TOPIC: Introducing Rational Ruffian

Greetings!

I stumlbed upon the GLL approach anxiety program several days ago from this Reddit post:

www.reddit.com/r/asktrp/comments/d8hdne/...n_bootcamps/f1bnnfh/

Why am I here?

I am 44 years old and can count the number of women I've "dated" on one hand. The only "girlfriend" I've had is a crippling oneitis that I'm struggling to overcome. The mistakes I've made with my oneitis could fill volumes, so that will have to be a story for another time. My "relationship" with my oneitis ended horrificly about two weeks ago and yet I find myself unable to move on.

My solution? Date other women!

My problem? Approach anxiety makes it nearly impossible for me to approach women!

I started a serious self-improvement journey in November, 2017. I weighed 240 pounds with a height of 5'6". I suffered all sorts of aches and pains due to the excessive weight I was carrying and my life was miserable. I hired a personal trainer and started working out regularly. I hired a chiropractor and with their guidance I was able to repair my body. I hired a therapist, discovered I had ADHD, and started treating that earlier this year. I hired a style coach to massively improve my wardrobe. I hired a dating coach to help me set up an effective online dating profile.

Today I weigh 185 pounds. I still have about 20-30 pounds to go before I hit my goal. My back pain is gone, my body feels great, and I look forward to my workouts now!

I found I work better when I have someone I'm working with who can keep me accountable. I'm joining this community today to get the accountability and support I need to slay my approach anxiety dragon! This is my first day and this is my introduction.

Rational Ruffian

Welcome.
You've lost a tonne of weight - apply that same level of consistent effort to the Approach Anxiety Program and you'll be successful.
-Andy

I'm still waiting for my Approach Anxiety Vlog thread to be approved. While I won't be posting a dating profile just yet, for day 3 I'd like to post the pictures from my last dating profile and some more recent pictures in my Vlog thread.

Oh my bad, I thought I'd approved it. Done now.