After a 3 month hiatus of binging on food and great wine, I'm back to where I started, but highly motivated to get back into a routine. Like any good addict, I am fresh out of self-rehab and ready for a new leash on life....so here we are again.
What's the plan for success this time? I'm still working on that, but what I've decided is that small goal setting and small changes are what work for me - often I try to hard to go big or go home and end up burning out after a few weeks (that's what happened before).
Here are some short term goals that I want to accomplish by June 1st:
1.) Be able to walk twice around Riverwalk Park (2 miles) in an hour
2.) Drop 2 dress sizes
3.) Drink my 64 oz of water each day
These are all attainable goals that I think I can do, but can't at this time. I'm going to make small goals each month to work towards these bigger goals, and each week I'll set myself up with tasks to help those goals, for example:
By April 1st my goal is to:
1.) Walk the Riverwalk Park loop once, two times per week.
2.) Plan weekly menus
3.) Pack large water bottles for work each day
This week I will focus on walking Riverwalk at least once, planning my weekly menu and purchasing large water bottles that I can take to work.
K - so there's the plan, let's see how I do. I'll try to keep you kids posted.
I am so excited for you! This is awesome. I have been doing a lot of reading lately, and it seems there are two schools of thought. A big bang method of crazy extreme changes (cutting out everything 'bad', working out 4 hours every day) to lose weigh. This tends to end up with folks gaining their weight back. The other method, includes slow and steady, attainable 'no big deal' changes, which is what our brains are much more willing to accept and stick to, for life. If it feels attainable, it is, and it will be much easier to implement. You got this! I LOVE your plan!
ReplyDeleteThe soda thing is HUGE, I am so proud of you!
What days/time are you planning on doing your walks? I read that if you write them on your calendar for the week it will help you stick to it. After work? It might also be nice to have a mid-day pick-me-up and go for a 20 minute walk at lunch time (wakes you up too, helps with the afternoon lulls).
Also, a tip, when you are feeling unmotivated to move: MUSIC. If I just make myself turn on some up beat, pumpin tunes, it GETS me in the mood! So if your brain is like 'noooo' then turn on the tunes, and it will be like 'OK, let's do this!'