I think this is great OP, what you are doing is good. I think you'll enjoy the challenge and the benefits it will bring you.
To the rest of you commenters out here that are deriding OP: Positive changes in another person is something good and should be encouraged instead of criticised and picked apart.
As I read your comment, I was preparing to argue with you. But that last sentence. That single word.
Yes, that is precisely what we need to do (and for many of us, to keep doing). Fight.