Geovicsha's Diary - New Years Resolution.
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Geovicsha
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Hey everyone, how's it all going? It's amazing to think I'm once again entering my summer holidays for another 3 months. I plan to use the free time extensively and self improve my mind and get a part time job. Furthermore, I intend to finally join a gym and buff up. I currently weigh about 68kg. My diet isn't as strict as it once was, but I still try to get in exercise. I was actually afraid if I exercised too much that I'd lose more weight.
Geovicsha
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I hope some people read this, especially the friends I created during my peak here (Amy, Margaret, Kimberley and others I'm sure I'm forgetting!):
I've beginning to become increasingly nostalgic about my weight loss journey and how far of a person I have become since I did so. Hell, I'm 20 now and when I wrote those posts I was 18; it might not seem like a difference to some of you, but I have enormously grown as a person since then.
As I read my original posts and my initial goals, I feel a great sense of accomplishment and smile with glee as to what I have achieved. Conversely, I was highly naive to think the battle with self-esteem and low self-image was so straightforward that it was going cease by simply losing weight.
At the time I thought if I lose weight, I would be content with my image and a sudden magic-like rush of confidence and high self-worth would stay with me forever without further problems. The fact is this: the mindset I had developed throughout my childhood and onto my teenage years became so prominent that it was all I had known; it had become such an incredibly challenging task to rewire the way I think and feel about myself, and at times, it has been much more complex and harder than the actual loss of weight.
I've been able to maintain my weight since losing it, and I still weigh myself on average once a day (sometimes I skip a few days). I'm still not satisfied in some areas of my body as I'm flabby, but at the same time during the Summer Holidays I built some muscles in my legs, arms and shoulders (unfortunately, being a uni student I haven't had the money to join a gym here). As of today, I weight 67.5kg. Saying that, I'm becoming increasingly proud what I have accomplished, and I am adamant about eventually building muscle in the flabby areas and result in a more toned physique. I'm thinking of posting some shirtless photos of my flabby areas in the image folder to see what people suggest I do.
The past few weeks I've been self-therapising myself immensely and I haven't felt such a rush in confidence, self-esteem and little anxiety since my mother died; it's awesome.
I hope you are all still doing well and I'll try to be around on a more regular basis.
Here's some recent photos of yours truly: one is a hippy modeling shoot I did recently; another is attempt of my feral beard I did last month and the rest are random party nights!
I never thought a weight loss journey would be an ongoing thing, regardless of losing it in the first place.
All the best,
Shannon
I've beginning to become increasingly nostalgic about my weight loss journey and how far of a person I have become since I did so. Hell, I'm 20 now and when I wrote those posts I was 18; it might not seem like a difference to some of you, but I have enormously grown as a person since then.
As I read my original posts and my initial goals, I feel a great sense of accomplishment and smile with glee as to what I have achieved. Conversely, I was highly naive to think the battle with self-esteem and low self-image was so straightforward that it was going cease by simply losing weight.
At the time I thought if I lose weight, I would be content with my image and a sudden magic-like rush of confidence and high self-worth would stay with me forever without further problems. The fact is this: the mindset I had developed throughout my childhood and onto my teenage years became so prominent that it was all I had known; it had become such an incredibly challenging task to rewire the way I think and feel about myself, and at times, it has been much more complex and harder than the actual loss of weight.
I've been able to maintain my weight since losing it, and I still weigh myself on average once a day (sometimes I skip a few days). I'm still not satisfied in some areas of my body as I'm flabby, but at the same time during the Summer Holidays I built some muscles in my legs, arms and shoulders (unfortunately, being a uni student I haven't had the money to join a gym here). As of today, I weight 67.5kg. Saying that, I'm becoming increasingly proud what I have accomplished, and I am adamant about eventually building muscle in the flabby areas and result in a more toned physique. I'm thinking of posting some shirtless photos of my flabby areas in the image folder to see what people suggest I do.
The past few weeks I've been self-therapising myself immensely and I haven't felt such a rush in confidence, self-esteem and little anxiety since my mother died; it's awesome.
I hope you are all still doing well and I'll try to be around on a more regular basis.
Here's some recent photos of yours truly: one is a hippy modeling shoot I did recently; another is attempt of my feral beard I did last month and the rest are random party nights!
I never thought a weight loss journey would be an ongoing thing, regardless of losing it in the first place.
All the best,
Shannon
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Omega
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Wow Shannon - you are looking so good and grown up!!!!
Half your pictures show you with a pretty girl these days - it seems the young girls must think that you are looking good too!
It is hard to believe that you were that young lad that I chatted to so often.
I am pleased that maintenance is going well for you. I'll bet that you are still eating healthily and getting exercise done (we have our pedometers whatever the price of gym membership - and I seem to remember that you had a mobile phone that was a super pedometer too!!!!).
We are a product of all our experiences - and spending time a little on the chubby side is one of yours. Whilst you have changed your physical appearance quite dramatically - all those experiences remain to make up the person you all. The accomplishment of weight loss is another of your experiences. Successful maintenance - another.
I stayed away from the forum for quite a while too - but am kind of back now in a funny way. I have pretty much abandoned my diary - I dont get the time to keep that up never mind visit friend's diaries - but hang out pretty solely in the challenges section. I got so that I missed the challenges - and was doing the exercise and nutrition anyway.
I am at goal now too - so have to run my own challenges that give out points for not only weight loss - but maintenance if you are in maintenance - since everyone else was just giving points for weight loss!!!
Stay in touch and feel free to join in a challenge if you like.
Half your pictures show you with a pretty girl these days - it seems the young girls must think that you are looking good too!
It is hard to believe that you were that young lad that I chatted to so often.
I am pleased that maintenance is going well for you. I'll bet that you are still eating healthily and getting exercise done (we have our pedometers whatever the price of gym membership - and I seem to remember that you had a mobile phone that was a super pedometer too!!!!).
We are a product of all our experiences - and spending time a little on the chubby side is one of yours. Whilst you have changed your physical appearance quite dramatically - all those experiences remain to make up the person you all. The accomplishment of weight loss is another of your experiences. Successful maintenance - another.
I stayed away from the forum for quite a while too - but am kind of back now in a funny way. I have pretty much abandoned my diary - I dont get the time to keep that up never mind visit friend's diaries - but hang out pretty solely in the challenges section. I got so that I missed the challenges - and was doing the exercise and nutrition anyway.
I am at goal now too - so have to run my own challenges that give out points for not only weight loss - but maintenance if you are in maintenance - since everyone else was just giving points for weight loss!!!
Stay in touch and feel free to join in a challenge if you like.