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Well about 2.5 years ago, I went from about 250lb to 195 over the course of 8 months or so. I'm 5'10" so the difference was night and day. After the first month, I lifted just weights and that got me to shed it all. I stopped after a year and eventually went up to 215lb. But I looked exactly as at my lowest weight as I did not change what I ate. I was very lucky as I didn't exercise at all. My job at the office had me frequently away from my desk running around the building, so I got a modest amount of exercise and that helped.
In the last few months my job has gotten very stressful and not leaving my desk all day. Eating crap food. No exercise. Surprise, I packed quite a bit of weight on in the last 3 months. But whats perhaps worse, is that my lb weight on the scale hasn't changed one ounce. So my muscles have atrophied and I lost most (all?) muscle I built up. I can literally feel the new fat in my arms and legs when I do little things, so depressing. I don't look as fat as when I started, but can see myself sliding back in that direction.
So, after the novel above how do you suggest getting back into the game? I just went back to the gym for 2 days in a row. Baby steps. I'm doing treadmill first for about 25 minutes and then 25minutes or so of weights. I don't have the mental energy right now to line up the diet part. I'm just going to eat mostly Cottage Cheese for the next week or two (high protein, low carb and low cal).
My main worry, is how can I burn the fat on top of the atrophied muscles? When I build up the muscles, I think I will actually start to look fatter, as the fat will sit on top of the growing muscles.
Thoughts? Thanks for reading the novel!
In the last few months my job has gotten very stressful and not leaving my desk all day. Eating crap food. No exercise. Surprise, I packed quite a bit of weight on in the last 3 months. But whats perhaps worse, is that my lb weight on the scale hasn't changed one ounce. So my muscles have atrophied and I lost most (all?) muscle I built up. I can literally feel the new fat in my arms and legs when I do little things, so depressing. I don't look as fat as when I started, but can see myself sliding back in that direction.
So, after the novel above how do you suggest getting back into the game? I just went back to the gym for 2 days in a row. Baby steps. I'm doing treadmill first for about 25 minutes and then 25minutes or so of weights. I don't have the mental energy right now to line up the diet part. I'm just going to eat mostly Cottage Cheese for the next week or two (high protein, low carb and low cal).
My main worry, is how can I burn the fat on top of the atrophied muscles? When I build up the muscles, I think I will actually start to look fatter, as the fat will sit on top of the growing muscles.
Thoughts? Thanks for reading the novel!
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