i'm a 29yo white male. over the past three years, my metabolism went off a cliff. i used to be known as a skinny guy at like 150lbs, but now i'm at 198lbs. this brings my BMI to 28.4.. it's spiked to even larger numbers a few times, but mostly stays there. i don't want to be super ripped or toned. i just want to be back to at least 160lbs.
i have NEVER been athletic and i'm not interested in sports or weightlifting. i was always the last kid picked in gym class because people knew i just didn't even want to be there. i'm into technology and hardware. i am extremely uncoordinated and my clumsiness has caused me to break a few bones doing multiple types of physical activity. to add on to all of this: i work the night shift at my job from midnight to 8am. i smoke weed daily to keep away anxiety and overall depression from my shit life and physical shape. i've been on (((antidepressants))) and SSRIs too, but they just zap my brain and cause even more weight.
this year, my wife and i signed up for local YMCA to try and do something about it. i have zero interest in becoming a chad - nothing about gym culture appeals to me at all. i did some light research on here; most of it was DUDE JUST LIFT HERE'S THE REPS AND SETS U NEED TO DO but i personally have no interest in hurting myself when i have virtually zero muscle mass and zero experience in any sort of chad shit. i tried researching how to eat better, but there's a trillion diet fads and it seems most of them are meant for women.
so i ended up going to the YMCA for the whole month of september, three times a week, two hours a day. my routine was this:
>"power walked" for 2 miles in 30 minutes >did 15x5 movements or reps or whatever on four different machines: rowing machine, sit up machine, another machine where i twisted my torso left and right, another one where i'm pulling weights down in front of my shoulders.
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Henry Cook
on each of these machines i'd be using the smallest weight at 30kg and my weakling fucking body would still start trembling at the end of the workout. then i'd finish, feel super tired and maybe a tiny bit better, then go home.
i did this for a month. i meticulously made sure the routine was the same each week.
i got zero results i was happy with. not even one or two pounds that i could be proud of shedding, because the scale would jump or go down a pound each time i weighed myself. i am still around 200lbs and the gym didn't nothing for me. it didn't make me feel better and it was still an annoying, unfun chore surrounded by judgmental assholes and old people.
my wife is upset and being passive aggressive because i want to cancel my membership. i'm probably not going to because she loves going and it's good for our kids to be active, but i foresee this whole situation becoming even more shitty for me because it's a chore that doesn't have any results that i'm happy with.
what do i do, Veeky Forums? just fucking kill myself? i've thought about it, but i'm too much of a pussy to do that too.
Luke Carter
>i have NEVER been athletic and i'm not interested in sports or weightlifting
I'm sorry but you sound like a fucking faggot.
Do SS+GOMAD. I don't care what you think you want.
Ethan Green
Just read the fucking sticky for fucks sake.
Daniel Richardson
i did and none of it was helpful or motivating. i’m shitposting my feelings here to see if i went wrong somewhere, but i’m expecting mostly chad feedback anyway. i’m not even sure why i bothered typing this out man
William Adams
Really sorry but you sound like a huge faggot
Brayden Martinez
>chad feedback No, this is what normal people do. Just fucking start lifting. I have never met someone who lifted for longer than 3 months that hates it.
Isaac Rodriguez
yeah i am man. i’ll probably just fucking kill myself, i’m of no use to anybody
Ryder Jackson
Woah there horsey. You're right, but that's no reason to quit. You know who are quitters? Nigger. That's who. Are you a man or a nigger?
SS+GOMAD NOW
Lucas Cox
???
friendo wtf you sound sad
start just by counting your calories eat less than 10-12 x your bodyweight in lbs eat food from the edge of the grocery store eat 0.7 x your body weight in lbs grams of protein stop drinking/using drugs get 8 hours sleep each night
do this for a few weeks and you'll start feeling better and eventually you'll be able to workout with more success
