decided to join a gym again. Currently I am 21, around 5.5-5.7 ft and between 97-103 kg (Obese ).. Daily diet goes a bit like this

Breakfast: Nothing usually, except a coffee and cigarette. Also sometimes, I'll get the odd sausage rolls in the morning.

Lunch: When I'm in college it's either the famous chicken fillet roll, or Burger King, chocolate bars, coke (lots of it).

Dinner: Mashed potatoes, eggs, sausages, chicken breast, most usually. And of course in the weekend order from the chipper. Now my biggest problem is the coke and sweets combined with sedendary lifestyle (sitting at the pc all day).


I would like to know where to start, because at the moment I've no idea.
If going to the gym regularly, what supplements to take.
What should my workout be more based on ? Cardio, Spinning etc.

If you have anything else to add, please feel free to say it.


Thank you.

themandan6611

first thing would be get your diet under control and don't worry re supplements - cut down or out totally all take-aways, sweets, coke, choclate bars, suasge rolls.

start eating breakfast, porridge & fruit & drinkning loads of water all day.

lunch - make your own, brown wholemeal sandwich (ham, lettuce etc).

Dinner get your veggies in (greener the better) with lean chicken, meats & fish.

Whilst getting the diet in order start exercising, cardio & weight training - start walking 10 mins a session increasing by 2 mins each session. Get a program in the gym lifting weights - start squating, deadlifting & benching with low weight.

Iceman aka Bobby Drake

themandan6611 wrote: »

start eating breakfast, porridge & fruit & drinkning loads of water all day.

:eek::eek::eek::eek:
Uggggggh Horrible haha cant stand porridge. I was the same as yourself man.. i was bigger at 126kg (at the start of the summer) now im in the low 80's.. 83kg i think. As themandan said you gotta get your diet under control. Cut your self of from coke and sweets and bring packed lunches to college. Start doing cardio and you will see the weight fall off ya. And dont say you will start after xmas holidays... start today. Good Luck

RobertM

Iceman aka Bobby Drake wrote: »

I was the same as yourself man.. i was bigger at 126kg (at the start of the summer) now im in the low 80's.. 83kg i think. k

How did you do it ?:eek:

Frogdog

OP, the most important thing for you right now is to learn about nutrition so that you can clean up your diet, as well as learning about cardio and weights. For that you should read the sticky on the basics here in the Fitness forum and on the Nutrition & Diet forum.

Iceman aka Bobby Drake

Honestly man id say the same as frogdog said. Go through some of the forums on this.. i found them very helpful. But it was all about dedication and a lifestyle change on my part. You gotta wanna change or ya wont... I was talking to a woman today who lost 7 stone last year and within 11 months gained it all back... noway do i wanna end up like that.

boomtown84

Iceman aka Bobby Drake wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek:
i was bigger at 126kg (at the start of the summer) now im in the low 80's.. 83kg i think.

that's 43kg in 7 months or there abouts!!my heart goes out to your wardrobe assistant.:D

Iceman aka Bobby Drake

boomtown84 wrote: »

that's 43kg in 7 months or there abouts!!my heart goes out to your wardrobe assistant.:D

Haha yea my wardobe took a beating... spent the last few months going around like a rapper.. baggy-baggy jeans and over sized t-shirts haha! But got aload of new clothes from crimbo so alls good now :D