All these prompts around setting goals are making me think maybe I need to give this goal setting idea a whirl. As I’ve said before, multiple times, I’m too laid back for goals. I’ve never really set a goal for myself except when vanity was at stake.
At the end of 2003, after baby number two, I had all that postpartum fat lingering and that Christmas I saw a photo of myself and was disgusted.
My younger sister was getting married the following summer and so in January I jumped on the Weight Watchers wagon and it worked really well for me. By July I was slimmer than I’d been in a few years and very pleased with the results.
In April of this year I decided to try and kick sugar to the curb. I stopped putting it in my morning coffee, changed up many of my dietary staples and tried for the most part to avoid junk food. I did lose a few pounds or maybe just two, from doing that.
I read that after giving up sugar your skin and hair is supposed to be so wonderful but I didn’t really notice that. The only benefit is that I don’t get those sugar crashes, in terms of energy. I didn’t notice it when I was younger but nowadays after eating a cupcake, chocolate bar or anything really sugary, I get so extremely tired after. So gosh yes, I’m happy to live with a more even keel in terms of energy.
Currently I’m still doing the starve yourself diet, well it’s called intermittent fasting but let’s be real. I’m on week two. As I’ve previously blogged, have lost a couple pounds but not as many as I’d hoped to. I did cheat on the weekend because when I’m at home, it’s so hard to stay away from food.
I have little micro goals that I set for myself throughout the day but I don’t know if those count. Get myself and Sid out the door by 8:15 so I’m not late for work, for once. Take some deep breaths and don’t get road rage on the way to work. Empty the dishwasher on my lunch break so it’s one less thing to do after work. Write in my blog everyday. Call my parents. Water the plants.
I wish I could write about loftier goals but I guess I’m just not a go big kinda person. I’m way too take it as it comes.
Maybe I could start with a goal of setting a goal? I don’t know, probably not. Sounds like work to me.
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