Written on December 31, 2007
On Saturday, I decided that I wanted to share my goals for 2008 here… so I decided I had to come up with some.
My 2008 “Goals”:
- Run a 5k.
- Travel to a place I have never been before (or 2).
- Make an effort to see friends I haven’t seen in a while.
- Achieve my Weight Watchers Lifetime Goal.
- Pass 2 of my Certified Financial Planning courses.
But then yesterday, I began to think why do we set goals that have limits? Ok, I want to lose “x” amount of pounds by (fill in the blank). Will I stay motivated to keep going after this, if I don’t achieve this goal? What will happen if I achieve this goal early – will I keep moving to go beyond the goal?
The point of this is that I don’t want to set goals and just accomplish them… I want to achieve something beyond my wildest dreams. I guess I did this in 2007… I decided that I was going to lose weight. In my head I had hoped that I could get to 50 pounds off, but after losing almost 20 pounds in January – I changed my mind and challenged myself with “how much can I lose this year”. I reach my 100 pounds off in October and ended up finishing the year right around that same point.
With this year’s goals… after I reach my goals, what more will I be able to accomplish? Maybe I will run a marathon. Could I really pass all 3 of my remaining CFP courses. What about meeting some friends each month, or going to 5 places I have never been.
I will see where this road leads me in 2008… join me and achieve more than you think you can.
me.
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Written on December 31, 2007
So it has taken me about four days to write this post and really come to terms with what I did to myself over the past week. Yes… one week.
Let me start from the beginning…
With all of my accomplishments in the past year, I really thought taking a week “off” the Weight Watchers plan would not affect me greatly. Yeah, I knew I would make some bad choices, but overall… I thought I would be ok. But then came the nibble mix (and all of it’s salty goodness) and grandma’s peanut butter balls. And don’t forget going out to lunch and dinner more than usual… and then all of the great and yummy homemade cooking. It just was all so good…
Then came Thursday morning… and back to reality. I had my single largest gain EVER while on the Weight Watchers program (and I have been on this program now for over 2 years). While I am not going to share the number here with all my friends, just know that I didn’t think it was possible for a person to gain this much. Believe me. Ok… granted some of it could easily be water weight due to the salty foods, but there was definately a gain involved here.
So Thursday night… there I was at the healthclub, working out for the first time in a week… and it really kicked my ass. After just a week, I felt the pain after this workout. But I went again on Friday. I am determined. I am not going to gain anything back that I have lost.
Next year… mark my words – I will not be taking a week “off” from the program again.
me.
