No one will compete with me. I am left with no incentive except for my own personal pride. “Pride” that is something that should mean something to people. I need it to mean something for me again. I want to lose my tummy. I want to reach a certain weight. A couple of days ago, I created my weight goal. I want to lose 17 pounds by my birthday.
Some people think that my birthday this year is a big one. I think it is just a number. But I can give the birthday more significance if I can tie my weight goal to it. I also created other little goals along the way. Here is how it breaks down:
May 31st: – 4 pounds
June 30th: – 5 more pounds
July 31st: – 3 more pounds
August 20: – 3 more pounds
September 11th: – 2 more pounds
That is the breakdown I have created. The first couple of months will be the toughest ones. I need to hit the gym more to get this done. I don’t have any built in punishments or rewards if I meet or miss these sub-goals. I am once again open to suggestions.
#38 “101 Things to do before you die” See these animals in the wild…
– Elephant: I need to go to Africa to achieve some of this. I don’t really want to go to Africa.
– Hippo: Same
– Rhino: Why couldn’t more of these animals be more local?
– Kangaroo: Speaking of not local.
– Manatee: This one is just fun to say.
What about Bob? 
April 28, 2010 at 9:12 am |
remember when Boston went to Australia and took photos of kangaroos. That one kangaroo had huge balls.
Hahaha! Wigsf is gay for kangaroos.
April 28, 2010 at 10:09 am |
Hi there!
I think you can do it, you sound so determinated to do so. Just put your mind into it and you’ll lose those pounds. Meanwhile, I gotta gain weight..
April 28, 2010 at 10:18 am |
Why do you have to gain weight?
April 28, 2010 at 12:21 pm |
Making weight loss a competition might just be unhealthy; I think you’re on the right track now.
I think rewards and punishments for things like this are tricky. You want to lose the weight sure, but you also want to keep it off, right? So no food-related rewards can be used. I think you can treat yourself to something you want but is a little more expensive than you’d normally go for yourself. Do you have something you’ve wanted but have held off on for a while? Use that as incentive.
Good luck! 17 pounds … it’s very achievable. 🙂
April 28, 2010 at 3:42 pm |
Last night I bought some donuts for my drive home. As I was sitting there all slack-jawed with my eyes rolled up in my head shoving donuts in my mouth, my jaw popped out and now it hurts to eat. In a few days it will pop back into place, but for now my body may have put me on a diet.
April 29, 2010 at 8:01 am |
“all slack-jawed with my eyes rolled up in my head shoving donuts in my mouth”
Is it wrong to be turned on by that?
April 29, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Whatever gets you through the night. 🙂
April 28, 2010 at 3:46 pm |
i need that to happen to my jaw. I had tidbits today (mini donuts… sortof).
April 29, 2010 at 4:16 pm |
That’s a very achievable goal, and I like how you broke it down into smaller steps. You can reward yourself for each little goal achieved along the way – get the CD you wanted, or DVD, go to the movies – I don’t know, something you usually hold back on for one reason or another. And we’ll be here cheering you on along the way. 🙂
So, your birthday and WIGSF’s are only like a month apart?
You can see manatees in Florida. 🙂
April 29, 2010 at 7:05 pm |
if is this weight goal doesn’t work, Bob will still see a manatee every time he gets out of the shower and glimpses himself in the mirror.
April 29, 2010 at 8:33 pm |
I’m so glad I read this! I was going through something similar a couple of years ago (just being generally out of shape and feeling sick for it), so I came up with a system that proved very useful to me, one I plan to adopt again this summer when the weather is warmer and I won’t have to worry about school.
Here’s a blog post I wrote that talks about it in detail: http://thebrightestboy.blogspot.com/2008/08/bb-diet-and-exercise-regimen.html
April 29, 2010 at 10:45 pm |
Thanks for the inspirational story! I don’t know if I could eat as healthy as you. But you definitely had some good ideas that I can try to make my own.