So with a bit of pushing, I have proven to myself that I can follow a plan. It was easy as far as I recall the events of the past 10 days – even helped me get my mind of things for a bit. Focus on something positive for a change and get to her some words of encouragement; albeit from an AI. It doesn’t bother me much that I’m taking help from an AI anymore. I feel I can be honest here and there is no judgement. I am worried though – that the AI can course correct, reprimand me if necessary when the time comes. I will keep this in check and make sure to call it out.
Its now time to take some concrete steps to meet some actual long term goals. I have some ideas. I have been playing video games since 2001 – and its only now I have realised ‘why’ I like the video games so much. There are clear goals and a clear rewards – the reward being something as vain as the XP bar filling up towards the next level. The titles associated with each level although meaningless IRL, do give a feel of achieving something. There is also a big factor in play with video games – my progression is compared to other players as well. Can I “gamify” my weight loss journey as well I wonder. Of course I’m looking forward to the actual joy I’ll feel when I see the number go down slowly – but I’m afraid of giving up, and I’m hoping gamifying this process will help me a lot.
I’m thinking levels – each level for a kilo lost. I’m 121 KGs now and I want to get at 75. That’s losing 46 Kilos – meaning 46 levels – May be Rank 1 to Rank 46. Perhaps round it up to 50 somehow. In the beginning when I start breaking bad habits and build good one, perhaps I can get level up quicker as I demonstrate some consistency. I’m hoping the AI can help me design my weight loss game. My tasks, habits etc could be my missions and quests. It could be a game I play IRL.