I'm fat... but I don't want to be. I would really like to be healthy and feel good about the way I look. I have tried a lot of different exercise routines, and had success with each of them until I burn out and gain all the weight I lost back plus an extra 10 just for good measure. I have done extreme diets that I felt I could only eat apples, cabbage and chicken. I have become best friends with Shaun T while he tells me how insane the workout I just finished was. After all that I am sitting here telling you I am still a 6 foot 3 inch guy that still weighs over 300 pounds.
So what is my next step in this story. I don't quite have an answer for that. I know that I have bad knees from all the years I have played basketball and other sports that I love under the load of my body weight. I have had a Doctor tell me has done full knee replacements on people that have knees that look better than mine. Despite all that I still play basketball several times a week trying to avoid my elliptical and treadmill.
I also know that money is not a the all great motivator for me. I know this from past sales jobs and past weight loss competitions that I have been in. I think my main motivation is competition. I love beating people. I love to win, but when winning is not an option, there goes my motivation and here comes the weight gain.
I have come to the realization that this journey is not a 12 week exercise and diet plan away from true happiness. I know that for me to be happy I will have to do somethings that as of right now seem impossible, like giving up my go to meal of hamburgers and french fries with a large Coke Zero. I hope that as time moves forward I will be able to make all the right decisions with my nutrition and not all the wrong ones
So now I begin my Journey to a healthier me. I have a couple of big decisions to make. Which workouts do I start? What kind of meal plan do I use? Am I willing to push myself harder every day to be the man I want to be? Will my body hold up under pressure? Can I finally follow through with my dreams of being in shape and health? Like I said before Here goes nothing....
I also know that money is not a the all great motivator for me. I know this from past sales jobs and past weight loss competitions that I have been in. I think my main motivation is competition. I love beating people. I love to win, but when winning is not an option, there goes my motivation and here comes the weight gain.
I have come to the realization that this journey is not a 12 week exercise and diet plan away from true happiness. I know that for me to be happy I will have to do somethings that as of right now seem impossible, like giving up my go to meal of hamburgers and french fries with a large Coke Zero. I hope that as time moves forward I will be able to make all the right decisions with my nutrition and not all the wrong ones
So now I begin my Journey to a healthier me. I have a couple of big decisions to make. Which workouts do I start? What kind of meal plan do I use? Am I willing to push myself harder every day to be the man I want to be? Will my body hold up under pressure? Can I finally follow through with my dreams of being in shape and health? Like I said before Here goes nothing....
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