Dietary Update: The last diet I tried crashed and burned. Apparently I don't have the discipline to follow a tolerable diet so I have adopted a much more extreme (but still healthy) one. When I was on the Atkins diet several years ago I stuck to it hardcore; I don't know why but I do much better staying on diets that are far more restrictive than ordinary ones.
This is day 2 - I find it hard to swallow this nasty shit that I must consume but I am motivated by the fact that this diet will almost definitely work if I stick to it. That already is a 1-up from everything else I have tried because my major problem with any self-improvement means is motivation. Usually I couldn't care less about what the scale says as long as I see the results in a mirror, however, because it takes so long to SEE results I usually end up giving up. This Particular diet will force me to care about the scale so I well be recording the numbers weekly.
As of today I weight 265lbs. My goal: 180, which I have not weighed since I was a freshman in High School. Even then I thought I was way too overweight but looking at pictures from the time reminds me that I was at the very least much better off then. I know, however, that since I wasn't even happy at that weight, I will not be content until I reach 160 which is what a man my height and build is healthily supposed to weigh. It will take time but I am fully committed to finally reaching my life long goal, which for the first time in my life, I actually believe I can achieve.
This is day 2 - I find it hard to swallow this nasty shit that I must consume but I am motivated by the fact that this diet will almost definitely work if I stick to it. That already is a 1-up from everything else I have tried because my major problem with any self-improvement means is motivation. Usually I couldn't care less about what the scale says as long as I see the results in a mirror, however, because it takes so long to SEE results I usually end up giving up. This Particular diet will force me to care about the scale so I well be recording the numbers weekly.
As of today I weight 265lbs. My goal: 180, which I have not weighed since I was a freshman in High School. Even then I thought I was way too overweight but looking at pictures from the time reminds me that I was at the very least much better off then. I know, however, that since I wasn't even happy at that weight, I will not be content until I reach 160 which is what a man my height and build is healthily supposed to weigh. It will take time but I am fully committed to finally reaching my life long goal, which for the first time in my life, I actually believe I can achieve.
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bringyouhell:
Good luck, hope this one works for you. I'm terrible with diets, I like sweets A LOT and getting to the gym is difficult with hubby working 12+ hours a day and us only having one car.
broken_tsuba:
Thanks, seems like a lot of people have trouble with sweets. My biggest problem is fast food. Taco Bell is my big weakness and is pretty much why I'm in the shape I am now. I'm already looking forward to a taco as my once weekly treat and that's several months away.