Jake

I was on my progress of losing weight.. and the journey was life changing. But… (Usually, on conversation, ‘but’ is the worst word you can hear someone say…) I have put on weight… !!! Arrgghhh, so angry!!! I lost 25kg, (Approx 50-55lbs I guess.) which was amazing for me…I went from being very much ‘obese’ to just overweight. Not good, but visually and physically I felt a LOT better. I’ve now put on, in the past 6 months… about 6kg; which is horrible. Loss of 25kg, but a gain of 6 – but I feel like a failure, you know. It isn’t the fact that I’ve lost a bit and gained a little, but the fact that I knew I could do it. I knew how to do it; and I knew how hard it was to do. This is my life, and the past 6 months, weight-wise and I guess my overall life, the effort that has been outputted by me is…close to none.

It’s that simple – I’ve lost hope. I’ve lost enthusiasm. I lost that central part of me that for a sweet moment in time, enjoyed who I was, and where I was headed in life; you know?

Well, who can I blame (It’s typical of people to blame someone for something, substantial or minuscule, no one blames themselves these days…) for this weight gain…I don’t blame anyone. I don’t even blame myself. I just know that I am a factor to why I have put it back on. I just..I don’t know. I guess I just gotta start fresh…Pick myself up, dust myself off and rewire my brain…Restart the computer…Turn the lights off then back on…Throw away the plastic bag and get a new one… (Okay, sorry for the pathetic analogies, haha!)

I hope you all have a merry Christmas, and try to eat all the delicious Christmas food – but of course in portion, and remember one thing (That’s if you’ve actually read this…) no one controls you, and you are the only one that can change your weight. People can help you, products can help you – but in the end, you, and you only, are the one that will change your life.
Thanks guys ^.

Hey guys!
Well, I’ve finally finished my list. I haven’t read over it, so expect grammatical errors and hopefully no double ups! (:

I did it in Microsoft Word, and for some reason, it’s being a little bitch, and leaving a massive space when I’ve copied and pasted it here! Meh! >.<”
And also, it doesn’t look like it does in this document, so it’s all weird.. I assume you guys get the point though!!
Thanks!!

101 things in 1001 days
Start Date: Sunday, 27 February 2011
End Date: Sunday, 24 November 2013

1. Create a ‘101 things in 1001 days list’, and have the goals realistic and exciting. [1/1]
2. Get my Red P Driving Licence [0/1]
3. Buy a new phone, which is modern and one I will love, at a decent price [0/1]
4. Upgrade my laptop to an Apple Macintosh Computer – iMac maybe? [0/1]
5. Lose weight…Get to a healthy, ideal and achievable weight [0/1]
6. Find someone who makes me happy all the time [0/1]
7. Save more money…$10000 in my bank [$0/$10000]
8. Buy my first ever car, and if I need to borrow money, repay it back to my parents [0/1]
9. Give up my time, and work in a soup kitchen [0/1]
10. Finish my HSC, enjoy my time at school, and appreciate my education during 2011-2012. [0/1]
11. After finishing my HSC, select the University I desire, even if it has more con’s than pro’s [0/1]
12. Go on a road trip, with no desired destination with my friends. [0/1]
13. Fire a gun [0/1]
14. Look further into my religion and learn the many aspects about it more. [0/1]
15. ‘give up’ fast food for one month, and worship my body [0/1]
16. Learn Spanish [0/1]
17. Learn Hindi [0/1]
18. Buy a present for someone, just because. [0/1]
19. Pray more often, and regularly [0/1]
20. Watch all the movies I want to see which I keep putting off; [0/17]
1. Unknown
2. Big Momma: Like Father, Like Son
3. The King’s Speech
4. The Dilemma
5. Black Swan
6. TRON: Legacy
7. How Do You Know
8. 127 Hours
9. (All of the Harry Potter Movies, starting from scratch!)
10. The Social Network
11. Avatar
12. Inception
13. Salt
14. Dinner for Schmucks
15. Toy Story 3
16. Grown ups
17. Date Night
18. (Add more as they come over the period of time)
21. Watch TV shows I’ve fallen behind on/Want to start watching, and buy them on DVD [0/22]
1. Bones
2. Supernatural
3. NCIS
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. House
6. The Good Wife
7. Modern Family
8. Law and Order: SVU
9. Brothers and Sisters
10. The Simpsons
11. Futurama
12. Everybody Loves Raymond
13. Judge Judy
14. Masterchef Australia
15. Wife Swap
16. Hell’s Kitchen
17. Balls of Steel
18. 60 Minutes Australia
19. Iron Chef
20. Here’s Lucy
21. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
22. Packed to the Rafters
22. Learn Yoga/meditation stances, by attending a session [0/1]
23. Call my grandparents once a week, to see how they are going, for a whole year, every single week [0/52]
24. Read all my recipe/cook books, and try a few recipes of each, even if they don’t turn out successful. [0/10]
25. Finally put up my Polaroid pictures on my board, and go searching for a high quality wooden board, to replace the old dodgy one. [0/1]
26. Buy clothes I like and buy 5 pieces of clothing over a period of one month [0/5]
27. Clean up my room, and keep it neat and tidy for at least a month (As in, no papers lying around, not just throwing all my crap on my desk!) [0/1]
28. Eat out at an Asian cuisine related restaurant with my closest friends, no matter how much it costs. [0/1]
29. Learn to cook a Punjabi/Indian related dish, and make sure I ace it every time! [0/1]
30. Visit my Work Experience people again, at the Psychology Centre at Greenacre, and offer any help I can [0/1]
31. Quit my job at the beginning of 2012, and feel like I’ve accomplished a steady job for (by then) a period of two years. [0/1]
32. Spend an entire day at home, with no technology being used (No computer, phone, iPod etc) and live simplistically [0/24]
33. Buy a brand new washing machine [0/1]
34. Update the old TV’s in the house, with flat screens, and provides them with a New Set Top Box. [0/3]
35. Make a YouTube Video about anything I feel like I should at the time [0/1]
36. Do one hour on the treadmill + one hour on the bike for a full weekend [0/2]
37. Spend New Year’s Eve with my best friends, hanging out, doing absolutely anything that we usually do [0/1]
38. Go visit my Brothers’ fiancés’ family (who I’m close to) and cook them some Chocolate Éclairs which I always seem to make for them. [0/1]
39. Spend one entire weekend shopping, eating, and ‘helping the economy’ with my friends. [0/2]
40. Buy an electric shaver [0/1]
41. Eat vegetarian for one whole week [0/7]
42. Make a blog, again; and actually use it daily. [0/1]
43. Fly in a plane for the first time ever, to any destination [0/1]
44. Get my teeth whitened, after they’ve been cleaned at the Dentist [0/1]
45. Try Proactive, and see if it helps with my pimples [0/1]
46. Buy a Hindu Aum charm from my local Markets and put it on my necklace (Something I’ve been putting off for a while!) [0/1]
47. Take photos of everything (possible) that is on this list, once it is completed. [0/101]
48. Bake a really delicious cake for one of my friends birthday [0/1]
49. Put my spare money into the bank, and let it be stored there instead of in my house [0/1]
50. Try to decrease my Blood Pressure back to a healthy range. [0/1]
51. Give blood [0/1]
52. Plant a tree/shrub in my yard and water it [0/1]
53. See Black Eyed Peas in Concert, again! [0/1]
54. Buy a new printer, since it is cheaper than buying new ink for the old one [0/1]
55. Get a new Wireless Router, for faster, better and stronger internet [0/1]
56. Use my underwater disposable camera I was given for Christmas [0/1]
57. Sort my room, and the rest of the house, and have a garage sale of all the useless things that we no longer use, and aim to get $100 in return [0/1]
58. Stay off Facebook for an entire week, and stick to it – That includes mobile, iPod and computer Facebook! [0/7]
59. Tell the people I really, really care about, that they honestly mean the world to me. [0/1]
60. Send a package of things I love, and Australian related items, to California USA to my Online friend [0/1]
61. Visit my Friend in California in 2012/2013 like I promised her (Travel to USA) [0/1]
62. Research, investigate, and decide which political party in Australia I agree with more, so I have the right outlook for when I have to vote for the first time. [0/1]
63. Visit the snow for the second time with my friends who have never witnessed snow! [0/1]
64. Be the ‘therapist’ I am now in years to come, with the people I still listen to and provide assurance and help to [0/1]
65. Get Chinese Food from my favourite Chinese restaurant, Golden Rose, Moorebank NSW Australia, which I haven’t had in so long! [0/1]
66. Write a creative writing piece which is better than what I expected for my English exam Year 11. [0/1]
67. Teach my mother how to use shortcuts in all areas of Computing [0/1]
68. Actually use my Yahoo Answers Account to ask and answer questions. [0/1]
69. Buy the episodes of Q&A Australia [0/1]
70. Find a really amazing topic/issue for my Society and Culture PIP for Year 12 [0/1]
71. Go karaoke with my friends at a hardcore Asian Karaoke bar [0/1]
72. Use www.43things.com more often than I usually do – Use it at least once a week, if not more, for the full 1001 days. [0/143]
73. Read ‘The Spectators Guide to World Religions’, by Dickson John as suggested by my friend [0/1]
74. Meet someone famous – I’m setting my standards low; I just want to say hi to someone “we all know” even if that is a political party member! [0/1]
75. Get my Passport so I can travel overseas [0/1]
76. Print 500 digital photos for my room [0/500]
77. Build one computer from scratch for myself or for a friend – including the hardware and software components [0/1]
78. Take one picture of myself daily, for 30 consecutive days. [0/30]
79. Get work experience at a Computer Related Business [0/1]
80. Buy my third pair of jeans in my whole life [0/1]
81. Get my body tested for a full body check up. [0/1]
82. Get ready and prepared (Lose weight, teeth whitened; full body ‘makeover’) for my brother’s wedding; September 2011 [0/1]
83. Get ‘closer’ to my friends; Mainly Joshua, Jenny && Jueun [0/3]
84. Fix my Computer I got from Work Experience [0/1]
85. Travel to India…This is a must! [0/1]
86. Travel all of Asia [0/1]
87. Talk to my first friend in my life; in person – Alina [0/1]
88. Try on all my clothes, see which ones fit, which ones don’t and which ones…are definitely too old! [0/1]
89. Order more Polaroid film! [0/1]
90. Donate 100,000 grains of rice through www.freerice.com [2610/100000]
91. Drink the Guatemalan Coffee I was given as a present [0/1]
92. Pay for a nice dinner for my parents for their birthdays for 2011 [0/2]
93. Do a doorknock appeal for a charity to collect money [0/1]
94. Sponsor a child [0/1]
95. Have work experience in a Bakery [0/1]
96. Try foods I’ve never had before… [0/6]
1. Tofu
2. Ramen
3. Macaroni & Cheese
4. Aloo Gobi
5. Deep Fried Ice Cream
6. Gulab Jamun
7. (More as they come to me)
97. Buy something expensive from Myer [0/1]
98. Use post-it notes daily to organise, for one entire week [0/7]
99. Listen to the Berlitz Learn Mandarin CD, unit 1 to 8 [0/8]
100. Use weights to get some muscle [0/1]
101. Collate a recipe book, with all successful recipes I’ve tried and love and someday make it a book [0/1]

Well, I found this, and read through the posts from people here, and was amazed!
I think it is an excellent idea!
So far, I have 74 on my list. I need to actually finish my list before I can start (well that is my rule I’m using…Make a list before starting it, and even if that takes a week, it doesn’t matter..Just means I have less time to do the things on the list, though, it makes it more challenging and exciting. I honestly don’t see myself going the full 1001 days and doing this…I just can’t see myself doing it… But…Parts of me..Think I can! so, who knows!
Oh well! Hopefully by the end of this week, I’ll have finished this list, and am able to share it with you all!
Good luck guys, and I wish you all the best! (: