Sunday night as I sipped my weekly glass of wine I told the Hubs I hoped to be down 2.8lbs at weight in Monday morning. This would put me with 2lbs to loose to get to the goal I set for myself seven weeks ago, when I weigh in next week. Well kids, I did it! Down THREE WHOLE POUNDS-smashing my hope of a mear 2.8 loss!!! ok, not quite that dramatic but I was pumped when they said "down three" and then rewarded me with a 5lb sticker and my 5% weight loss sticker. I'm now down a total of 12 pounds since joining post Gavin, putting my total post Gavin weight loss at 35lbs! 14 pounds to go and I'll be back to my pre-Gavin weight and pounding my way back down to my pre-Emily weight! Ah the journey...
When I was about four months pregnant with Gavin I casually mentioned to my sister-in-love that I'd like to run a 5K with her on New Years Day. I was feeling hormonal and chubby entering my second trimester of pregnancy and needed something to keep me feeling like there was light at the end of the expanding waist band tunnel. Well this week, I recommited to Heather and we made a pact to find a race and sign up! I'm SO pumped to get started with my Couch 25K program next Monday and plan to download it to my Ipod and pull out my 'skinny yoga pants' and start running! It's a new goal for me, one I have never tackled as part of my fitness journey in the past, but one I am SO excted for!
Setting this goal for myself got me thinking about weight loss/fitness goals; what is more realistic, a distant goal like a New Years 5K or a few pound loss for an August BBQ? For me, I think where I am at mentally with my post baby bod, is long term/long distant goals. The mini weight loss goals we set in our WW meetings are great, but long distant future fitness goals feel helpful right now because I have so long to go in terms of my overall goals. Setting a New Years Day goal gives me a lot of time to prep (and a little wriggle room to fail and pick myself back up again) but also enough time to get there and feel confident I am actually ready!
What short term and long term goals have you set for yourself? If you havent set any, pick one and set it now!
