I did this same technique myself starting about a year before my wedding. I lost a lot of weight and became a lot stronger and it was pretty awesome. I didn't pay for a gym, but got some weights and a bench at home and did things that way.
Several years and one kid later, I'm back to being fat. Somewhere along the line the calorie counting became less disciplined and then faded away entirely - I don't even know when or why that happened. It just did. The weight lifting time got shorter and shorter to make room for other aspects of life and schedule changes, etc. And eventually, it was gone too. So now I'm back where I started.
I can't recommend this book highly enough: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1583870067. Get an exercise ball (duraball is the best) and you can do a ton of work outs from your house. The dieting recommendations in the book are a bit out-dated but it's really a great book.
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I did this same technique myself starting about a year before my wedding. I lost a lot of weight and became a lot stronger and it was pretty awesome. I didn't pay for a gym, but got some weights and a bench at home and did things that way.
Several years and one kid later, I'm back to being fat. Somewhere along the line the calorie counting became less disciplined and then faded away entirely - I don't even know when or why that happened. It just did. The weight lifting time got shorter and shorter to make room for other aspects of life and schedule changes, etc. And eventually, it was gone too. So now I'm back where I started.
Sigh.
I can't recommend this book highly enough: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1583870067. Get an exercise ball (duraball is the best) and you can do a ton of work outs from your house. The dieting recommendations in the book are a bit out-dated but it's really a great book.