I'm not requesting help, but I guess I just need to vent. In the past years I've gained a "beer belly" which is bothering me to the brink where I consciously tighten my belly when I'm out and about walking to hide it. Low self-esteem too, which makes it hard for me to sign up at my local gym cause I feel like everybody's looking at me cause I'm ugly. That said, I've had memberships before and actually had a pleasant experience there with a coach and all. Nobody were rude to me, people were minding their own, and worst case was an and old lady who shook her head at me cause I used their equipment wrongly but she corrected me, and it was actually funny in hindsight.
I'm thinking of getting back into it, but to make a lifestyle change for myself. I want this for myself, not for anyone else. To do it for a healthier body, better stamina and a flat belly, and then I can eventually work on my muscles, toning and mass. My blood pressure have started to be a little too high, I have very low stamina and quickly loses my breath. I've been told I'm a little overweight by my doctor. I've also been told a big part of getting rid of said beer belly - which would be my first goal, before starting on gaining abs, muscles and mass - is to cardio and diet.
My diet has consisted of beer and soda for the last years but I've gotten rid of those recently so that's a start. Now my diet consist of cooked rice and chicken breast and the occasional frozen pizza, and this ain't healthy. I don't know what to replace the rye bread with, other than fruits and vegetables.
I can't sign up for a gym-membership, let alone a coach, until around November of this year. I have strength training shoes (brand new condition), a food scale and a drinking bottle (just need protein powder) already, so that's a start. And I don't really know what I'm trying to say or want from participating in the thread. I guess I just needed it all out there to reflect, and actually start minding my diet. I'll read
post #2 of the OP first thing in the morning.
Calories
How do I calculate all then?
There are numerous complicated calculations out there, but really no one needs to manually calculate anything when there are sites that calculates everything for you:
http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
Input height, weight, age, gender, and (optional, but helpful) bodyfat percentage (BF%) and/or waist. The calculator will give you both the BMR, TDEE, as well as an estimation of your muscle/fat mass.
Btw, this website does not seem to work anymore? It seems to redirect to all kinds of other websites. Or is
this (noom) the calculator? I tried it out but it ends up asking for my email for the results so I noped out.
