I have a lot of obstacles. I don't know how many of them are what my life has in front of me, or that stem from depression/anxiety.
But - I'm making a choice for a better day today. Not saying that people can "will themselves" out of depression, or making light of it. But I want things to change for me.
Especially in my pant-size department.
Yesterday I went for a walk. Every morning I've been doing a 3-minute jumpstart. Walk, walk, walk.
Non-negotiable.
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represents 1 pound gone)
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53 gone, 87 more to go to 198
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Reassessing My Goals
I want to take a look at my goals. I made some notes in red.
238 (100 pounds GONE)
fit comfortably into black jeans
below 250
size 24 pants
clothes too loose
Yeah, this needs a little more time - my old clothes are too loose, but I'd like my current clothes to be too loose. So it's Round 2 of clothes too loose, maybe.
jog 1 mile
I really don't care about this, to be honest. My health monitor should be a consistent pattern of 3x walking per week, 30 mins. - and then go from there. So maybe I'll set a goal based off of that.
I think I need to focus on some consistency. Making things habit. I've made my eating habit, and really have stayed well with lower carb foods, but I need to make my walking habit, too, my journaling habit. That's when I do best with weight loss. I've been maintaining without journaling, which is fantastic. But I do think being more diligent with counting calories puts me in a better position to lose weight. So, for the next 30 days, I'll work on those things:
30-DAY CHALLENGE
Minimum 3x30 walking workout.
Journaling food.
That's not too hard. I can manage that. I want to feel amazing again. I felt amazing getting down to the 250s, but now it's become normal and I feel fat and bulky. I need to continue.
Goals Achieved
stay below 300
Bike the 5-mile loop, no stopping
below 290 (8/24/12)
below285 (10/12)
below 277 (11/12/12)
below 269 (1/2 way to goal) (1/28/13)
fit comfortably into clothes again (1/13)
260 (lower than my lowest) 4/22/13
257 (see this) 4/29/13
someone ask if I've lost weight (not family)(6/13)
MAJOR GOALS
238 (100 pounds GONE)
(want to get here by 10/13)
I'm not sure I can do this. I doubt it. If I get under 250 by this time I'll be happy. I'm having a really hard time breaking 250.
Mini Goals
2013
fit comfortably into black jeans
Almost here. Almost. Those stupid jeans are seriously out of style at this point, but I want to be able to wear them comfortably just once.
below 250
If I don't make this before 2013 waves goodbye, I'm going to be severely disappointed with myself. Seriously.
size 24 pants
I'm actually there already.
clothes too looseYeah, this needs a little more time - my old clothes are too loose, but I'd like my current clothes to be too loose. So it's Round 2 of clothes too loose, maybe.
jog 1 mileI really don't care about this, to be honest. My health monitor should be a consistent pattern of 3x walking per week, 30 mins. - and then go from there. So maybe I'll set a goal based off of that.
I think I need to focus on some consistency. Making things habit. I've made my eating habit, and really have stayed well with lower carb foods, but I need to make my walking habit, too, my journaling habit. That's when I do best with weight loss. I've been maintaining without journaling, which is fantastic. But I do think being more diligent with counting calories puts me in a better position to lose weight. So, for the next 30 days, I'll work on those things:
30-DAY CHALLENGE
Minimum 3x30 walking workout.
Journaling food.
That's not too hard. I can manage that. I want to feel amazing again. I felt amazing getting down to the 250s, but now it's become normal and I feel fat and bulky. I need to continue.
Goals Achieved 272
There are times when I don't believe the scale. This would be one of them.
Holidays (Christmas, New Year's)... and I lost weight? Hmm, OK. Granted, I weighed myself before New Year's Day. That probably would have been a bad day to weigh in. But, I did weigh myself on Monday and it was down to 272. I weighed again to check.
Whatever. I'll be back on the scale again next Monday and who knows what it will say. I'm staying the course either way. I did over indulge on New Year's Eve. Actually I feel like I overindulged on alcohol and ate less, not the best combination. My habits have settled in a bit regarding eating, but I didn't think how that might affect anything I drank.
My plan was to get right back on track the next day, but I haven't done so well. My parents are in town and they like to take us out to eat. They did, at a buffet, and I didn't pay much attention to what went in my mouth, really.
But, on a good note: MY MOM SAID IT LOOKED LIKE I LOST WEIGHT
That's one of my goals, you know. But she really was looking at me, and really noticed. I was happy for that.
My next goal will be to drip below the '70 mark. I can't wait. I mean, I can, but my eye is really having the scale say '50-something. I haven't been there in the last 10 years. I haven't been there in 2000-anything.
I really want to get there. I want to know how it feels.
I hope to get there before March. That's my next mini-goal. It seems unbelievable, but it can be done.
On a fitness note, I still haven't been doing too much, but my body is craving it. I wish I could afford a treadmill. I know I would use it. I don't have much space, though, and money... well that's a joke. All of our Christmas money will be going to our vehicle that needs $1000+ dollars worth of work. So that's just great.
But yesterday I went for my normal 20-minute walk. I did intervals of running. Not far, about from one driveway to another. Little sprints. It was dark and snow was on the ground, but there were patches where it felt safe. I'm sure I looked like an idiot, but my body wanted to step it up. I could tell. I finished 5 minutes less than I normally would have. I felt great.
Holidays (Christmas, New Year's)... and I lost weight? Hmm, OK. Granted, I weighed myself before New Year's Day. That probably would have been a bad day to weigh in. But, I did weigh myself on Monday and it was down to 272. I weighed again to check.
Whatever. I'll be back on the scale again next Monday and who knows what it will say. I'm staying the course either way. I did over indulge on New Year's Eve. Actually I feel like I overindulged on alcohol and ate less, not the best combination. My habits have settled in a bit regarding eating, but I didn't think how that might affect anything I drank.
My plan was to get right back on track the next day, but I haven't done so well. My parents are in town and they like to take us out to eat. They did, at a buffet, and I didn't pay much attention to what went in my mouth, really.
But, on a good note: MY MOM SAID IT LOOKED LIKE I LOST WEIGHT
That's one of my goals, you know. But she really was looking at me, and really noticed. I was happy for that.
My next goal will be to drip below the '70 mark. I can't wait. I mean, I can, but my eye is really having the scale say '50-something. I haven't been there in the last 10 years. I haven't been there in 2000-anything.
I really want to get there. I want to know how it feels.
I hope to get there before March. That's my next mini-goal. It seems unbelievable, but it can be done.
On a fitness note, I still haven't been doing too much, but my body is craving it. I wish I could afford a treadmill. I know I would use it. I don't have much space, though, and money... well that's a joke. All of our Christmas money will be going to our vehicle that needs $1000+ dollars worth of work. So that's just great.
But yesterday I went for my normal 20-minute walk. I did intervals of running. Not far, about from one driveway to another. Little sprints. It was dark and snow was on the ground, but there were patches where it felt safe. I'm sure I looked like an idiot, but my body wanted to step it up. I could tell. I finished 5 minutes less than I normally would have. I felt great.
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