Wednesday, December 12, 2012

I WILL LOSE/SHED 10 LBS. OF FAT BY THE END OF DECEMBER.

During this time of blogging about how I want to lose weight I've realized I haven't been specific of how much I want to lose in a certain amount of time.

I started my overall journey of losing weight after I reached my max weight of 226 lbs. What a ridiculous weight I have let myself become. Granted I know there are people out there that say I wish I was only 226 lbs, well to you, I say do it.

Over the last little bit as I've been doing this blog and really checking in with different individuals who are going on this journey with me I've been able to stay under 212 lbs.  Which I've enjoyed since I haven't been putting weight back on but I've also gotten discouraged with myself since I haven't been able to see the weight loss that I desire.

I only have myself to blame. I haven't written out  S.M.A.R.T. Goals. If you are unfamiliar with SMART goals let me briefly go into a little more detail.

S = Specific.

A specific goal will answer the five "W" questions:
 - What: What do I want to accomplish?
 - Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.
 - Who: Who is involved?
 - Where: Identify a location
 - Which: Identify requirements and constraints.

M = Measurable

A measurable goal will usually answer questions like:
 - How much?
 - How many?
 - How will I know when it is accomplished?

A = Attainalble

An attainable goal will usually answer the question:
 - How: How can the goal be accomplished

R = Relevant

A relevant goal can answer yes to these questions:
 - Does this seem worthwhile?
 - Is this the right time?
 - Does this match my other efforts/needs?

T = Time-Bound

A time-bound goal will usually answer the questions:
 - When?
 - What can I do 6 months from now?
 - What can I do 6 weeks from now?
 - What can I do today?

So what is the next step? Well I need to answer each one of these questions and so do you if you really want to make things change in your life.

I've shared my what and by when.  What is going to be lose 10 lbs of fat because it will be healthier for me and help build more self esteem. My When is going to be by December 31st. It is attainable I have 2 weeks and 5 days to accomplish it which ends up being 19 days for an average of 1/2 of weight loss per day. It is relevant and worthwhile because it will be beneficial to not only my health but my happyness (<- yes that was intentional).

Friday, December 7, 2012

CHRISTINE IN THE HOUSE #P90X STYLE

So a little about me, I'm 24 , just under 6 feet tall and weigh 190 pounds. I have always considered myself an active person but haven't really been healthy four around five years. I was at my heaviest a little while after my daughter was born, weighing around 215. I was pretty depressed and didn't know how to start getting back into shape. I got invited to play some coed volleyball once a week and it quickly became one of my favorite nights of the week.

Now its been a few years and I am back to a fairly active lifestyle, still playing volleyball once a week, but still not where I'd like to be. I guess it really hit me, that I wasn't very fit, when I needed to have surgery earlier this year. I found out I had stage 1 carcinoid cancer. They found a malignant tumor in my appendix. Two surgeries, around a foot and a half of my intestines and ten lymph nodes later they pronounced me cancer free and told me to keep an eye out for symptoms of new tumors. The surgeries kicked my butt and with the possibility of facing this again I know my health and fitness will play a very crucial roll in my recovery.

So some of my weaknesses and excuses have been: "I don't have enough time or energy"  "I'll start tomorrow" or "I don't have the money to join a gym or buy all the health foods". Candy and fast food are probably my biggest problems right now... I gave up soda about a year ago and saw huge improvements in my health and weight but I still drink energy drinks way more often than I should... Gotta work on that.
So my first goals are I'm gonna give up my energy drinks, and I'm gonna try to sleep better (oh yeah I'm an insomniac...its not good for my health) so those two kinda go hand in hand, if I'm not so tired I can't justify buying an energy drink. Longer term goal is the Spartan race with Jenn next year! And I don't want to just suffer through it, I want to freakin rock it! Heck yes!

My goal weight is kinda floating around between 170 and 175, I guess ill know when I get there but my main focus is muscle tone and flexibility... I want my body to be able to do whatever I ask of it.
When I reach that point of knowing my body is ready to take on anything and everything, I'm going to feel like the world is mine for the taking... I will do things I want to do without wondering if I physically can.
I wanted to be part of this group because I need people to push me, to workout with me and keep me motivated. And this group is made up of awesome people that I honestly want to succeed with and spend time with so, yes this is awesome!
Wish me luck! :) 

Thursday, December 6, 2012

A weak Moment. More like Evening

It started off with a couple of spoon fulls of waffle cone ice cream. :(

Just went down from there. I started finding little pieces of chocolate that my wife "hides" so that she can have her guilty pleasures fulfilled. I tried to take away some of the guilt I was having by bringing her one of the pieces I had found.

I just kept eating and eating and didn't know why.  It wasn't until this morning visiting with my brother when he said it happens to him late at night. He starts to eat to try to stay awake and watch TV.

So from now on. I will be going to bed if I don't have a project to work  on and you can't eat while sleeping. Unless of course you are a sleep eater. HMMM

What do you do to control what you eat in the evening? Or anytime for that matter?