Challenge 25

So, this is all very Cliche...but I suppose it's a good place to spill everything

I'm calling this 'Challenge 25'...you've probably heard that at some supermarket associated with buying alcohol...but the name just seems right for this!

As far back as I can think I've always been a bigger guy. It's never really affected my life in many ways because I've always been supremely confident and have tons of friends. It's never even gotten in the way of my love life, I've had lots of girlfriends...some amazing, some not so amazing.

Being the singer in a popular band too means I'm always getting praise and attention for my talents, so I've always had a high feeling of self worth...but in the back of my mind I've always known that the size I'm at right now is not healthy, and it's not attractive...don't get my wrong, I'd never change myself to please other people - but I would LIKE to look better for myself.

I think a lot of people who find the motivation and encouragement to lose weight comes from the fact that it DOES often get in the way of people's lives in a big way. They feel down about it all the time, sometimes it affects their confidence in a huge way and they feel socially cut-off or outcast because of they way they look

I've never had any of those problems, no one makes fun of me or slags me off because of my weight...so I've never felt that overwhelming emotional need to get rid of it.

But I am not happy with the way I look or feel myself, and I've tried for YEARS to shift this weight...but now it's time to really get serious.

On July 19th 2013, I will turn 25 years old...and I want to have made a SIZEABLE dent into my weight loss goals by then. I also want to go back to Alton Towers in summer too, and I simply WILL NOT go unless I have hit a certain target.

I'm a natural endomorph. This means, naturally, my body IS bigger...my muscles are huge, my legs are tight and toned, my forearms are ripping with definition. All my weight goes onto my gut, my face and my back...and my upper legs a wee bit too. With that in mind, I'm always gonna be a well-built person so I'm not aiming to get 'skinny' from this.

If I keep this blog up, I'll post pictures, I'll post results, I'll post when I've had bad and good days...hopefully I'll get some sort of a following, even if it's just a handful of people - that'd be awesome!

I've already managed to lose about 11lbs in the last few weeks, so my stats below are my current stats!

Current weight: 296lbs (21st2)
Goal for 19th July: 245lbs (17st7)