New Goal

I was inspired yesterday by a new blog called "Bikini by 30" to get on the stick, set some goals and get rid of this weight that's been hanging around, my waist specifically. So I've been thinking about it and talking to Mike. He's on board with it for a change, so that's a huge help. Some of his suggestions were that I focus on eating more protein (reminds me of Mrs. Hartman...:))and that I aim for loosing one pound a week. That sounds doable to me. So my goal is 1 lb. a week for the next 46 weeks. That sounds slow, buy maybe when I get back into a good swing things will happen faster. My timetable comes from 1. the suggestion that Mike got from a coach somewhere and 2. I really want to be to a size that I can live with before I get pregnant again and that is our timetable for that. (scary to think that less than a year from now I want to be pregnant again.) I weighed myself this morning for a starting weight but I'm going to save that disclosure for when I have starting measurements as well. The blog that I was reading is going by measurements rather than weight and I like that idea; seems like it might be more encouraging. I'm going to do a combo I guess. So apart from eating more protein and less carbs, I'm also going to start counting calories to get an idea of how many I do eat in a day and aim for 1500 a day. Does that sound high? It does to me, but an idea from that same blog was that you take your target weight and multiply it by 10 and that is the number of calories you should eat in a day. So I guess we'll try that for awhile anyway. I'm not planning on being a nazi about this the whole time, but at least at first so that I can get a better idea of portions, etc. Also, I'm going to exercise in some fashion at least 3 times a week for starters. I'm hoping to up that eventually, but a lot of days it's more of a stresser than a help to try to find 45 minutes to myself to exercise. Along with that though, I also will do at least one "active" thing everyday, biking, walking, etc. And finally, sit-ups. My goal is 100 sit-up type exercises everyday. Again, I'm hoping to increase all of this, but this is my starting point and it seems doable to me. But that's where I always go wrong; I feel confident and gung ho for a few days and then crash and burn. So, the very first thing we're doing is covering all this with prayer. That God will grant me self control, opportunities to be active, and a vision to see this through. I'm not doing this from vainity I don't think, although that is something to guard against. I'm doing it first of all because I want to be healthy and take good care of this body, and I don't feel like I'm doing that as is. Also, I want to be in an active lifestyle and setting a good example for Parker as well as be able to do more with him and keep up as he gets more active. And be willing to be in pictures with him. It's a guilty avoidace I have now, but I HATE pictures of myself and that's sad that I don't have any pictures with my little boy. Last but not least, I'd just like to feel more sexy so that I can wear things my husband would like and do things...etc. :)

So that's my plan and those are my reasons. I'm posting them all here as accountablitly. Although I don't have a huge readership, I still have a few so I can't go back on it now! As Christy likes to say, "onward!" And I'm hungry....