Nicole’s recent post “Dec. 1. Almost 2020” over at Prosperity and Calamities inspired me to start my weight loss journey sooner than 1/1/20. Those darn New Year’s resolutions! They never work so why not just set a goal now and get started.
Kiddo #2 was home when I read the post and we had an interesting discussion about personal goals. In the work place SMART goals drive me crazy because they always mean I need to do more. I hadn’t really thought of them for personal use.
As part of our discussion, weight loss came up. It was so easy to use the SMART goal method for this! Why didn’t I think of this sooner??
S – Specific – Weight loss didn’t seem specific enough. I decided on an average of 0.5 pounds per week. To help with this, I went online and joined WW (officially not called Weight Watchers any longer).
M – Measurable – I’m pretty sure the scale (which I dread) will help with this. Something like “pants aren’t tight” didn’t seem as measurable. By the end of the year, the goal is to lose 26 pounds.
A – Attainable – I think if I stay on track and record my food and exercise, this goal is attainable in 1 year.
R – Relevant – How could losing weight not be relevant to my life and health. We went to the scale and I realized I was 2x my previous WW goal set 30ish years ago. Between the 2 kiddos, I was able to reach lifetime member status. The weight has been gradually creeping up since then. I only have data for the last 20 years and it has averaged about 4 pounds per year. It was very eye-opening to realize this. A little bit per year has done significant damage to my body. She also had me do a fasting blood sugar test (using John’s blood tester) and it was 110. Not diabetes but not good. Losing weight will help with this too.
T – Timely – A year seems like a reasonable time goal. If I’ve gained 4-10 pounds a year, I can lose that amount (and more likely more) in the same time frame.
Tomorrow marks one week following the WW blue plan. I’ll occasionally be posting about this journey.
Great idea! You’ll do great, I know Barb!
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Thank you! I’ve done it before so I can do it again!
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Yes!!
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