Alright, so I'll start this thread off with background regarding my current
physical condition.
I'm a 16 year old male. I stand 5'6" and weight in around 135 pounds. My waist size is 30 inches. According to me, I'm pretty fat and have no muscle whatsoever. However most people I talk to say I'm a "twig" and some even say I have a little bit of muscle. My friends who have actually seen me without my shirt say that what I'm calling fat on my mid-section is actually extra skin. They've used the word "tongue" to describe it. I don't know what they're smoking. In any case, my body is completely different from what it was about 15 months ago.
If memory serves, 15 months ago I weighed over 140 and my waist size was maybe... 34, 35 inches? Not too sure. Being fat was really getting to me, and around May I changed what I was doing. I started doing push-ups and sit-ups at home, skipping dinner, and adopting healthier eating habits. This continued into the summer. During the summer I drank tons of water. I used to have a pitcher sitting by me when I was home and I'd refill it a couple times a day. I ate as little as possible and tried to stick to fruits and vegetables when I did eat. What I ate varied a lot from day to day... Some days I failed dieting and I know there was at least one day my food intake was below 200 calories. 200, not 2000. I also walked quite a bit... maybe 2 hours a day on average, but this once again varied depending on the day. Some days I did nothing, and one day I walked 5 hours. I can't really run, because my nose pretty much refuses to function. My legs don't feel tired, but within a very short distance--maybe a quarter mile, if that--I just can't breathe.
In any case, I went from over 140 pounds to under 120 pounds in roughly 3 or 4 months.
As I stated now, I'm 135 pounds, which is a 15-20 pound weight gain. I don't know how much is muscle and how much is fat. I was only introduced to weight-lifting this year. Here's the relevant (and severely limited) statistics to what I'm lifting now, all in reps of 10 for weighted exercises. This is pretty much the most I can do at that level.
Wide-grip lat pull: 80 pounds
Flat DB press: 40 pounds per hand
Concentration curl: 30 pounds per hand
Tricep pushdown: 40 pounds
Leg press: 200
Leg curl: 60
Push-ups: about 30, depends how I feel.
Sit-ups: Just straight sit-ups I could probably do indefinitely. I did 200 yesterday. If I hold up my legs while I do them I usually reach 50-60 before I have to put my legs down.
Pull-ups: about 5 on the door. This is pretty random for 3 reasons:
***1: My body brushes against the door, so this may make it easier.
***2: A door has sharp edges, which seriously hurts my fingers.
***3: A door can shut on my fingers while doing pull-ups... Bad experience.
I work out in my school's weight room after school when I don't have to go into work. I do all the exercises I can until I get light-headed or can't lift anymore.
So, that's where I am now. The goal is to workout and diet again this summer, hopefully getting my weight back down below 120. I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep it off during the school year, just because the school lunch schedule messes with my eating habits. I'll be quitting my job next year though and that will guarantee that I can lift everyday. The weight room at my school is going to be open for 3.5 hours everyday, and I'll be there whenever I don't have to go to work. Studying is, for once, not my top priority. When it comes to
core exercises, I'll probably do sit-ups on my bed at home.
As for diet, I'll mainly stick to eating a bunch of frozen vegetables for breakfast which should keep me filled for awhile and prevent me from going crazy over cereal and worse carbs, which I unfortunately have a huge affinity for. I might start drinking more milk and less water, which is all I drink now outside of school. The fruit and vegetable regimen shouldn't be too awful, as I'm almost a vegetarian by accident; It's avoiding the bread that's the problem.... did I mention pizza is the worst thing ever visited upon teenagers?
So that's my basic plan and goals... Work, eat veggies, drink water, lose 15-20 pounds... again.
If anyone has any advice I'd GREATLY appreciate it. Whether it's a recipe for dieting or advice on a workout regimen, I need all the help I can get. But please explain very thoroughly: I'm a complete ignoramous when it comes to fitness. Thanks for any help you give: It'll be put into practice.
Oh, and a side-note: Anyone know anything about Armageddon? Half the guys in my school are on it and all I know is it's like 2% creotine (spelling?), makes them kinda irritable, and it's made them gain a lot of muscle.
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