Four and a half months ago, for the first time in my life, I seriously committed myself to losing the weight that has been troubling me for years. When I started around the first of October, give or take a few days, I was 6'2" and weighed somewhere between 265-270 lbs. I didn't check to see exactly what I weighed back then. So I start massive amounts of working out. We're talking at least a couple hours a day, 4 times a week. Cardio for the most part, elliptical machines, bikes, anything that counted calories. I started eating salads every day, and taking stacker 3s. In the last month since spring semester started, I've upped it to 5 times a week. Today I weigh 214 lbs, however I still hope to get around 180-185 lbs by the time the semester ends in mid-May.
My problem is this: every week I start off strong with a big workout on monday, but then I've gotten tired, and I can't seem to do nearly as much any day the rest of the week. I'm afraid that if I slow down, the weight will start creeping back on me. A few people (friends and even strangers at the rec center) have commented on how I'm improving, even though I don't see a big difference in how I'm looking, despite having lost 50+ lbs. I still have fat on my lower abs, and thighs.
Here's my question: What do I need to change in order to get closer to, and eventually, under that 200lb mark? Is there a workout that I should do which is shorter and will continue to drop the weight, without me feeling burned out and bad about myself?
PS: sorry about the long message, but this is my first post after lurking around for a long time.
My problem is this: every week I start off strong with a big workout on monday, but then I've gotten tired, and I can't seem to do nearly as much any day the rest of the week. I'm afraid that if I slow down, the weight will start creeping back on me. A few people (friends and even strangers at the rec center) have commented on how I'm improving, even though I don't see a big difference in how I'm looking, despite having lost 50+ lbs. I still have fat on my lower abs, and thighs.
Here's my question: What do I need to change in order to get closer to, and eventually, under that 200lb mark? Is there a workout that I should do which is shorter and will continue to drop the weight, without me feeling burned out and bad about myself?
PS: sorry about the long message, but this is my first post after lurking around for a long time.