A call for support
No matter what anyone says, not one person can achieve things without support and encouragement from those near and dear to them. No one can do it by themself,no matter what the task may be. Look at Shawn Michaels, Mr. HBK and all he has accomplished, he couldn't of done it without his close friends, family, and god standing behind him the whole way. And no matter how I don't like to admit I need support, I do...
The date today is 2/7/2010 and starting on 2/8/2010 I'm going to start on a journey, I'm very serious about. To many of you, you'll just scoff and laugh it off, and that's your decision, but to those who want to be supportive and help, I thank you.
I've been chubby my whole life, and although I always say "I wish I was skinnier" I've decided to make some changes to my life, and first off is my weight. I'm not going on a 'diet', I'm making a lifestyle change for the better, and I'll be honest it's gonna be hard on me and my sister who is doing this along with me. See we've never been taught how to eat right and were taught even less about exercise our whole life, so this is all new to me.
Our first goal: to lose AT LEAST 10lbs by the date of 3/12/2010 (aka My Birthday). That gives us 34 days to lose 10lbs, roughly .3 of a pound a day at the minimum.
I'm doing this for many reasons, #1. To prove to myself that I can actually accomplish something. #2. To better myself and prove that I can do it. #3. To feel better about myself and maybe JUST maybe start building a bit of self esteem.
Here's the plan, starting 2/8/2010:
Food:
Cutting out Sodas, Sweets, Fast Food, Greasy Foods etc.
An increase in Vegetables, Fruit, and Chicken
We're gonna calorie count, and stick to our limit of calories
We're gonna eat small meals every 4-6 hours to keep up our metabolism
Workout:
We're gonna do 2 sessions of Cardio each session, one High interval and the other Low Intensity
We'll be lifting weights every session to gain muscle
Each muscle group with have one high intensity weight lifting session and one stamina session per week AT LEAST
I know this seems like a lot, but we're used to weight lifting due to our wrestling days, so that is honestly the easiest part out of all of this.
The hardest part I think will be the days we work on set. We'll be around tons of free food ALL DAY, so that will be the hardest. We bought some kickboxing equipment so we can still do some High intensity interval cardio on set, during our lunch. So at least we'll be able to work out some.
There are 3 things that scare me right now, hence the reason I'm asking all of you for continued support throughout this time. #1. I'm afraid of failing and feeling like a failure on my birthday. #2. I'm afraid this isn't gonna work, no matter what and not being able to achieve my goal, no matter how hard I try and finally #3. I'm just afraid of getting discouraged and just giving up.
I think about the good things that could happen with the weight loss, I'd feel better about myself, I might get more castings, I'd give my right leg to walk onto the set of 'Community' and hear someone say 'Have you lost weight?'.
I get discouraged easily folks, so that's where I need you all to come in on this. I'm gonna find a way to keep you all updated on the journey, and I need your support. Please help me stay motivated, I know one of you *cough*Jeff*cough* is more than willing to call me everyday and encourage me to go to the gym,and he knows I love him for that! All I'm asking for is some encouragement, help me stay motivated, leave me tips on weight loss, please help me in this journey...