Summer 2012 Weight Loss Goal – Weekly Weigh In

Friday was my weigh in and also my birthday.  For my birthday, I wanted to lose weight at Weight Watchers and that is exactly what I did.

I LOST 1.8 POUNDS!

Headed in the Right Direction - DOWN!

Happy Birthday to me!

My leader, Jacynta, wasn’t there so my sister and I skipped out on the meeting to go shopping instead.  After all, it was my birthday!

This week’s Weight Watchers topic was about setting a summer goal.  You all know how I am about setting goals.  I am ALL about it!  I feel like you have to have a goal in mind in order to achieve something.  We can’t just go through life saying, “I don’t know HOW much weight I want to lose.”  ”I don’t know how many days I want to work out.”  If we have a set number in mind, we have something to work towards.  Here are some important things to remember when setting goals.

• Have your goals be ACTIONS – Don’t say, “I will lose 5 pounds this month.”  Instead, say, “I will track all of my food in order to be accountable for what I am eating.”  Instead of saying, “I will exercise more” say, “I will exercise ____ number of days this month.”
• Make them attainable – If you are someone who does not currently work out, don’t make your goal working out 7 days a week.  Chances are, you will fail the first week and give up.  Make it something do-able like 3 days a week.  If you currently work out 3 days a week, make it 5.  You want yourself to be successful.  Set yourself up with a realistic goal so you CAN be successful.
• Don’t Give Up – If you say you are going to exercise 3 times a week and one week you only exercise once, don’t give up.  You didn’t fail at your goal.  Make up for it the next week by exercising 5 days instead of 3.  Make it an “average” if you have to.

Thinking about those three things, here are my goals for this summer:

• Weight Loss Goal – I would like to lose 10 pounds this summer.  I am going do do this through tracking and exercising (see below for specific goals)
• Exercise Goal – I would like to work out at least 5 days a week.  I am currently averaging 4-6 so 5 seems quite do-able.
• Eating Goal – I will track at least 5 days a week.  I would love to track all 7 but to make a good, attainable goal, I will shoot for 5.
• Blogging Goal – I would like to try more new recipes and blog about them.  My goal is to post one new recipe a week.

There are my four goals.  I think they are all attainable.  What are your summer goals?  Write them down so you can be accountable.