Goals...........
I started w/my goal-setting early.
First was the exercise - I could only walk a mile and it took a long time. So my goal was to cut the time and then add distance. I added a little to the walk each week and a month after surgery I was able to do 3 miles in 70 minutes. Today I walk the same 3, hilly miles in 60-62 minutes every day. That build-up of stamina enabled me to walk 6+ miles on the golf course twice this week so I achieved another of my major goals - walking the golf course.
Weight wise I had an origian goal of losing 100 lbs. by Memorial Day - now, I'm down 111 lbs. and Memorial Day is still a month and a half away; so I'm trying to be down 125 lbs. by then. I keep revising my goals as the weight comes off and the energy to do more returns. I know I will reach my ultimate goal weight by mid-summer, but I'm also certain that by that time, I will have set a new, lower weight to shoot for.
On a daily basis, my goals are simple - burn at least 500 calories every single day - no days off, ever. And consume 4 mini-meals totaling 1100-1200 calories and 90 grams of protein; no snacks and no grazing.
Pop-Pop
First was the exercise - I could only walk a mile and it took a long time. So my goal was to cut the time and then add distance. I added a little to the walk each week and a month after surgery I was able to do 3 miles in 70 minutes. Today I walk the same 3, hilly miles in 60-62 minutes every day. That build-up of stamina enabled me to walk 6+ miles on the golf course twice this week so I achieved another of my major goals - walking the golf course.
Weight wise I had an origian goal of losing 100 lbs. by Memorial Day - now, I'm down 111 lbs. and Memorial Day is still a month and a half away; so I'm trying to be down 125 lbs. by then. I keep revising my goals as the weight comes off and the energy to do more returns. I know I will reach my ultimate goal weight by mid-summer, but I'm also certain that by that time, I will have set a new, lower weight to shoot for.
On a daily basis, my goals are simple - burn at least 500 calories every single day - no days off, ever. And consume 4 mini-meals totaling 1100-1200 calories and 90 grams of protein; no snacks and no grazing.
Pop-Pop
Hey, what a nice thing to say... Ya know, I went to one pre - op...but I felt intimidated by him...Just me...He was like a giant...like 6'7 and Im only 5'2. I dont know if it was his height...or the feeling of being over powered. I would like to go to a woman psych.
Good luck to you! If you are an emotional eater...I recommend it!
Good luck to you! If you are an emotional eater...I recommend it!
I have a lot of goals....in my tickler I only list the 3. But, I think I have a goal to lose 5 lbs at a time, so right now I want to get under 190 and get to 185. Then it will be to be 180, then 175 (overweight)...etc.
I have goals for exercise too. I started off walking 4laps, then 6, then 7, now it is 8. It also started as 3 days a week and now I want to do 4 days a week.
They change all the time for me.
good luck
I have goals for exercise too. I started off walking 4laps, then 6, then 7, now it is 8. It also started as 3 days a week and now I want to do 4 days a week.
They change all the time for me.
good luck