Goals & mini Goals

So I have no idea how I am doing this month so far because I REFUSE to step on a scale until the end of the month and I intend to make that a rule for myself. You can get so obsessed with stepping on the scale to see where you stress yourself out because you think you won't make if you aren't at a certain weight at a certain time and I will not do that anymore. I'm trying to pay attention to the things that I've done in the past that have sabotaged my progress and that would be one of them.


 
So I've started listening the the "2 Fit Chicks & a Microphone" (TwoFitChicks.org) podcast and absolutely love it! I saw a clip of when Shauna aka DietGirl was on the Early Show and that's what led me to her and MizFit's podcast which in turn led to me making an effort to keep consistent with my blog. They are awesome and hilarious and I hope you check out their blogs and podcast because you can really pick up some good advice as well as commiserate with their experiences no matter where you are in your weight loss / fitness goals. SO back to what I was going to say; I've been listening to their podcast and it got me to thinking about my goals and how I need to set them so that I can achieve them for real this time. Like I stated in my last post I plan on doing mini goals which in turn will result in my bog goals being accomplished. So below are my goals as well as how I plan to reward myself for certain check points and I will have the pictures of the shirt and the dress posted as soon as my husband gets back in town and can hold a camera to take a picture of me.  with this post. (Turns out my phone has a pretty decent lens and a self timer, my last phone didn't have either.) 



 

 

Big Goal	Mini-Goal(s)	Reward
Weigh 135 lbs	Lose 12 lbs a month Set mini goals Maintain a weight loss blog	Something HUGE not sure what yet
Lose 12 lbs in December (270)	Stop overeating Stop eating because I am emotional Stop eating because I'm bored Drink MORE water Limit sweets Go to the gym at least 3 times a week
Lose 12 lbs in January (258)	All of December's mini goals Try to get through a Zumba class Book AND attend two personal training sessions to learn how to include weights into my workout routine
Lose 12 lbs in February (246)	Fit into Orange shirt by the end of the month without it being snug anywhere! Start a walking to running program and stick with it for 6 weeks minimum	Have a GNO where I have to dress up - MUST wear the orange blouse!
Lose 12 lbs in March (234)	Continue running program
Lose 12 lbs in April (222)	Fit into Black dress without looking like a hoochie!	Book a trip someplace tropical for December!
Lose 12 lbs in May (210)		Go Horseback Riding (Always wanted to do this but there is a weight limit of 250 or less for most places I've checked out.)
Lose 12 lbs in June (198)		Go out dancing with my husband!
Lose 12 lbs in July (186)		Buy all new outfits for the convention!
Lose 12 lbs in August (174)		Have a family portrait done.
Lose 12 lbs in September (162)
Lose 12 lbs in October (150)
Lose 12 lbs in November (138)		Buy a pair of Kirov Brown Suede and a pair of Red or Black Genova boots from Duo Boots As wells as New clothes for my trip to some place tropical!!!
Start maintaining weight!!

So yeah, lose 12 lbs a month is a mini goal for my HUGE goal of losing 144 lbs, but each of those 12 months is a big goal in their own right. I don't have a reward for every month YET because I couldn't think of anything else other than what I have listed. If you can think of something or when I do think of something, I will update this.

And here are the dreaded pictures. For decency sake (and so that you could see where the dress ends because you couldn't see that when I had my jeans on) I put on my pajama bottoms before I took the picture.

While the orange dress is buttoned, I'm sure if I sneezed or took a deep breath I'd put someone's eye out (mine!) with the velocity of the buttons flying off!

And "the dress"...I loved this dress. It really is cute when I can fit it. I wore it only once before it didn't fit at all, and even then it was kinda hoochified when I sat down.









So there you have it. My clothes that don't fit and my goals and plans to get me to the point where these two items will be falling off of me. It is after midnight now and I should have been sleep HOURS ago. Have a great day everyone. Chat with you next week sometime!