Diets are for people who are thick and tired of it all.

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Great.Marduk

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Hello,
My name is Garrett, I am 28 Years old. As of Yesterday I was 6 foot tall, I will check again next week to make sure that hasn't changed. I started my weight loss about 5 weeks ago, and im right at 10lbs down, so im at my goal of 2lbs a week still. My starting weight was 250lbs and my goal weight is 170lbs, so a loss of 80lbs over the next 10 or so months. I have been updating about this on my youtube page

Youtube has helped me get started and keep me going out of fear of disappointing people for not posting something weekly. but I have taken a look at my goals last week and one of the biggest things i have noticed is my fears of silly things i need to get over. One of the biggest, being having dyslexic i have a fear of talking on the internet. so I joined this forum and will do my best to fight my fear and be a good member. If you see mistakes in my spelling, in my grammar, or punctuation its more then ok to tell me. I loved the internet as a kid because for years no one cared, but for some reason the big parts of the internet became English teachers and love to point it out.... .... ok that went off topic fast

-- How much weight do you want to lose?
80lbs

-- What is the timeframe for reaching your target weight?
10 Months, that will give me 2 lbs a week.

-- How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)?
as of right now I am counting my calories, and run/walk. One of my other big goals is to get my 5k run time down, my frist 5k was right at 40mins

-- Who or what can support you in reaching your goal?
I am using Youtube and Forum support, and my own drive to not disappoint my loved ones.

-- How realistic is your goal?
I see all the goals I have set for myself as realistic, Don't you? or am I over looking something?

-- When will you start?
I have already started! I have been going strong for the past 5 week.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, I will keep it updated as time goes.
Thanks,
Garrett
 
I started this on a Saturday, but I think I will be more likely to update on Mondays so I am switching it up...

I have been tracking everything for the past month and the only thing I think that i find odd is that my Potassium is really low. Stuff like MyFitnesPal say I should be getting 3500g of Potassium, Yet I don't think I have broke a 1000 any day. So that is one goal for this week is to figure out how to get some Potassium in me and stick with it. Is this a common Problem? starting out and finding your missing a big part of your diet? or is this kinda new? Tell you the true I had to google what it was and figure out why its bad I am missing it. Know of any good Potassium high meals?

My biggest goal for this week is to find some good snacks or meal ideas that can help me fill in this gap in my diet. any ideas would i would be very grateful.

Thanks,
Gerrett
 
Hello,
I feel like I am on the right track, made it past the USA turkey day without gaining any weight. I am at a total loss of 12 pounds so I am happy with that. The track for 20lbs by the new year is doing well.

So with all this good news, why do i feel blah... ... I have no idea what is wrong with me just don't feel that happy about it or even motivated to keep going... have a lost will power after just 6weeks? That can't be it... Maybe its just the Monday blues after such a long nice weekend... I hope... do Sunday/Monday blues hit you? its been a good weekend guess I am just sad to see it end... but still watching my calories and still drinking that water so maybe tomorrow things will feel and looks different... I am sure they will... I know they will
 
Good job not gaining over Thanksgiving! And 12 lbs so far is great :)

As for feeling blah, I have no wisdom for you, sorry. Perhaps you have lost your will power, perhaps your subconscious doesn't think you can do it and is afraid of failure so you are wanting to give up rather than fail (I think that was my issue for a long time, still kinda is), or maybe it was just because the weekend was over. I hope you are feeling better and more motivated today!
 
Thank you! yeah motivation is hard... I have been feeling better and working much harder, I think it was just a Monday kind of day! did much better this week. How have you gotten over that fear? I don't think I have a fear of failure I think its will power. some days its just nice to stay in, relax and not worry about what i eat and what i do!...

Thank you!
 
I don't think I'm fully over it. I don't think I will get over that fear of failure until I succeed to my standards at this weight loss thing. Glad you had a better week after that Monday :)
 
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