[WilkesDey]

Well no kidding I am overweight or I wouldn't be here, right?

I guess this is my story, I have always been a bit on the bigger side but in my early years through high school it played to my advantage. See I played football all the way through grade school and high school to I was a bigger guy 6' 1'' 275 lb but I was in shape for that size. College however changed that my life became more slowed down and that freshman 15 kicked in all 4 years. How do I know that because I just hopped on the scale today and weighed in at a massive 351! Boy that didn't make me happy at all because I knew I had gotten big but that was a scary almost comic number.

I weighed in because I started working out again today and I wanted to see where I was and get the kick in the fat pants I needed to get smaller. My goal is probably to weigh around 220 I think with my body type and build I would be a handsome man again at 220.

And it isn't like I am not decently active I walk a lot of places especially at work. I work at a zoo currently and we have to walk 1/4 mile to and from where we park everyday and that is before I start running all over the zoo all day. So on average I walk 1.5-2 miles 5 days a week, I just have the worst metabolism known to man......well maybe not but it's bad. So for now I am doing Cardio to get back into running/jogging/swiftly waddling pace. I am not going to hit the weights just yet because I am always lifting heavy things around work and at home, so I know I have good muscle tone and ability it is just covered up right now. Like I always said "I just love my 6 pack so much I had to cover it in a protective layer!"

Anyway I am rambling but that's me!

[ChickieChicks]

Hi Matt! (waves emphatically!)

Welcome!

[WilkesDey]

Hey Chickie. Thanks for the wave

[ilidawn]

Hi Matt! Welcome to the site and your journey of weight loss! That's so awesome you work at a zoo. Its frustrating though working a physical job yet its not enough to lose weight but hopefully you'll find great tips and inspiration here. Best of luck!

[TeslaGirl]

Hi Matt ( :

I'm kinda new here too, so we'll be newbies together.
You're making a good first step! Just remember...no matter what you do, as long as you're out doing something, that's heck of a lot better than sitting around doing nothing!
Always stay positive!!!

Plus, I'm pretty jealous you work at a zoo. I wanna work at a zoo ):

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Have a good day, man! And see ya around, I'm sure (:

[WilkesDey]

Thank you ladies! I mostly just want to look good you all! But seriously working at the zoo is pretty awesome!

[ChickieChicks]

Hey...p.s....the Cincinnati zoo rocks! I grew up in Toledo. :-)

[Emmy72389]

Hiya! Welcome, I'm a newbie too!

[WilkesDey]

Originally Posted by ChickieChicks

Hey...p.s....the Cincinnati zoo rocks! I grew up in Toledo. :-)

That's funny because I just graduated from the University of Toledo....actually was there yesterday because I had to finish packing up my apartment.

[ChickieChicks]

I went to Miami University and finished up at University of Toledo. Then my hubby whisked me off all over the country as a Navy spouse. ;-)

[WilkesDey]

YUCK..Miami.

[Domlacha]

Matt!

[BillBlueEyes]

Welcome Matt - It's always nice to have another man on 3 Fat Chicks.

Look around and you'll find a bunch of active forums that you might find yourself comfortable with. Be sure to check out http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/20-somethings-56/ for folks recently out of school,

and http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/mens-corner-237/ where guys sometimes go.

Do you have an eating plan yet?

[CarryOnLosing]

Originally Posted by WilkesDey

Like I always said "I just love my 6 pack so much I had to cover it in a protective layer!"

Hahaha! I'm stealing that

[Borgie]

Another guy! Good luck matt. It can be done!!!