Saturday, January 31, 2009
YAY Me!
Today at Weight Watchers, I officially weigh 50 punds less than I did on October 17, 2008! Yay me! My first WW weigh in was actually 2# less than this top number, so for WW, I've only lost 48#, but still - from my scale at home, I am minus 50! YAY ME!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Year...New Me
OK - really, just a quick post cuz I'm busy watching TBL Marathon on Bravo, but I wanted a reminder to myself of all that I've accomplished in 2008 and what I want to accomplish in 2009:
2008 was a tough year (hubby gone for much of the first half of the year with his sister), but a great year - A.'s HS graduation, rugby, sending I. to Norway, going to California for a great vacation, working at a job I really like and helping with our plans for a new Wellness and Therapy Department, entertaining company from Norway, sending A. off to college, more rugby, lots and lots and lots of walks with my husband and the pups, catching up with lots of friends on Facebook and rekindling some past relationships. Personally, I feel like I have grown and been more open to change and possibilities. I set some personal goals and am so very proud of myself for reaching those goals. On Oct. 17th, I set a goal to lose 30# by the end of the year. I am happy to report that as of December 31, 2008, I have lost 43#!!! WooHoo! Yay me!! OF course, I've done this before, but this time is different - I am NEVER going to do this again - I am done with my weight struggle, thyroid and brain tumor be damned. I will not do this again - this time is the last time. There is too much I want to do with this life to sit back and watch it all pass by me because I limit myself with my weight - I can't because I'm fat, I can't because I'm embarrassed by my weight, I can't, I can't, I can't. I'm done with ALL of that. FOREVER.
So, in 2009, I have some goals that I want to accomplish that have been rekindled with the shedding of this fat.
1. I will lose 30# by my birthday, March 14 using my current plan (WW points, no desserts/chocolate until my birthday). My overall goal weight loss for the year is to lose between 55-80#. I don't have a goal weight I 'have' to be because I know that at my smallest size, I weighed more than I did in high school (for eg.) because I had more muscle. So, as I get closer, I'll refine that goal.
2. Walk every day - I watch so much tv and we have a treadmill set up with a tv and headphones - there is no reason that I can't walk and watch tv at the same time. So, an hour a day on the treadmill until I can get outside at a steady-state, following Leigh Peele's guidlines for upping my NEAT.
3. Try a new sport/activity each month. This month, I'm hoping for rock wall climbing!
4. Make the Amazing Race Season 15 with Marcy.
5. Write a book - I've got the ideas, the time, the resources and I know this will be a successful venture. From the book - a successful business opprtunity will present itself and I intend to take that all the way.
6. Once I've reached my fat loss goal, I will begin a training program for muscle maintenece and increasing endurance for the ultimate goal of successful ageing in the long-term and in the short-term, to climb Mt. Kilamanjaro for my 40th birthday, complete Disney half-marathons, complete triathalons, 5K's and 10K's and have an active, healthy life.
7. Work on improving myself each and every day - shedding fears, negativity, self-doubt and becoming a positive, self-loving person in all I do.
8. Show more LOVE every day :)
9. And I almost forgot - get some debt paid off (acckkk - no more CC's - they suck)and keep saving money and taking advantage of opportunities to TRAVEL - travelling fills my soul and makes me feel alive like nothing else and it is essential to ME being ME. So, while this year may not see much, I will continue towards expanding my horizons!
I can't wait for 2009! YAY!!!
2008 was a tough year (hubby gone for much of the first half of the year with his sister), but a great year - A.'s HS graduation, rugby, sending I. to Norway, going to California for a great vacation, working at a job I really like and helping with our plans for a new Wellness and Therapy Department, entertaining company from Norway, sending A. off to college, more rugby, lots and lots and lots of walks with my husband and the pups, catching up with lots of friends on Facebook and rekindling some past relationships. Personally, I feel like I have grown and been more open to change and possibilities. I set some personal goals and am so very proud of myself for reaching those goals. On Oct. 17th, I set a goal to lose 30# by the end of the year. I am happy to report that as of December 31, 2008, I have lost 43#!!! WooHoo! Yay me!! OF course, I've done this before, but this time is different - I am NEVER going to do this again - I am done with my weight struggle, thyroid and brain tumor be damned. I will not do this again - this time is the last time. There is too much I want to do with this life to sit back and watch it all pass by me because I limit myself with my weight - I can't because I'm fat, I can't because I'm embarrassed by my weight, I can't, I can't, I can't. I'm done with ALL of that. FOREVER.
So, in 2009, I have some goals that I want to accomplish that have been rekindled with the shedding of this fat.
1. I will lose 30# by my birthday, March 14 using my current plan (WW points, no desserts/chocolate until my birthday). My overall goal weight loss for the year is to lose between 55-80#. I don't have a goal weight I 'have' to be because I know that at my smallest size, I weighed more than I did in high school (for eg.) because I had more muscle. So, as I get closer, I'll refine that goal.
2. Walk every day - I watch so much tv and we have a treadmill set up with a tv and headphones - there is no reason that I can't walk and watch tv at the same time. So, an hour a day on the treadmill until I can get outside at a steady-state, following Leigh Peele's guidlines for upping my NEAT.
3. Try a new sport/activity each month. This month, I'm hoping for rock wall climbing!
4. Make the Amazing Race Season 15 with Marcy.
5. Write a book - I've got the ideas, the time, the resources and I know this will be a successful venture. From the book - a successful business opprtunity will present itself and I intend to take that all the way.
6. Once I've reached my fat loss goal, I will begin a training program for muscle maintenece and increasing endurance for the ultimate goal of successful ageing in the long-term and in the short-term, to climb Mt. Kilamanjaro for my 40th birthday, complete Disney half-marathons, complete triathalons, 5K's and 10K's and have an active, healthy life.
7. Work on improving myself each and every day - shedding fears, negativity, self-doubt and becoming a positive, self-loving person in all I do.
8. Show more LOVE every day :)
9. And I almost forgot - get some debt paid off (acckkk - no more CC's - they suck)and keep saving money and taking advantage of opportunities to TRAVEL - travelling fills my soul and makes me feel alive like nothing else and it is essential to ME being ME. So, while this year may not see much, I will continue towards expanding my horizons!
I can't wait for 2009! YAY!!!
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