Hey There!
Another LB down! Just 1 this past week, but I will take any LBS in the downward direction!
I wanted to talk about some goals this week. Goals in general and then I wanted to put my current goals for 103in365 out there.
Without goals to work towards, sometimes it is easy to feel like we are just pealing out or just doing the same things over and over again and just getting the same things over and over again. Sometimes, both of those are true. Goals give us something to reach for and focus on as we try to better ourselves.
"Keep your eye on the prize" is a phrase most people have heard before. To me it means that when we lose focus, hope or feel overwhelmed, we can get perspective again and become refocused by shifting our thoughts and efforts back toward our goals. The prize could be just about anything that we want. For me it is health and fitness, specifically through the losing of 103 LBS!
You already know my main goal here. It is the title of this blog and I give you my progress towards that goal in the title of every post. Big goals are great, but we are exponentially more likley to reach them if we set and acheive smaller goals along the way. Planning out smaller goals also provides us specific times to assess and celebrate our progress and it can also be a time to make adjustments that can lead to even more success.
Here are some smaller "milestone" goals I have right now. I want to be 40 LBS down by Christmas, for starters. That means I have 63 days to lose 19 lbs. Since Christmas is only 9 weeks away, I need to average just a Cheerio more than 2 lbs a week. Totally realistic, but not easy. It is going to take commitment and I am ready. I am excited for this goal specifically because at 40 lbs down, I will surpass the most I lost in 103in365 round 1. That will feel really good to get there!
At that point, I will be 5 months in with only 7 months to go until August 1, 2014. More or less, I need to lose an average of 2 lbs a week for every week until then. The good news is I can sometimes lose more than that in a week. The bad news is, I cannot do that very often, so I really need to focus on a steady and slow burn.
To achieve that much progress in the remaining roughly 9 months , I will need to focus on the fundamentals that I set out with in the first place. Namely, having fun so that I can stay invested in the process! This is one of the big things that I have not always had in previous attempts to lose the weight. I need to focus on the day to day journey and not get caught up or overwhelmed with the 82 lbs I have left. If I do what I need to do and what I have been doing, the weight loss will follow!
Take away for this week: Ernest Hemingway said, “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Keep your eye on the prize, but also don't forget to look around and find (or create) enjoyment during the journey too!
Have a great week!
Scuba
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