Good luck man. I'm 6'4" and had gotten down to 202lbs towards the first of last year. Unfortunately, I quit working out this past year and when we moved, we started eating out more. I've packed on 20lbs since then. However, tomorrow starts my workout/diet schedule again.

We got out workout room set back up - exercise bike, treadmill, and a total gym knockoff bench. I'm 45, and I know it's harder to lose weight as I've gotten older, but what I did a couple years ago really helped My plan is the following:
1. Start tracking calories again. Using an app helps to keep me motivated.
2. Swap out lunch with a banana and blueberry smoothie with almond milk. Easy low calorie lunch that gives ya energy.
3. DDP Yoga every day after work. If you haven't heard of DDP Yoga before, it's not really just flat out yoga. I highly recommend checking out videos of it online. It's cardio, strength, and core workouts. The ab workout is just 20 minutes, but holy crap - it'll kick your butt.
4. Cardio work each morning or during lunch (exercise bike) along with strength training on the bench. I can get that knocked out in less than an hour. Since I work from home, this makes it fairly convenient.
5. Weight myself every morning. This is a motivator for me as well - seeing weight come off on the scale is more noticeable than being able to see daily changes in the mirror.
6. I got a Fitbit Charge 5 for Christmas. Again, another motivator.

Good luck man, and let me know what you end up doing. As we get older, it's harder to stay in shape. Hoping to get back down to around 200lbs - so dropping 20lbs is a pretty realistic goal to go with.

I’m 5,9 and at my heaviest about. 215 pounds.  About six years ago I download an app called MyFitnessPal. A friend and I went in together and started working out and watching what we ate. 99% of weight loss is based on diet. You can exercise all you want but you’re not going to necessarily lose weight unless you consume less calories than you burn.

In three month time I went from 215 to about 190. Over the next six months I drop down to about 160.   I got to about 150 and it was just way too thin. Right now I’ve fluctuate between about 175 and 180 which is a good weight for me

But the app basically helps you manage your calories and keep track of things like your fat and carbohydrate content of those calories. Other than a week long vacation on a cruise ship where we didn’t have Internet I have entered in my caloric intake every day for about 3000 straight days. So if you’re serious, it is helped me lose a lot of weight and maintain it for about six years now. It’s now basically a part of my routine every day

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