Goals are important, you can't achieve anything without knowing what it is that you want to do! Half the battle with weight loss is setting attainable goals that you want to achieve.
Throughout my journey I am going to set little goals that are easily attainable, as I grow and change I am going to amend my goals, or make new ones that challenge me.
I am going to start out with something easy. Eating. I know that I don't eat healthy right now. My diet is not full of all the nutrition that it needs to sustain itself in a healthy way. Since I am looking to making little goals for now, my first one is going to be really easy. Make a menu plan that is simple and easy to stick to. My ultimate goal is weight loss, but I want to be healthy in getting there. I am going to eat lots of veggies, a little meat, and very few carbs but enough to keep myself going on!
For exercise, I am going to start with something really easy. For my first week, it is my goal to exercise in some way three times! I know that doesn't seem like a lot but when you are just starting to get into things that three times seems like a huge obstacle to overcome!
I will keep you posted with my goals as they change and are met!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Welcome!
Hello!! I thought I would start my blog by telling you about myself.
I am 23 years old and I am very overweight. This is something that has happened gradually since I was 19. I want to get myself back to the weight I was in high school!!
Currently I weigh 229 pounds. I used to weigh 140 pounds. That is my ultimate goal! To be 140 pounds and a size 8 or so! Right now I take a size 20.
This is very sad for me because I used to be so active in school and my personal life outside of it as well. I used to swim, skate, run, and walk everywhere. Now I lead a sedentary life, sitting around all day not really doing much of anything.
I want to change this! I am sure that I can change the way that I look and feel. I am very unhappy and ashamed of the way that I have let myself gain all this weight. These goals that I am setting for myself are not to make me look more like the socially accepted way, but to make me feel better about myself.
To begin, I am going to keep a detailed record of my weight loss journey. I am going to chronicle everything in a creative way because I love to scrapbook! This will tie in something that I am good at and enjoy a lot. My plan is to save receipts, take pictures weekly of myself, write down favourite meals, take note of struggles that I have along the way. Basically keep a glorified journal of my progress. It is going to be colourful and exciting!
I am going to make little goals, hopefully a new one every week. I am going to try new foods, new recipes, go different places for physical activity. I want to make myself healthier and happier!
Finally, I am by no means an expert! I am just trying to get myself healthy by eating properly and being active. I am not going to give advice, unless it is by way of a good recipe or a fun workout DVD or something like that! Now this doesn't mean that you have to take my advice. I don't want anyone getting hurt or becoming sick from my advice. I am doing only what is right for me!! You have to decide what is right for yourself, and if that means going to a doctor to help you along, do that!
I am 23 years old and I am very overweight. This is something that has happened gradually since I was 19. I want to get myself back to the weight I was in high school!!
Currently I weigh 229 pounds. I used to weigh 140 pounds. That is my ultimate goal! To be 140 pounds and a size 8 or so! Right now I take a size 20.
This is very sad for me because I used to be so active in school and my personal life outside of it as well. I used to swim, skate, run, and walk everywhere. Now I lead a sedentary life, sitting around all day not really doing much of anything.
I want to change this! I am sure that I can change the way that I look and feel. I am very unhappy and ashamed of the way that I have let myself gain all this weight. These goals that I am setting for myself are not to make me look more like the socially accepted way, but to make me feel better about myself.
To begin, I am going to keep a detailed record of my weight loss journey. I am going to chronicle everything in a creative way because I love to scrapbook! This will tie in something that I am good at and enjoy a lot. My plan is to save receipts, take pictures weekly of myself, write down favourite meals, take note of struggles that I have along the way. Basically keep a glorified journal of my progress. It is going to be colourful and exciting!
I am going to make little goals, hopefully a new one every week. I am going to try new foods, new recipes, go different places for physical activity. I want to make myself healthier and happier!
Finally, I am by no means an expert! I am just trying to get myself healthy by eating properly and being active. I am not going to give advice, unless it is by way of a good recipe or a fun workout DVD or something like that! Now this doesn't mean that you have to take my advice. I don't want anyone getting hurt or becoming sick from my advice. I am doing only what is right for me!! You have to decide what is right for yourself, and if that means going to a doctor to help you along, do that!
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