Friday, May 16, 2008

Friday = Starting Over

As Queenie mentioned yesterday, it sure seems like everyone here is a little down about their weight loss or lack thereof.  Maybe its the time of the year, or perhaps we have all been trying so long that we have simply come to the point where we need to reassess our goals - which on the whole isn’t a bad thing to do whether or not you are lacking motivation.  So, let’s use this day to not only weigh-in but to sit down and right our individual goals - both short term and long term.  When you take the time to write them down you see how completely doable they really are.  For me, I keep giving myself a whole number - 82 whopping pounds I need to lose.  Well, when put into that broad of a term I’m completely deflated before I even get my ass up and do anything about it.  That seems completely unreasonable to me!  So today I’m changing my mindset and my goals:

Goal 1 - Lose 10 pounds by June 15th (10 pounds in one month may not be doable for everyone but because I am so overweight it is very doable for me)
Goal 2 - Lose 25 pounds by August 1st
Goal 3 - Lose 50 pounds by Thanksgiving
Goal 4 - Lose 82 pounds by April 1st

Sure, it still sounds like a lot, but for right now I am only looking at that one number - goal number 1.  I can do that!  So, take the time to weigh-in, reassess where you are in your own weight loss journey right now and then write out your goals.  Be specific and say things like work out 4 times a week, or do strength training 3 times a week - whatever you feel you need to do to stick to them.  I just listed my weight loss goals here, I personally wrote down over 18 other goals but I didn’t want to bore you with them all

Hope you all find this to be the motivation you need to get yourselves back on track!