I was intending to just write a post, but when I see Jesse's post, I feel I need to reply first!
So to answer your question, Jesse, yes! Health is a higher goal. And it is my overall goal that dominates this adventure. That itself is included into my main goal to become a fiction writer. I have been waking up in the morning between 4 and 5 in order to write every day and I thought: I want to be healthy to be able to rise early and be alert when I write. So health has always been my goal... maybe I should have specified it.
The wardrobe thing came to me after Steve's experiment of carrying a larger amount of cash to enter the millionaire mentality. Putting smaller clothes in my wardrobe was one side effect I could instantly input in my life. It just required me to buy a few t shirts, one pair of pants, and dig out one pair of pants that didn't fit me (which I am wearing today
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When I stood in front of those trousers and thought "I intend to get into those trousers", suddenly, a lot of things changed: I visualized myself as healthy, I suddenly took interest in nutruition, and I put as much energy as I can in the workout. 3 things that never happened to me before. I have noticed tha it is easier to become healthy completely than just doing it half way. By eating healthily and exercysing, my mental strength is better, i no longer have cravings, and I am able to refrain from emotional eating. For example, when I said I felt discouraged a couple of days ago, I didn't go to the fridge and eat to ease my frustration. That is what I used to do, but now, I try to look at the problems in the face and address them.
The wardrobe is an external help. When I looked at a smaller t shirt and thought: if I was healthy I would get in it, it finally hit me. I understood what I had to do to be healthy.
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That being said... I cheated a bit, i.e. I bought new clothes, but actually did not get rid of the fatter clothes until last night. And believe me, it was scary to do it.
First of all, as you say, by doing so, I eliminated the chance of failure for good. Now, I can not go fatter, otherwise I won't have clothes.
Second, some of those clothes were expensive, or I liked their design, and it was difficult to part with them.
Finally, I experienced a lot of guilt towards my parents, because they bought me a lot of these clothes, and I am afraid of their reactions... I actually haven't told them I gave away my expensive suit I got for my 20th birthday. The thing is, this suit is way too large (that was 7 years ago, and I was even heavier than at the start of this experiment)... It was definitely not easy to part from it. I told myself I could cope with their reactions (I am glad they're in France, and me in England), and also that seeing their son healthy will probably please them more than knowing a suit was given to charity.