A Change of Direction (For Now!) - Day 1 (Wednesday, February 26th)

Hello, all!

Today is Tuesday, February 25th, 2014, and I have decided to go on a diet/exercise/training regimen once again. For the second time in my life, I feel that dramatic weight loss is not only preferred, but necessary for me to remain healthy. It's funny - I have been feeling nearly identical to the Junior Year-in-High School me, in that I have lost a great deal of self-confidence with my weight gain from this past year and a half or so and that I have been re-immersing myself in the WWE. I have taken more of a "back seat" to others in my life, and I have found myself feeling responsible for wrongdoings that have not been perpetuated. It's a difficult feeling to describe, but the stress of school, performance, and social living have all combined to form an amalgam of my own personal identity that I am truly not proud of physically, mentally, & spiritually.

I need to re-discover the me that was so happy Freshman year of college. I know that it's within me, which makes this realization all the more difficult to acknowledge. But, I know that the integrity I strive for is there. I've never felt more consistently tired or run-down than I have this past year, but all of that can change with lifestyle changes necessary to foster life longevity.

Tomorrow - Wednesday, February 26th - will be the first official day of this change of lifestyle. I have been slowly changing my diet to include more healthy options for myself, with the occasional sweet. However, I am giving sweets up beginning tomorrow, too, & another goal I have set for myself is to not eat after 8pm, wherein the intake of calories and carbohydrates only encourage weight gain. All of this sounds so amazing whilst writing - it is going to be the perpetuation of this lifestyle that will be the challenge. I know that, if I can do it once, I can replicate the experience with the right will power.

Thank you all for reading, & feel free to join me on my journey of weight loss and its unpaved road to a happier, more healthy lifestyle. All comments are welcome down below!

Best,
Chris O'Reilly

Twitter: @chris_0reilly