heh. I'm punny.
Aaanyway, I've been doing some thinking about the goals for this month. I've been sort of conflicted about it, because on the one hand I don't want to focus too much on numbers. On the other hand, what else have I got? The specific actions I want to take are already in the DNAP*, so I can't even use "exercise every day" as a goal, since it's already listed. So goals almost have to be results of the DNAP, not following the DNAP itself. Otherwise it's redundant to even set monthly goals at all. Does that make any sense? Because now I'm getting a little muddled.
I also have to consider that this month is half over. Sure, I could go a full 4 weeks, but I'd rather stick with progress reports at the beginning of the month. It's easier to remember when to do them that way, instead of having to count back to see if it's been 4 or 5 weeks since the last time I did a progress report. So, the goals for this month have to take into account that I only have 16-17 days. However, I don't want to lower the bar to the point of ridiculousness, where any effort at all is going to result in a gold star. I mean, I set goals so I can challenge myself to meet them. If I can meet them without really trying, then what's the point?
With those things in mind and without further babbling, here's what I finally came up with:
1. Get back into the 170s. This seems fairly achievable, since I was right on the verge of this in this morning's weigh-in. Even if my weight does the usual roller-coaster boogie, I should be able to get comfortably into the middle-to-high 170s by Halloween.
2. Sign up for and ACTUALLY RIDE IN an organized bike event. I love these, and I didn't even sign up for the one I planned to do in September. We were dead-ass broke at the time, and it didn't seem like a good idea to spend $50 signing up for a ride that neither of us were really prepared for.
I did sign up yesterday for this Elves and M0re ride, which should be pretty fun. I was planning to do the 60-mile course, but at this point I think I'd better stick with 36. Rob isn't going to ride at all, but Noah might be interested in the kid's bike rodeo (whatever that is).
3. Get at least 10 fitness points at work. Without going into specifics, my company has a fitness incentive program where they give us one point every time we work out at their on-site facilities. If we get 36 points by the end of a quarter, we get prizes. As I've mentioned before, I love prizes. I have never before won the prizes, though, because I fizzle out in the 2nd month of every quarter. As of this writing, I have 2 fitness points for October.
4. Bring lunch to work 4 times per week. This is my only foody goal, because I don't work well telling myself what I can and can't eat, and how much. I do journal everything as part of the DNAP, but I don't sweat the 35-point days or celebrate too much over the 24-point ones. The last few weeks, I've been over my flex points. This week, I think I've used 25 so far, and I've still lost 2 lbs. Granted, part of that is TOM weight, but you see the point.
This goal is to keep food cost down, and also to control how much I eat during the day without going all point-obsessive. I've found that on the days that I bring lunch, I'm less likely to leave the office at all, and therefore only boredom-eat what's actually in my office. All I keep here are 2-point snacks and fruit, which satisfy my hunger without taking me off course. Madness, meet method.
So, that's it. Scorecard will be tallied November 1st.
*Definitely Not A Plan
Posted by Joy at October 14, 2004 12:24 PM