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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agamon" data-source="post: 3775755" data-attributes="member: 184">My old job required me to be (and kept me) in decent shape.  Now my desk job has caused to balloon out to my university weight.  This sucks, as I like to do active things with my friends, by my brutal endurance makes such things less than fun.Where I am: Out of shape, that's for sure.  5'11", 235 lbs.  However, I was at 250+ a couple months ago, so things are starting to take shape.Exercise: This is the main reason for my weight loss so far.  An hour every M/T/W/F (and often one of the weekend days) of exercise, half weight/ab training, half cardio (aka jogging).  I'm lucky enough to work at an office with a tricked out exercise room that no one else uses, as a well as a warehouse that makes for an excellent jogging track.  So I don't need to go anywhere after work to 'hit the gym'.The weight training is the easy part.  Like I mentioned, my last job was quite physical, including a lot of heavy lifting.  The muscle was still there, I just had to tone it up again.  The cardio has been killer up to now, though.  However, I just today crossed the barrier that was making me stop for breathers during my jog.  A very satisfying feeling that was, I'l tell ya!Diet: My nemesis.  It's the friggin' potato chips.  I eat fairly well, grains, fruit, lots of tuna, rice, chicken, veggies, diet soda and water.  But I still eat the odd pizza, hamburger, and while I have no sweet tooth to speak of, I'm weak for those damned greasy chips.I think the difference is, I'm willing to do things as long as I enjoy it.  And I enjoy the exercise, the way it makes me feel when I'm done.  Like Eric says, the iPod is a godsend for when the workout gets dull.  And I don't mind eating 'well', sometimes, but I tried to the whole 'good for me, and nothing but' diet, and that didn't sit well with me.  So I doubt I'll get all slim and trim eating 2-4 bags of chips per week, but slim and trim isn't really my goal.Goals: I don't care how much I weigh.  Even how I look is less important than how I feel.  As long as I'm comfortable being able to play ultimate frisbee, floor hockey, or go for hike in the mountains, and have fun instead of get frustrated and played out, I'm happy.</blockquote>

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