Monthly Report - February 2004

It's that time again. At least this time I have some goals to go by.

Submitted for your perusal, last month's goals:

Diet: Follow SBD Phase 1 through February 15th, then Phase 2 for the rest of the month. 2L of water every day.

Exercise: Cardio 3 days/week, Body-sculpt class 2 days. 10-20 mile bike ride every Saturday

Weight loss: 7 lbs.

Size loss: 3 inches.

Crossed off the ones I met. Not terribly impressive, eh?

If you want to see details, OPEN WIDE.

REPORT/COMMENTARY

First, the numbers:

February 4 weigh-in: 183
March 3 weigh-in: 182
Pounds lost in February: 1
Inches lost in February: 1
Inches gained in February: 5.5

I suffered from severe motivational issues last month, and had a hard time sticking to anything. I'd be fine for a few days, and then the weekend would send everything flying apart. I'm trying to figure out a way to stop this pattern, but so far have been unsuccessful.

I did only lose 1 lb. last month, but there was only one official gain on weigh-in day. Even that one, I lost it (with interest) two weeks later. I'd be more upset if I lost 4 lbs on the first week and spent the next 3 weeks gaining it back. You know?

As for the inches, who knows? Maybe I measured wrong last month, or maybe this month. Or maybe I'm just getting bulkier. I'm happy about the inch lost in the waist though, and let's not forget that 2 of those gained inches were in the bust, and TOM approacheth. So I'm not ready to fall on my fork just yet.

The exercise thing, well...laziness. Busyness. Tiredness. At least I made the effort to go to the sculpting class whenever possible.

MARCH GOALS

I'm torn about whether to make goals at all. At least, numeric ones. It seems that the only purpose the goals serve is to make me feel bad when I don't meet them. However, I don't really want to "lower the bar" to such ridiculously low standards that I can't possibly help but meet my goals. So what kind of goals can I set?

1. Journal faithfully, every day, even through the weekends.

2. Plan meals, and eat the meals that were planned.

3. Don't order pizza or eat pizza that Roommate orders.

4. Get some kind of exercise on the weekends, and cardio on at least one weekday.

5. Finish the entire Tuesday sculpting class, ALL the abs.

6. And if at all possible, GET BELOW 180 BY THE WEDDING (4/3).

That's it.