- male
- 182cm (6'0”)
- 44 years old
- no training experience
- vegan
- significant recent weight loss
- Thailand
2013: 130kg
2014: 119kg
April 2018: 119kg
September 2018: 102kg
Completely sedentary until age 39 and 130kg. Retired and moved to another country, dropped to 119kg in first year due to improved diet and some gardening. Stuck at that weight for 4 years because beer.
5 months ago I decided out of the blue to try eating vegan and remove all alcohol/refined sugar/oil/animal products from my diet.
Since April, I have dropped to 102kg eating a minimum of 2,500 calories per day and sometimes significantly more. As I start training I will aim for a consistent 3,000 calories per day and see how I go from there.
As I started dropping weight 5 months ago, I did 2 months of joint mobility work (e.g. learning to sit on the floor again, leaning on a fridge to get down into squat position), then 1 month of 10kg (22lb) dumbell presses and body-weight squats. For the last 2 months I have been doing kettlebell squats and kettlebell swings @ 16kg (35lbs) - 90 reps each every 2nd day and kept up the dumbell presses at similar volume.
My self-prescribed obesity rehab is near complete, looking forward to getting under the bar.
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