Requiem79
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DAY ONE Woohoo!
Ok so a few have suggested I start one of these. I have browsed a few others and I think this could be a really good way to motivate me to stay on my target.
Here is a brief background on me.
My Name is Travis, I am 28 and live in downtown Seattle. I love this city! I recently had a birthday and it was this day that I was struck with some serious depression about my body and life. It was more that I was tired. Tired of being lazy, Tired of being the biggest person in the group. Tired of people not giving me a chance. First thing was first. I will admit it I was addicted to my computer. I hid in a virtual world not going out and having fun. And at the same time getting bigger and bigger. I put an end to that right away.
I have always been a big guy. In high school I played center for the basketball team. I was the second tallest on the team we had one guy who was 7'0". I was a mere 6'7". Still I usually am the tallest person in the room. which makes me easy to find HA-HA.
Anyway on my birthday I weighed myself, I had been feeling like I was getting rather heavy. Sure enough I was shocked I tipped in at 320 lbs. The heaviest I have ever been. That was it! It was time for a change. Right then and there I decided I was going to change. I have started running everyday, at first it has been hard, running mixed with walking. but it has been almost 3 weeks now, 3 weeks this Friday, and I am able to run much much more and really limit the walking.
I have also reduced what I have been eating as well as change some of what I have been eating. And so far I think the results have been very good.
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The above was from my first journal almost a year ago. I am more so angry at myself a year later more than really anything else. For half the year I did really well. Consistently losing week to week. Some weeks better than others of course but the trend was down and that made me happy. I remember around October of last year I was out with some friends and one of things people were talking bout was how different I was starting to look. I had lost at that time over 20 pounds.
To say I don't know what happened would be a lie. I got lazy, work got tough and things slipped. They slipped big time. I also ran into some issues when I purchased my condo, I had to cut expenses and one of the things I cut was my trainer who was working with me twice a week.
Anyway enough of a downer post. The happy news is I am going to give this a go again. I really loved the support I found here when I was actively posting and working my butt off. I would love to find that same support again and hopefully this time I will stick with it. Perhaps hopefully isn't the right word. If I tell myself ill stick with it I will stick with it!
I have resources that I can use. I mean my current girlfriend is a all-star at weight watchers. Using their system she has lost nearly 100 pounds and is a inspiration to many many people. But overall no one will fix me but me so here we go.
Same goals in mind, I want to get to 210ish. I am going to set a goal of 50lbs by the end of march. That is 7 months to lose it. That's doable and works out to be just over 7 pounds a month. I can do that!
I apologize to those who posted support to me on my old diary when I vanished. That was completely rude of me and I hope you accept my apology.
I will take my first weigh in tonight and post it later. Hope everyone has a great friday!
Ok so a few have suggested I start one of these. I have browsed a few others and I think this could be a really good way to motivate me to stay on my target.
Here is a brief background on me.
My Name is Travis, I am 28 and live in downtown Seattle. I love this city! I recently had a birthday and it was this day that I was struck with some serious depression about my body and life. It was more that I was tired. Tired of being lazy, Tired of being the biggest person in the group. Tired of people not giving me a chance. First thing was first. I will admit it I was addicted to my computer. I hid in a virtual world not going out and having fun. And at the same time getting bigger and bigger. I put an end to that right away.
I have always been a big guy. In high school I played center for the basketball team. I was the second tallest on the team we had one guy who was 7'0". I was a mere 6'7". Still I usually am the tallest person in the room. which makes me easy to find HA-HA.
Anyway on my birthday I weighed myself, I had been feeling like I was getting rather heavy. Sure enough I was shocked I tipped in at 320 lbs. The heaviest I have ever been. That was it! It was time for a change. Right then and there I decided I was going to change. I have started running everyday, at first it has been hard, running mixed with walking. but it has been almost 3 weeks now, 3 weeks this Friday, and I am able to run much much more and really limit the walking.
I have also reduced what I have been eating as well as change some of what I have been eating. And so far I think the results have been very good.
*********************************************************
The above was from my first journal almost a year ago. I am more so angry at myself a year later more than really anything else. For half the year I did really well. Consistently losing week to week. Some weeks better than others of course but the trend was down and that made me happy. I remember around October of last year I was out with some friends and one of things people were talking bout was how different I was starting to look. I had lost at that time over 20 pounds.
To say I don't know what happened would be a lie. I got lazy, work got tough and things slipped. They slipped big time. I also ran into some issues when I purchased my condo, I had to cut expenses and one of the things I cut was my trainer who was working with me twice a week.
Anyway enough of a downer post. The happy news is I am going to give this a go again. I really loved the support I found here when I was actively posting and working my butt off. I would love to find that same support again and hopefully this time I will stick with it. Perhaps hopefully isn't the right word. If I tell myself ill stick with it I will stick with it!
I have resources that I can use. I mean my current girlfriend is a all-star at weight watchers. Using their system she has lost nearly 100 pounds and is a inspiration to many many people. But overall no one will fix me but me so here we go.
Same goals in mind, I want to get to 210ish. I am going to set a goal of 50lbs by the end of march. That is 7 months to lose it. That's doable and works out to be just over 7 pounds a month. I can do that!
I apologize to those who posted support to me on my old diary when I vanished. That was completely rude of me and I hope you accept my apology.
I will take my first weigh in tonight and post it later. Hope everyone has a great friday!
its been a few days since you've posted, so don't go dissapearing again! I'm here for ya buddy, so get your butt on here, let us know whats happenin