by Geezer » Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:54 pm
Well, seems that your dream is twofold. One day would like to surf, and you want to lose weight/get in shape. While I applaud both, it saddens me that you’ve been sitting on the dream for a decade and haven’t gotten any closer to it.. first things first is losing weight and getting in shape; the challenges associated with surfing are difficult enough for adult beginners with a degree of physical fitness. Your weight and fitness level should be your first focus in pursuing this dream.
Losing weight and getting in shape is an easy. Piggy you are the harder it is. If you were fit when you were younger, and then got bigger, is one thing; if you’ve always been Vegas, something different again. I don’t know you or your story., but I can speak on generalities of losing weight, and getting in shape as I have gone through periods of my life, where I bloomed up, and I managed to lose the weight again. I managed to swell up to 124kg at one point from my usual 90-92kg as a result of injury. To complicate things I had to have a surgery and then struggle through the rehab while carrying that weight. It took about a year to gain the weight and a little more than a year to lose it again. That is the kind of timeframe that you need to be looking at.
Is it 10 information on the Internet that relates to weight loss and getting in shape. I think you should focus on the weight loss part first and then build into the getting in shape part. Is it to do go hand-in-hand. Weight loss, pretty much begins and ends in the kitchen.. your body burns a certain amount of calories every day, regardless of what you do, although a guideline of at least 10,000 steps, a day is a good one for breaking the seal on physical activity. But what it all comes down to is taking in less calories than what you burn every day, what is now commonly referred to as being in a calorie deficit . What works well for me and say I’ve seen work for other people is intermittent fasting, high protein, keto type diet, and most importantly, the total elimination of processed foods, sugar in and near complete elimination of rice, bread, potatoes and anything that touches a deep fryer. Last thing, soft drinks and alcohol bith have to go forever and completely.
Lose weight, you really have to want it to the point that it becomes an obsession. I would guesstimate for your size, a realistic timeframe would be a year to achieve targeted weight. The changes in your diet need to be integrated and become a lifestyle for you if you intend to keep the weight off after losing it.
Good luck to you on this journey, and I hope it comes true for you that is not gonna happen without a lot of blood, sweat and tears, but I do hope your knuckle down and go for it as your life will dramatically change with the increased mobility and vitality. Did the weight loss and fitness improvements will bring.
Feel free to ask me any questions and I’ll try to help in anyway I can