Part One - My January 2016 Goal!
Goal: Lose 4 lbs
Plan: I am going to try to use more common sense in my diet. Low-carb just is not a long-term sustainable tactic for me, and I want to break the yo-yo chain once and for all. I'm going to log my food in MFP (trying for daily!) whether good or bad, keeping an eye on my macros and especially my water intake, which I have gotten bad about again. I'm going to try to get my daily sleep schedule back under control - I'm naturally an extreme night-owl but I in turn feel like I waste my entire day... and I'm sure it doesn't do a lot of good for my body, either. I'm also going to walk 30 minutes 5 days a week - either outside with my dog if the weather is nice, or inside on the treadmill if it isn't.
Speed Bumps: Just me. I don't have any events or anything going on this month that are food-centric like Thanksgiving or Christmas, so that's a big help. Even my birthday won't be a big thing. We might go to dinner but that's about it - we've just never been big birthday celebrators. So it really just falls to me and my will power and determination... and my ability to deny myself the desire to sit on the couch under a blanket when it's cold, haha.
Part 2 - My 2016 Goals
Goal #1 - By December 31, 2016, I want to be 55-lbs lighter than I am now, weighing in at 160-lbs. I won't be FIRM on this number, however, if I (for example) have increased my muscle to the point where I might be 180-lbs but wearing a size 8 or 10. I think the clothing size and how I feel is more important to me than the number on the scale. 55-lbs in 12 months averages out to losing 4.5-lbs a month, which sounds completely doable. I'm going to shoot for a 4-lb loss this month and hopefully I'll be able to exceed that and really start out on the right foot.
Goal #2 - I plan to use the savings method of $1 for week 1, $2 for week 2, $3 for week 3, $4 for week 4, etc., from now until the end of the year. This will put an additional $1300 in our savings account without making us feel like we are really, really hurting for money. We want to go to Disney World again in 2017, and that will definitely cover tickets for the two of us, plus a little extra, barring a ridiculous price increase lol. Hopefully I will be able to find a job soon that will help with that even more. Fingers crossed!
I'll be there!
so I will need some super motivation to get off my butt and get those steps in!
wish us luck!! We'd intended to get up early this morning and do it, but the 2am bedtime wasn't kind to us. I would put it off until tomorrow morning, but our cupboards are bare other than the candy bowl, which I meant to empty into the trash last night before bed but didn't, and now I don't have the will-power to do it, haha.
