anonymousteen
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hello all
First let me say a couple of things. I am not in the typical demographic, I am a teenage boy. I hope that I am welcomed all the same. I realized I needed to do somthing like a diary to provide extra motivation. I hope for your support, as I will be supporting you guys too.
So heres my story.
Flashback to November 2005. People thought of myself as a typical high school boy, all the other guys like me, all the girls that I know think I'm nice, people must have thought everything was cool. In reality i guess I was begining to realize everything was not cool. I did not ask anyone to a dance that October because I was under the impression that "who would want to go with me." My confidence level about my self image was probably near zero. I was at 240 pounds, which even at 6-1 is alot. And this fat not muscle, I wasnt a stud athlete. Things were begining to change in my mind though. Constant borages of weight loss success stories in the media had me thinking, could I do it? Things came to a climax of sorts that november when I was essentially labeled a video game nerd in english class. That day I went home and put my ps2 in my closet and i have not seen it at my house since. Later that week at lunch a football player was talking about needing competition to get bigger for next year. I challenged him, only I would be getting smaller. All of my friends and a bunch of people heard about this contest and began placing bets. My weight loss journey was about to begin.
I started hot, as most people do. The first pounds are always the easiest to lose. I had plenty of motivation and a new found confidence. By Christmas I was at 225, much to the excitement of my relatives coming to visit. By February I was at 215 and through out that month I fluctuated between 209 and 215. Baseball started up and I began to cool off. I did not want to workout extra on my own because of practice, even though practice was easy. By the end of the school year I was back at 225.
So this is where I am today.
Since class got out I have gotten myself back to 220. I have I would say about 40% confidence in my body. Next year for me begins August 30, exactly 2 months from now. My mission is to get myself below the 200 mark for the first time in lord knows how long. I will be working out very hard and watching what I eat very closely. And that is where you guys come in. I plan on giving daily reports. I would greatly appreciate your support on this journey. Thank you very much.
First let me say a couple of things. I am not in the typical demographic, I am a teenage boy. I hope that I am welcomed all the same. I realized I needed to do somthing like a diary to provide extra motivation. I hope for your support, as I will be supporting you guys too.
So heres my story.
Flashback to November 2005. People thought of myself as a typical high school boy, all the other guys like me, all the girls that I know think I'm nice, people must have thought everything was cool. In reality i guess I was begining to realize everything was not cool. I did not ask anyone to a dance that October because I was under the impression that "who would want to go with me." My confidence level about my self image was probably near zero. I was at 240 pounds, which even at 6-1 is alot. And this fat not muscle, I wasnt a stud athlete. Things were begining to change in my mind though. Constant borages of weight loss success stories in the media had me thinking, could I do it? Things came to a climax of sorts that november when I was essentially labeled a video game nerd in english class. That day I went home and put my ps2 in my closet and i have not seen it at my house since. Later that week at lunch a football player was talking about needing competition to get bigger for next year. I challenged him, only I would be getting smaller. All of my friends and a bunch of people heard about this contest and began placing bets. My weight loss journey was about to begin.
I started hot, as most people do. The first pounds are always the easiest to lose. I had plenty of motivation and a new found confidence. By Christmas I was at 225, much to the excitement of my relatives coming to visit. By February I was at 215 and through out that month I fluctuated between 209 and 215. Baseball started up and I began to cool off. I did not want to workout extra on my own because of practice, even though practice was easy. By the end of the school year I was back at 225.
So this is where I am today.
Since class got out I have gotten myself back to 220. I have I would say about 40% confidence in my body. Next year for me begins August 30, exactly 2 months from now. My mission is to get myself below the 200 mark for the first time in lord knows how long. I will be working out very hard and watching what I eat very closely. And that is where you guys come in. I plan on giving daily reports. I would greatly appreciate your support on this journey. Thank you very much.
