News for today's 2018: 08/01/11

August Goals

It's time for me to check in on how I did at meeting my goals for the month of July, and then figure out what I'm going to do for August.  Perhaps I should rephrase that last part: "I need to make some actual achievable goals for August - ones that are so simple I know I can meet them! I need a confidence boost!"  1. Go to the gym 5 days a week.  This will consist of 40 minutes of cardio and 1 day per week of weight lifting. I made it to the gym on average 3-4 days a week.  I'm not sure that I ever did 5. 2. Meet my first 10lb goal. I can do this.  I'm 7 pounds away.  I. will. do. this. I. didn't. do. this. 3. Plan my meals.  By doing this, it will help me stay within my daily Points+ range.  Also, it will help me start going through my cookbooks, as is <a href="http://prittygoodbooks.blogspot.com/2011/04/hungry-girl-cooking-eggamuffin-101.html">another goal of mine</a>.   I actually started off strong with this goal and did 2 solid weeks of meal planning for 5 days.  It helped initially.  Then I got busy and didn't make time to meal plan. 4. Take my lunch to work every day.  I do a very good job at this, especially lately.  5. Divvy up my Points+ balance for each meal and stick to it.  I have a tendency to just eat whatever I want when I want, regardless of the Points+ value.  Sometimes this works to my benefit, most times it does not.  I plan to use a variation of <a href="http://gettingnshape.blogspot.com/">Christina's</a> method and see how that works for me: <div style="text-align: center;">I get a total of 41 Points+ per day.  They will be divided out as follows:</div><blockquote><blockquote><ul><li>Breakfast: 10 Points+</li><li>A.M. Snack: 5 Points+</li><li>Lunch: 10 Points+</li><li>P.M. Snack: 5 Points+</li><li>Dinner: 11 Points+</li></ul></blockquote></blockquote>This actually worked well for me.  It helped me to break down my day into chunks and focus on those chunks so that I didn't go overboard.  I felt initially that eating 10 Points+ for my main meals was just too much food.  However, I found that when I would eat, let's say, 5 Points+ for breakfast, and start throwing myself off of that plan up above, I would go overboard because I lacked a true structure.  I also found that even though I felt like eating 10 Points+ for breakfast was too much, it kept me full longer.  ALSO, I found that when 7 of my breakfast Points+ are not including my Starbucks chai, I feel a whole lot more satisfied! Here's what I'm going to do for August: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.e-acai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Weight-Loss-Goals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.e-acai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Weight-Loss-Goals.jpg" /></a></div> 1. Print out and post my goals on my desk at work and on the fridge.  Let's face it, I type these goals up on my blog, and then I forget about most of them.  If I have them front and center, in my face each day, then surely that will help remind me what I should be focusing on. 2.  Begin the <a href="http://www.priorfatgirl.com/2011/07/new-rules-of-lifting-for-women-as-a-group.html">New Rules of Lifting for Women Challenge offered by Jen at the Priorfatgirl.com</a>.  I've been wanting to include weight lifting into my daily gym routine, and this challenge could not have come at a better time. 3.  Incorporate 1 fruit and 1 vegetable into each meal every single day, and keep track of how often I meet this goal.  Ultimately the goal here is to add 1 additional fruit and veg each month so that I'm meeting the Good Health Guidelines from WW.  But I'm going to start small. 4. Keep track of how many days I attended the gym, for how long, and what I did while there. 5. Track and stay on plan at least 5 days per week - and actually keep track of whether or not I've done this.  I cannot let my weekend start on Friday and end on Monday.  Weight loss is continuing to be a huge challenge for me each and every day.  It sucks. I'm not too proud of myself right now at all.

August Goals

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