Chelle 42 yr old Pagan Witch, mom of 4, living in the MidWest
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Week 2 Challenge Part 1: *Personal Goals* ~
Strive & Be HappySep 18 2006 00:00
Week 2 Challenge Part 1: *Personal Goals* ~ Strive & Be Happy
What are your health, eating and exercise goals? Can you name 3 things you try to do daily? 2 you try to do weekly?
For my daily goals, I can name them pretty easily. First one, get up and face the day. Even if I know ahead of time it's going to be a *killer*, try to keep a positive outlook. My second goal for the day is to keep on my diet, and that includes getting in all the water I should get for the day. My 3rd goal is to get in *some* kind of activity. Since I have been following a fairly sedentary lifestyle for the last several years, even housecleaning and such for 30 minutes is *some* kind of activity.
As for weekly... hmmm... gotta think about that. Well, I know this might sound strange, but stay organized. My bedroom tends to look like a hurricane (tornado?) ripped through it and my desk looks like the paper monster has taken over, so I guess getting organized is a weekly goal of mine. As for the 2nd weekly goal, it would be to weigh myself NO MORE than twice a week. However right now that is going to be a bit difficult since I am without a home scale. Once I am able to afford one, though, this will be a goal of mine. I don't want to get fixated on that number on the scale because I know that I am eating healthy and following a better lifestyle for me and I don't want to get discouraged that I'm not seeing the numbers go down quick enough, and I'm afraid if I weigh myself daily I'll start getting all hung up on those numbers. Keeping track of it is one thing - worrying about it is another.
Mmmm... When I'm thinking about my goals, I like to make them something I know I can do reasonably... as compared to my wish list... I have a ton of back paperwork to do, so i work on it 15 mins each morning... that's a goal I can see and do, compared to geting my back paperwork done... which is a bottomless pit! swear! If I look at the whole pile, i really can hardly tolerate the thought of doing it. My daily goal is get up, dressed and meet the day even when i know it will be the pits... but it helps me to get dressed instead of staying in my nightie. Too easy to go back to bed, which I did for too long :( Weekly. One of my first goals was to walk for mins. Swear, I'm allergic to exercise! Always hated it... so I told myself, just 3 mins a day 3 times a week. and that's where I started. I'm building to 30 mins walking 5 days a week, but had to stop over the summer because it was too warm and my knees stayed swollen almost the whole time. Anyway, just a few thoughts! u done did gr8 :) |
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