Daily Micro-goals

Now that I'm back to blogging, and working on a healthy lifestyle again, I want to make sure I am still setting goals for myself.

Reasonable goals.

For the time being, until I feel like I'm really back into the swing of things, I am going to set small goals for myself.

Small, daily goals.

Every morning, when I wake up, I'm going to write down one daily fitness goal, and one daily household/personal goal in this teeny, tiny notebook...

Today is day one of this new idea, and I have chosen to do 25 push-ups for my fitness goals, and do laundry for the household goal.

See? Small, easily obtainable goals.

Everyday, I will write down my two goals, and then accomplish them throughout the day.

I think this will help give me a routine of saying I am going to do something, and then actually following through with it.

Once I knock out a couple weeks of the small goals, I'll move onto bigger goals.  Then I'll look at the bigger picture. But for now, I'm starting small. 

Oh, hey...

Oh, hey...

Remember me?  The person that supposedly writes this blog?

My last post was about 2 months ago, and I was gearing up for the holidays.  Heading into crazy wonderful days of family, food, and friends, I was trying really hard to just maintain a healthy lifestyle.  I was doing really well!  I was down to 180.2.

And then, the holidays hit, and all of my good intentions went out the window.

I shot up to 190.1, according to the scale at the doctor's office, and now, I am slowly, slowly coming back down.

This morning, I weighed in at 182.

I guess I avoided blogging because I didn't want to admit I had been derailed, again.  I feel like all I ever talk about on this little ol' blog is how I do really well for about a month, and then I completely fall of the wagon, and have to start over.

I always vow that "this time" it's going to be different.  "This time" I am committed and focused.  "This time" I will conquer my goals.

And then, I don't.

THIS time, I'm not going to make any promises, and then hide away when I have to admit defeat.

 THIS time I'm just going to go with the flow, and we'll see where it takes me.

I missed my blogging friends and the connection of supporting one another.  I don't want my blogging experience to just be about making sure I'm setting a perfect example with every post.  I missed writing, and just want to have fun doing it again.

Now, just because I said I wasn't going to make any promises, doesn't mean I'm not going to have goals for myself and that I'm giving up on a healthy lifestyle.  I just mean I'm not going to say things like, "By my wedding day, I want to weigh 1xx lbs, or I want to drop xx amount of weight. Or, I'm not going to eat candy and drink beer for the next 3 months."

It would be great for my health if I said those things, and then followed through with them, but let's be honest...it's not going to happen.  I like beer and candy way too much, and I don't want to put a ton of pressure on myself to weigh a certain number for my wedding.  My wedding is going to be one of the happiest days of my life, and I'm not going to let a silly number deter from any of that happiness!

That being said...

The last two weeks, I have not worked out at all, but I have been really focused on my nutrition.  I've been meal and snack planning like a fiend, and it's really paid off.  I have more energy, and just feel better.

Don't get me wrong, my nutrition has not been perfect, but I'm not letting slip ups, and planned not-so-good-meals, derail me completely.

Nick and I had dinner at a Mexican restaurant with friends last Friday.  I had a few chips and salsa, had a fajita burrito, I ate all my rice and beans, and I had a beer.  I can see where I could have made better choices, but I didn't, and I didn't beat myself up about.  I just didn't let it open a gateway to eat like crap all weekend long.

This Friday, my family is going out for pizza for my Grandpa's 76th birthday.  I'm not going to order a salad.  I'm going to eat pizza with everyone else.  It's going to be delicious.  Then on Saturday, I'm going to wake up, and have my green smoothies for breakfast, and I'll continue eating healthy throughout the day.

It's all about balance and compromise.

I'm happy to be back, and I'm excited to reconnect with ya'll!