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Today, I posted my 100th video to YouTube.
I started making videos last September for various reasons. I was starting to diet (AGAIN) and went looking on YouTube for inspiration, for guys like me. Not the muscled-up gym bros who swaggered around, shirtless, and only talked about diet in relation to bulking up or cutting for bodybuilding competitions. Not the extreme dieters following rigid and restrictive diets like the ketogenic diet or veganism. I was looking for ordinary guys just trying to lose weight and feel better.
It was like hunting for a needle in a haystack.
There are dozens of channels devoted to losing weight, mostly by women for women. But where were the guys? I did manage to find a couple of fellows, eventually, but they didn't have much content. Indeed, most of them made a couple of videos and just vanished into the aether.
So, I decided to throw my hat into the ring and start a channel. I started it to document my weight loss, to help hold myself accountable and maybe to show other, ordinary guys, that it was possible to lose weight and keep it off without following some crazy fad diet plan.
A hundred videos later, I think I've done a pretty decent job. Maybe? I don't know. I go back and look at my videos and wish they had more structure. I think I should have shared more regarding the kinds of foods that I eat, to help me lose weight and keep it off. I think I should have shared more regarding the exercise I take, that makes me feel better.
And, I'll be honest, I've thought that I should branch out a bit more in content. I've ventured into a couple of areas in that regard, but nothing consistent. But I would like to offer more on the channel than just videos of me, sitting at the kitchen table, talking about the last week and what I ate and how much weight I've lost/gained.
It's definitely been a learning experience, and it's one I intent to continue. Right now, staying at home, it definitely gives me something to work on.
Anyway, that's my big news, I suppose. One hundred videos down, how many more to go? Who knows?
Today, I've only had 1070 cals. Mainly because I ate half a jar of peanut butter last night out of frustration/boredom. That's the worst part about self-isolation and physical distancing; it's making some of us with food issues crazier than normal.
Today I have eaten:
2 Bananas
3 Portions of Chicken Nuggets
2 Lemon Cream Cookies
1 Push-Pop.
So, as you can see, my food choices were NOT GREAT. But we work with what we have and try to stay sane. Especially now.
I hope everybody out there is safe and healthy. Maybe by mid-May we'll all be allowed to go out again! :D
Stay positive, people! And wash your hands! - xoxo MEL
I started making videos last September for various reasons. I was starting to diet (AGAIN) and went looking on YouTube for inspiration, for guys like me. Not the muscled-up gym bros who swaggered around, shirtless, and only talked about diet in relation to bulking up or cutting for bodybuilding competitions. Not the extreme dieters following rigid and restrictive diets like the ketogenic diet or veganism. I was looking for ordinary guys just trying to lose weight and feel better.
It was like hunting for a needle in a haystack.
There are dozens of channels devoted to losing weight, mostly by women for women. But where were the guys? I did manage to find a couple of fellows, eventually, but they didn't have much content. Indeed, most of them made a couple of videos and just vanished into the aether.
So, I decided to throw my hat into the ring and start a channel. I started it to document my weight loss, to help hold myself accountable and maybe to show other, ordinary guys, that it was possible to lose weight and keep it off without following some crazy fad diet plan.
A hundred videos later, I think I've done a pretty decent job. Maybe? I don't know. I go back and look at my videos and wish they had more structure. I think I should have shared more regarding the kinds of foods that I eat, to help me lose weight and keep it off. I think I should have shared more regarding the exercise I take, that makes me feel better.
And, I'll be honest, I've thought that I should branch out a bit more in content. I've ventured into a couple of areas in that regard, but nothing consistent. But I would like to offer more on the channel than just videos of me, sitting at the kitchen table, talking about the last week and what I ate and how much weight I've lost/gained.
It's definitely been a learning experience, and it's one I intent to continue. Right now, staying at home, it definitely gives me something to work on.
Anyway, that's my big news, I suppose. One hundred videos down, how many more to go? Who knows?
Today, I've only had 1070 cals. Mainly because I ate half a jar of peanut butter last night out of frustration/boredom. That's the worst part about self-isolation and physical distancing; it's making some of us with food issues crazier than normal.
Today I have eaten:
2 Bananas
3 Portions of Chicken Nuggets
2 Lemon Cream Cookies
1 Push-Pop.
So, as you can see, my food choices were NOT GREAT. But we work with what we have and try to stay sane. Especially now.
I hope everybody out there is safe and healthy. Maybe by mid-May we'll all be allowed to go out again! :D
Stay positive, people! And wash your hands! - xoxo MEL
