More than a Diet - Challenges

Big-John

Big-John

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Hi All,

I'm just curious if there is anyone else out there that are treating their weightloss plan with anything else. I guess more like a Challenge / Combating fears. For example...

Somewhere in my weightloss plan I'm looking to hold a big spider. Possibly a Tarantula that's big and hairy. I have a major case of Arachnaphobia and I think in facing my fear of my weight problem I can combine this and combat my fear of spiders.

Also I have a fear of height's and a twin skydive would be great but I'm probably going to have to loose most of my weight before that's even going to get thought of anymore.

Is anyone else planning on anything like this, It would be nice to hear your ideas and if you have completed your own personal challenge.
 
Hey John. I have something.

I have a fear of needles and for this reason haven't got any piercings except for on my ears (done with a gun). However I love the look of belly bars, and always thought that if I could slim down enough to have a tummy I'd show off, I'd love to have it done. So in the back of my mind I keep thinking that if I manage to get down to a weight I'm really happy with, I might try to go for it. Then that would sort of be the cherry on the cake for me! But that decision is a long way off yet I think!
 
Ihave more fears than pfizer makes little blue erection pills..

But my biggest fear is visibility.. I've talked about this elsewhere -when I was almost 400lbs -i was basically invisible-the fat chick in the room that could be ignored.. and the fat chick that no one had expectations of... so it didn't matter if she fell on her face when she was presenting to customers...

In trying to overcome this fear of visibility -i've done things iwouldn't have ever done inthe past -like joined a gym and workout in public (yes, people notice the fat chick at the gym and will sometimes comment but i really don't care -i'm there for me -not anyone else) I just recently joined a learn to run class -that while i am probably the worst person inthe class-i care but it'snot goig to stop me from trying to do it.. rathe than sit on my ass and whine about it)

I'm actively trying to change me and making it ok to be visible -and doign that by making myself visible.. and getting out and doign things.
 
For me a lot of it is about wanting to become as strong and healthy as I possibly can be before I enter my forties. (I'm mid thirties now). I just want to feel stronger and more capable of handling all the challenges that lie ahead, and also be in such good health that whatever health problems are in my future will be easier to overcome.

I'm about halfway to goal, but I think I've already accomplished this to some degree. Along with the physical progress I've made so far, mentally I'm starting to feel more confident and more capable of handling stressful problems better.
 
Queeny-

Although I do not have anything against belly bar buttons, I just havent seen mine in err.. a very long time :).

Mal-

I know I'm not as big as you have been, but I think there are a lot of people in these forums that know that feeling. There's a certain point in someone's life where you just click and don't care what people think of you. I'm absolutely amazed that have lost so much, you are an inspiration to us all.

jadeazurite-

You'll find that your confidence grows a lot more when you get to your ideal weight. Any new people that you meet respond in a totally diiferent way.
 
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