Chris Kotsoglou

I just wrapped up my first full week of the contest.  On my personal scale, I know I’m a little behind my personal goal of being 290 lbs.  But not by much.

This next part is the mental part where I have to push through.  I hit the weight plateau quickly.  In weight loss, you’ll lose 10-15 pounds easily, without even thinking about it.  Then, you’ll hit a certain weight and stick around it for a while.  As long as you stick with it and power through it, then the real weight loss comes.

99.9% of people will stop any diet or weight loss program because of the plateau.  When I wrestled many moons ago in high school, I had the same issue.

I set high and low goals for myself each week.

Week 1:  High-under 300 lbs, low-10 lbs

Week 2:  High-under 290 lbs, low-10 lbs

I’ve hit both my low goals.  I’m really going to push this week to hit my next (and first) high goal, of 280 lbs.  Either way, I had some success actually fitting into a couple of shirts I havent been able to ear in months.  That’s a good start.