And so it goes
By Labor Day of next year, I will be 180 lbs.
GASP! SHOCK! HORROR! Neil's talking about losing weight. For many of you who have been reading my LiveJournal since its inception (four years ago this month), I have brought up dieting quite often. Some diets have had moderate success, some failed. All have eventually ended unceremoniously.
I've known for years that I'll never be happy with my weight. I came to realization yesterday that if I don't do something about that now, I'll never change and I'll be unhappy about it for the rest of my life. Knowing how my mom went through the same things I am and hearing how my mom speaks now at 59 years old, I know this for a fact.
I've been hesitant to start an end-all, be-all diet routine since my last failure last summer. Even after declaring my dissatisfaction, I put it off for three months. And when I eventually did start, it lasted all of nine days. The blog is still online, my failure staring me in the face every time I go there.
People can tell me I'm fine until they're blue in the face, but I will never be satisfied with my weight until I've tried my hardest to change it. I know I've never really challenged myself, nor have I really tried.
I spent the entirety of today knowing that it would be my last day for me to gorge. I will be allowing myself to be bad one day a week, but with limited portions. Since it was Labor Day, what better time to gorge than at a BBQ. (Thanks Rooney!) I feel like crap now, but I guess that's the point anyway.
I don't want anybody telling me anything that will make me think twice about this. I'm set on making this happen and, for someone who often reconsiders their reasoning, I don't need to hear anything that will discourage me from completing this goal. I am going at it my own way and I am trying my own techniques. All I need from you guys is your encouragement.
It is a perfectly reasonable goal. It is one I can reach with a healthy lifestyle. I know, because my mom achieved the same goal when she was my age. But that's an entry for a later date.
This journal will remain what it is now: a general overview of my social life and career. I will be checking in every day on my new second online journal, 180by91 with the stats. I got a new scale today that measures weight and body fat %. I will take a photo a day for the hell of it, maybe for a one day future project like this. A new photo will be posted every week, showing my progress. There are other things I have planned around this that I'll reveal later.
I'm watching myself closely now. I hope you will, too. Friend 180by91. Tell your friends. I could use the support. Thanks, everyone.
GASP! SHOCK! HORROR! Neil's talking about losing weight. For many of you who have been reading my LiveJournal since its inception (four years ago this month), I have brought up dieting quite often. Some diets have had moderate success, some failed. All have eventually ended unceremoniously.
I've known for years that I'll never be happy with my weight. I came to realization yesterday that if I don't do something about that now, I'll never change and I'll be unhappy about it for the rest of my life. Knowing how my mom went through the same things I am and hearing how my mom speaks now at 59 years old, I know this for a fact.
I've been hesitant to start an end-all, be-all diet routine since my last failure last summer. Even after declaring my dissatisfaction, I put it off for three months. And when I eventually did start, it lasted all of nine days. The blog is still online, my failure staring me in the face every time I go there.
People can tell me I'm fine until they're blue in the face, but I will never be satisfied with my weight until I've tried my hardest to change it. I know I've never really challenged myself, nor have I really tried.
I spent the entirety of today knowing that it would be my last day for me to gorge. I will be allowing myself to be bad one day a week, but with limited portions. Since it was Labor Day, what better time to gorge than at a BBQ. (Thanks Rooney!) I feel like crap now, but I guess that's the point anyway.
I don't want anybody telling me anything that will make me think twice about this. I'm set on making this happen and, for someone who often reconsiders their reasoning, I don't need to hear anything that will discourage me from completing this goal. I am going at it my own way and I am trying my own techniques. All I need from you guys is your encouragement.
It is a perfectly reasonable goal. It is one I can reach with a healthy lifestyle. I know, because my mom achieved the same goal when she was my age. But that's an entry for a later date.
This journal will remain what it is now: a general overview of my social life and career. I will be checking in every day on my new second online journal, 180by91 with the stats. I got a new scale today that measures weight and body fat %. I will take a photo a day for the hell of it, maybe for a one day future project like this. A new photo will be posted every week, showing my progress. There are other things I have planned around this that I'll reveal later.
I'm watching myself closely now. I hope you will, too. Friend 180by91. Tell your friends. I could use the support. Thanks, everyone.