talonius
12-13-2011, 05:10 AM
Howdy all!
I'm fat. Actually beyond fat, morbidly obese - currently 330 pounds, 5' 9". I started this year out with the resolution to lose weight and I have succeeded somewhat -- 14 to 18 pounds off depending on whether you're using my doctor's scale or mine. I firmly believe I would have lost more but a urethraplasty got in the way for about 4 months. I'm also a bipolar, depressed diabetic with LowT. (All intermixed - what caused what? Who cares!) I'm so out of shape that going up two flights of steps will leave me heaving for about eight minutes.
Before you ask all of my doctors (endocrinologist, psychiatrist, general practitioner) are in support of me pursuing an exercise regimen. My heart is healthy - exceptionally so for a man of my size, actually. My lungs are not but only prolonged work will fix them. (I quit smoking eleven years ago, but yes, I did smoke.)
My lifestyle is the primary issue. I'm a computer programmer and enjoy technology of all sorts. So I work on my ass all day and come home and sit on my ass to play games. Great, huh? I'm an introvert in person, extroverted online. But the introversion - and the paranoia of people laughing or snickering at me - keep me from pursuing an actual gym membership. (See above notes on mental health. ;))
I started really gaining weight (was ~240 lbs) about 6 years ago. This past month I was diagnosed with LowT and have started testosterone injections to help deal with the LowT. (Free floating levels were 168.) Now that I've been on them for about five weeks I've noticed I have a lot more energy and a desire to do something other than sit - so I decided to combine my love of technology with a desire to continue to lose weight and to energize my son into a competition. Right now he enjoys being able to beat up on me. Muahaha... soon he'll have to work out, or I'll be able to win our wrestling matches.
The Android app looked fantastic, for me mostly because of the animations and explanations of the exercises. I'm still looking to figure out the best exercise set. I have a BowFlex PR1000 and an elliptical - both purchased for my son but now being repurposed for me. If anyone has any suggestions as to exercise combinations I should pursue, or if there are any folks here who can serve as a guide for me (not quite a personal trainer, but someone who can yell at me and tell me how to proceed. Wait, that's a personal trainer..) I'm more than willing to pay.
Thanks, and hope to continue to see everyone around.
Brian S.
I'm fat. Actually beyond fat, morbidly obese - currently 330 pounds, 5' 9". I started this year out with the resolution to lose weight and I have succeeded somewhat -- 14 to 18 pounds off depending on whether you're using my doctor's scale or mine. I firmly believe I would have lost more but a urethraplasty got in the way for about 4 months. I'm also a bipolar, depressed diabetic with LowT. (All intermixed - what caused what? Who cares!) I'm so out of shape that going up two flights of steps will leave me heaving for about eight minutes.
Before you ask all of my doctors (endocrinologist, psychiatrist, general practitioner) are in support of me pursuing an exercise regimen. My heart is healthy - exceptionally so for a man of my size, actually. My lungs are not but only prolonged work will fix them. (I quit smoking eleven years ago, but yes, I did smoke.)
My lifestyle is the primary issue. I'm a computer programmer and enjoy technology of all sorts. So I work on my ass all day and come home and sit on my ass to play games. Great, huh? I'm an introvert in person, extroverted online. But the introversion - and the paranoia of people laughing or snickering at me - keep me from pursuing an actual gym membership. (See above notes on mental health. ;))
I started really gaining weight (was ~240 lbs) about 6 years ago. This past month I was diagnosed with LowT and have started testosterone injections to help deal with the LowT. (Free floating levels were 168.) Now that I've been on them for about five weeks I've noticed I have a lot more energy and a desire to do something other than sit - so I decided to combine my love of technology with a desire to continue to lose weight and to energize my son into a competition. Right now he enjoys being able to beat up on me. Muahaha... soon he'll have to work out, or I'll be able to win our wrestling matches.
The Android app looked fantastic, for me mostly because of the animations and explanations of the exercises. I'm still looking to figure out the best exercise set. I have a BowFlex PR1000 and an elliptical - both purchased for my son but now being repurposed for me. If anyone has any suggestions as to exercise combinations I should pursue, or if there are any folks here who can serve as a guide for me (not quite a personal trainer, but someone who can yell at me and tell me how to proceed. Wait, that's a personal trainer..) I'm more than willing to pay.
Thanks, and hope to continue to see everyone around.
Brian S.