Wedding pictures

I've been thinking a lot about goals. I used to be this incredibly driven person. I could learn anything faster than anyone else. I could work longer. I always accomplished what I set out to. I grew up poor and didn't want to be forever. I dedicated most of my life to getting to a point where I was successful at a job. I was lonely a lot of the time, and that bothered me, but I had my goal. Then I got a job in a field I liked. I worked really hard, and I accomplished what I wanted to. Then I got lucky and found this wonderful woman that actually wants to marry me. I had worked so hard for so long, and finally I had everything I ever wanted.

For a while now I've been complacent.. Don't get me wrong. This isn't the reason I'm fat. In fact, it's totally outside of that, but it has affected me in other ways. I haven't taken any new certification exams in a long time. I don't study anymore. I'm late to work a lot. I do my job well for the most part, but I don't worry about doing anything special. I've just been coasting and it's got to stop. I figure the best way to do that is to set some concrete goals and go after them.

I want to look good in my wedding pictures. I don't want to be monstrously fat. I've decided I want to get down to 215 by the wedding. That will mean losing 1.6 lbs a week, and I think that's doable.

As of this morning, I weighed 256.5, so I need to lose 41.5 lbs by 04/03/04. Below I've listed some intermediate goals that I will have to reach to be on pace to make it to 215 by the wedding. As each of these dates arrive, I'll evaluate where I am to see if I'm on pace. If I'm behind, then I'll evaluate what I need to do to make the next goal. Hopefully, having this to look forward to and each of these steps along the way will help me get motivated again. At some point, I'm going to put together some life goals and probably make a similar post to this with those on my other blog. I don't know when that will be.

In the meantime, here are my goal weights at various dates on the way to my wedding date:
250 on Halloween.
243 on Thanksgiving.
242 on December 1.
235 on December 31, which is my birthday.
226 on Valentine's day.
222 on March 1st.
215 at the wedding.

And away we go.

Good luck with the goals. Can't wait to see what's left of you guys at the wedding:)

Hello. I was just searching around and found this. It looked pretty intresting. You seem to want to REALLY

Hello. I was just searchign aroudn and decided to take a look at this because it looked pretty intresting. It seems you really want to stick to your goals and I hope that you reach them! I hope for the best of you and I hope that you reach your goals, living a good comfortable life. Its been great reading about you! :)