Wow. Sometimes this blogging thing is hard and I keep forgetting to post! I was a lot better at this before my mission. Oh well. Like I have said in the past, sometimes you have to start all over again. It doesn't matter how many times you need to start over. What matters is that you're taking the steps to change. Speaking of change...
I don't want to sound cliche when I say this, but starting on the first day of this year I made some big goals for myself. And I mean some actual goals, not just the New Year's resolutions that you make and then forget about in a few weeks, or maybe a couple of months.
I'm bringing this up is because I learned something important about my own goals. I'm only going to address one of those goals because it applies to this blog, but it applies to my other goals as well. One thing that I want to do, of course, is lose some weight. I still have a lot to lose and it can be super overwhelming when I look at the numbers. Don't get me wrong, the numbers are still SUPER important.... keep track of those numbers! They can help you measure your success! However, I also learned (partially because of having lost the weight and gaining it back because of health issues that I can't control) that I needed to be a little less specific about the pounds and a little more specific about how I was going to lose those pounds. So, with this new outlook, I made a goal that was different than my previous goal. Instead of losing however many pounds in a certain amount of time, I have a goal to live healthier.
Now here's the most important part... I wrote it down. Goals are simply just wishes unless you write them down so you can constantly go back and refer to them. And I didn't just write down the goal, I took the time to write down how I plan to achieve that goal and the habits that I want to develop within this year to help me get there.
Now, I know that this method won't work for everyone, especially if you are all about the numbers. I have decided to take this route because there a lot of things going on in my body right now that I can't control, and it's not fair to tell myself that I'm not successful because the pounds aren't coming off like I want them to. My weight is a big factor for me, but the bigger factor is that I need to work to feel good, not just look good. I don't know if this will help you as the reader of my blog, but it's a big step for me.
I also wanted to mention something again that I mentioned before is to remember to look at the small successes you see day to day. I went to work out this morning and in the middle of my cool down I decided to turn the treadmill speed down so that I could do lunges as I cooled off. A little after I turned it down to 1.5 mph and started to do lunges, I started to laugh. Why? Because I realized that 3 years ago, that was my maximum speed and now I had some extra time to do lunges.
Make this year your best year. Write down your goals and really focus on how you will accomplish them. I promise that as you do this, the best is yet to come. Keep working hard and love yourself no matter where you are.
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