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So how did we all do on last week’s goals? What were our successes and what were our problems? How did we reward ourselves? What changes are we going to make to our goals?
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In writing your action plan, be sure it includes
what you are going to do,
how much you are going to do,
when you are going to do it, and
how many days a week you are going to do it.
For example: This week, I will walk (what) around the block (how much) before lunch (when) three times (how many).
This week I will __________________________________ (what)
______________________________________________ (how much)
______________________________________________ (when)
______________________________________________ (how many)
How confident are you? (0% not confident at all – 100% totally confident without reservation)
Daily/Weekly review: comments, problem identification and solving.
I managed to achieve last week’s goal, and learned that I improve my exercise if I have some good music with a beat I can synchronize my movement and breathing to.
This week’s goal is 3hours+/3000kcal+ total at 1+ sessions, still not going to be more definite than that, the days I do exercise I will do as much as feels right to do that day. I should probably manage this (70% certainty).
I hope the rest of you had success with your goals too.
By: TheDarkWraith on January 26, 2009
at 5:13 pm
I met my goals but just barely – I don’t feel really great about them. As such, I’m keeping those same goals and trying to improve their quality. I had one of those realizations this morning – you know, the kind everyone else probably already realizes?
I’m tired as dirt. I haven’t been sleeping, I have no energy. AND gosh, paying any attention to my goals is really hard. It’s not just lack of motivation, it’s more like lack of energy to resist the bad things. The stray thought comes into my head – “I’d like to eat X” and my mind is like, “meh, I prolly shouldn’t….. sounds good…….”
So, I don’t know quite yet how to work on that or write a goal for that. I need to hash it out some more in my head. The other two goals remain the same for me this week.
By: Zazzy on January 27, 2009
at 1:00 pm
Yeah I get that about no energy and hard to resist the urges of the body, especially when one can’t refill mental energy due to lack of sleep and such, it just tends to build up and become really hard.
I think it is important though to not get too angry at oneself and not to give up, just accept that one can not always be perfect, and that one needs to keep on trying.
I have some cold/flu symptoms now too so this week will be interesting, dunno if I can achieve the goals, but will try to do some of them.
Also one thing I have noticed is that when one slips on what one eats for instance it is very easy for that slip to end up being nearly a free fall, not sure why that is, but it is sure annoying.
By: TheDarkWraith on January 27, 2009
at 4:53 pm
Hi W, thanks for your thoughts. I plan on getting back with you or possibly making a separate post on the issue. I’ve been thinking along these lines but I spent the day freezing instead of writing. Still, we have power again so that’s a step in the right direction.
By: Zazzy on January 28, 2009
at 10:20 pm
I did fairly well on last week’s goals. Actually I did really well on eating regular meals. I had a desire, like Zazzy, to eat a whole bunch of stuff I shouldn’t have been eating, though. The exercise wasn’t so good. It’s really difficult to exercise when you’re sick! I haven’t reset goals for this week. There’s just too much CRAP happening right now – I can’t deal with it all. I’m taking a week to step back and try to get myself centered, to nurture my spiritual side. Next week I’ll be back to fighting form.
I totally identify with the free fall TDW mentioned. I feel as though I’ve been free-falling for a long time. I gotta grab onto something and stop the fall.
LOVE the new look!!!
By: adamswife on January 30, 2009
at 12:30 pm
Yeah, I know the free fall – I’m trying to avoid it but it hasn’t been a good week for goals. Eating has been okay but not great. And um, I can’t possibly exercise if it’s icy out right? Walking around the family room requires nice weather outside?
I’m trying something different with my food goal this weekend. Successive approximations, right? As much as I hate to use food as a reward, I’m doing it. I bought a couple weight watchers desserts and instead of my yogurt I will have a treat at bed time if I haven’t been grazing. I know that grazing can be an attempt to find some kind of food that I’m denying myself – it isn’t always emotionally based. Sometimes I just am searching for something to hit the spot. Maybe having a treat other than yogurt will help that? We’ll see, life is an experiment.
By: Zazzy on February 1, 2009
at 12:41 am
Yeah, I think sometimes cravings are actually the body saying “I need this” and it can actually mean that it really does need whatever it is.
Seems flu and cold has made my goals 100% fail this week, but that is ok, I will resume exercise when I am well enough and I suspect it might be as soon as tomorrow or so.
By: TheDarkWraith on February 1, 2009
at 10:49 am