Setting Goals

There are so many things that go through my head through out the day that I could write about. I have one of those brains that never shuts off which makes it hard to fall asleep. Last night I had planned on blogging but it was a busying evening. Yesterday I woke up so sore and after I worked out I was even more sore and my knees hurt. Which is a problem I've had on and off because of my weight. I did 2 miles at one time on the walking video which is already more than I could do a few days ago and that second mile is a lot more intense than the first mile. As sore as I was last night I thought I wouldn't be able to move this morning however I'm not sore at all this morning. I plan on tackling the treadmill again tonight and hoping to shave a little time off, even if it's just a few seconds.

I honestly have no idea what a good time would be on the treadmill but I'm going to set a goal to do a mile in 15 minutes. Also I would like to get to the point were I can run 3.11 miles all at once so I can be ready to run a 5k by the end of summer. When I do the 5k I want to be able to run not walk at least most of it if not all. I've never done a 5k so not sure if this will be possible but I will do my best to get there. I'm going to try to work out 5 to 6 days a week with Sundays being a set day off.

As far as my weight goes I have short term and long term goals. My first goal is 273lbs by April 16th and this is what my weight was when I got pregnant with my first baby. To go with that I have a dress I use to wear before I got pregnant that I really want to wear again. Once I reach this goal I will set another small goal. Ultimately I want to be 180lbs and if I lose more that will just be a bonus. I haven't been 180lbs since I was 15 and when I get there I am going on a huge shopping spree.

Eating is a big problem for me so I'm using MyFitnessPal to help me keep track of calories. My goal here is to slowly learn to eat better and always stay within my calories for the day. I plan on getting some healthy snack when I go to the store tomorrow because this is my biggest problem area. I have a bad habit of weighing myself every morning so I also have a goal to only weight myself twice a week. I'm failing at that right now because I have weighed myself every morning but so far it hasn't backfired on me. I'll try not to weight myself until Tuesday which is the day I plan on giving you all a progress report on my weight every week.

My final and most important goal is to always make God, my husband, and my children top priority in my life. God should be in the center of everything and my journey of weight loss is no different. My prayer is that I grow closer to God and my husband through this experience.