My goal is to live my best life.
Lofty, isn’t it?
Health & fitness are a huge part of how I feel about myself, how I feel about the world around me, and how I relate to others & myself. A few years ago I completed my first triathlon, the Danskin, in Seattle. I learned many things about myself on the way to that start line.
I learned that the race was only a celebration of everything I had done to get to the starting line.
I learned that I could do it. I could be fit. I could lose weight. I could work out as a regular part of my day. I could be a confident, healthy, vibrant version of me.
I learned patience. Patience with myself. With my goals. With my breathing. With the treadmill. With large goals and small steps.
I also learned how good it feels to be healthy, to respect myself, to take care of myself, to follow through on what I set out to do. What that looks like, what that feels like, what that means.
I’m excited to set my fitness goals. The commitment, the challenges, the learning, the exercising logs and food journals. The results! The fitness! Growing stronger and fitter and happier every day.
What better way to forge a relationship with myself: to pursue a positive, life affirming goal.
Long range goals
To live my best life.
To lose 40 lbs, going from 202.4 to the 160s.
To be sexy, healthy, confident, happy, beautiful and fit.
Mid range goals
To lose 20 lbs.
To start exercising regularly (3 to 5 times/week)..
Short range goals
To lose 10 lbs.
To track what I eat.
To eat better.
To blog or journal regularly (3 to 5 times/week).
To photograph and post monthly progress photos.
Tips
Set weekly goals: achievable and more quickly gratifying.
Visualize myself succeeding.
Go window shopping for clothes often to stay in touch with my body and self-image and goals.
Read success stories and motivating weightloss blogs regularly.
