My current mini goal is probably stupid, but I'll take whatever motivation I can get right now.
There's entirely too much back-story here for context/explaining why this goal is important to me, and because I'm notoriously long-winded, so the tl;dr is I'm trying to lose 8 pounds by the end of November (4 gone so far!).
Seasonal depression hit me pretty hard this year, which led to binge eating potato chips over the last 2 months (this does not keep me in keto, btw ), which then led to regaining 8 of the 67 pounds I worked so hard to lose over the last 4 years. And of course it all went right to my stomach, which is already my worst area.
I'm basically dirt poor, and struggling through the process of trying to get disability benefits. I have crippling anxiety and depression (on top of the aforementioned seasonal depression), which feeds into agoraphobia. All of that combined with an inability to drive means I never get to leave my house much except for doctor appointments and grocery shopping. I only go out for 'fun' maybe 2 or 3 times a year if I'm lucky, and more often than not it's just to have lunch with someone.
But when I DO manage to go out for fun, I like to dress up. I spend most of my time in my pajamas, only putting on jeans and a t-shirt for doctors and groceries. I look like crap because I feel like crap. Going out is my rare opportunity to escape that crap, so I dress up a little more than I probably should, because it helps to psychologically separate me that much more from feeling like crap.
So at the end of the month I'm going to see Penn & Teller in Seattle. It's pretty much the only achievable thing on my bucket list (it wouldn't have been achievable at all if I'd had to go to Vegas for it). I purchased the ticket back in March, and it's the only thing I've had to look forward to all year. This is one of those ultra rare, super special, too expensive but worth it sort of outings for me. It's been 2 years since my last major outing like this (Chris Fleming was hilarious), and I don't expect there to be another for some time, if ever again.
So I have this ridiculous, over the top outfit I plan to wear.
And it will look so much better without the extra 8 pounds on me.
And I will feel so much better without the extra 8 pounds on me.
To be objectively fair to myself, I did try on the complete outfit and all accessories the other day, and even with the extra weight I think I still look like a polished turd pretty good, so I'll try not to be too hard on myself if I don't hit this mini goal completely.
Here's the ridiculous outfit.
Neighbors approve. Internet pals approve.
That is an awesome outfit! You look amazing! I saw Penn & Teller in Vegas and it was so worth it! So I leave well wishes for your outing and good luck reaching your goals. Most important: have fun! Good luck!!
Mini-goal 1: Get to 14lbs (first stone). Hoping to get there mid-July. Passed 10lbs today and am delighted
Mini-goal 2: Hit 25% of target. Aiming for this by mid-August, just ahead of my friend's wedding.
Mini-goal 1 achieved this morning! 😀
(Existing) Mini-goal 2: Hit 25% of target. Aiming for this by mid-August, just ahead of my friend's wedding.
(New) Mini-goal 3: Build enough strength to start a progressive lifting programme like stronglifts. Aiming for early October. (Hopefully sooner but even bodyweight squats are currently a challenge.)
Just met Mini-goal 2 this morning!! I'm delighted. I really needed a boost after a really tough week.
Mini-goal 4: I have a fortnight until my friend's wedding and my new mini-goal for that day is to be able to zip up my pretty new dress without hurting my fingertips! (And then to find as many opportunities as I can to wear it before it gets too small!! )
Mini-goal 5: To be brave enough to try a new activity with a social dimension. More than anything else, this will push me out of my comfort zone.
Mini-goal 6: To reach a loss of 2 stone (28lbs/12.7kgs). This would bring me just over 33% to goal. Aiming for this by 15 September at the latest.
Mini-goals 4, 5 (SUP counts, right? Especially when everyone comes up to commiserate with you for falling in?!) and 6 all met as of this morning!
3. I'm still working on building enough strength to start a progressive lifting programme, so it will be a while before I get there.
7. In the meantime, my first new mini-goal is to stay on track - for a 7lb overall loss for September - when I am travelling for work for 2 weeks later this month. I have just started c25k, so hopefully I can use the hotel fitness centre to keep that going...and substitute for my usual daily 90 minutes of walking.
8. My somewhat ambitious 8th goal is to hit the midpoint of this journey by Hallowe'en! If I can maintain my current rate of loss, I will just manage it, but the upcoming fortnight out of my routine could throw a spanner in the works!
Ticking off Goals 7 and 8 as complete! I am now halfway to goal, and simultaneously 3 stone (42 lbs) down from my starting weight!
My new mini-goals are:
9. To finish c25k (distance version). I'm currently on week 7, so hopefully this day week I will complete it!
10. Onederland! Hoping to reach this by the time I start a new job in 3 weeks.
11. To have lost another stone (14 lbs) by New Year's Day. I gained 55lbs over a very stressful 2-year period that ended this summer. I want to start 2019 having lost every single one of those unhappy lbs!
Goal 9 completed! I finished c25k to schedule, and I'm now working on building up my running outside with Zombies, Run! since all my training was on a treadmill. It's so much more interesting when you have something to look at other than a tv screen looping songs you can't hear and ads for the gym! I've tried to 'get fit' before but this is the first time I really feel like I'm getting somewhere!
Goal 10 - achieved a little later than hoped, but only by 3 days (and following a week of holidays!)! And today I passed the -50lbs threshold!
Goal 11 - on track!
Goal 12 (new) - to run 50km between today and Christmas. I have a lot going on outside of work in the next month so this will be a challenge to fit in...Which should incentivise me to make my 5k runs a bit longer each time!
multi mini goals right now.
1. Lose the belly blob that is making my waistbands roll down again
2. Lose the inner thighs so they stop rubbing again
3. Weigh less than my husband again (right now about 8 lbs), but could be a moving target
4. below 200 (10 ish lbs
5. get below DL weight (about 15 lbs)
Recently made it below 220. I also went shopping because I needed some essentials. I'm down 3-4 pants sizes (depends on beans/cut). I've also lost 9 inches around what I guess I should refer to as my chest. My band size went from about a 47 to 38. Needless to say, my bras was doing jack in the support arena.
My next not weight related goals are:
To be solidly in 16's or below.
To have the stamina to pass my Krav test (fingers crossed, December 8th is the test).
To be able to comfortably wear the pile of xl-xxl shirts I have (women's shirt sizing depresses me).
My next three weight related goals are:
Under 210 (9 pounds)
Under 200 (19 pounds)
Obese class 1 (22-23 pounds)
Traveling this year to have Christmas with the family.... my crazy family....
My goal is to get to (reset) goal weight, 5lbs loss by dec 21st ( when we fly in) not gain more than 5lbs while there for the week...
Caribbean trip end of January and my 10year anniversary with my husband, where we got married in the first place want to be at the new goal weight which is smaller (more importantly healthier) than when we first got married. I can’t wait to have our photos done!
I’ve lost 45lbs and plan to stay here, my mini goal for every month here on out.
This is so very mini to some, but huge for me! I want to lose 1 lb by Christmas.
Here's why. I always get to where I want to be by Thanksgiving and then I use the holiday excuse and put on 15-20 lbs by the next spring.
If I can lose 1 lb by Christmas (from where I was on Thanksgiving), I feel like I have broken a very bad habit and will be the first year in 3 years that I lost and didn't gain.
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There's entirely too much back-story here for context/explaining why this goal is important to me, and because I'm notoriously long-winded, so the tl;dr is I'm trying to lose 8 pounds by the end of November (4 gone so far!).
Seasonal depression hit me pretty hard this year, which led to binge eating potato chips over the last 2 months (this does not keep me in keto, btw
I'm basically dirt poor, and struggling through the process of trying to get disability benefits. I have crippling anxiety and depression (on top of the aforementioned seasonal depression), which feeds into agoraphobia. All of that combined with an inability to drive means I never get to leave my house much except for doctor appointments and grocery shopping. I only go out for 'fun' maybe 2 or 3 times a year if I'm lucky, and more often than not it's just to have lunch with someone.
But when I DO manage to go out for fun, I like to dress up. I spend most of my time in my pajamas, only putting on jeans and a t-shirt for doctors and groceries. I look like crap because I feel like crap. Going out is my rare opportunity to escape that crap, so I dress up a little more than I probably should, because it helps to psychologically separate me that much more from feeling like crap.
So at the end of the month I'm going to see Penn & Teller in Seattle. It's pretty much the only achievable thing on my bucket list (it wouldn't have been achievable at all if I'd had to go to Vegas for it). I purchased the ticket back in March, and it's the only thing I've had to look forward to all year. This is one of those ultra rare, super special, too expensive but worth it sort of outings for me. It's been 2 years since my last major outing like this (Chris Fleming was hilarious), and I don't expect there to be another for some time, if ever again.
So I have this ridiculous, over the top outfit I plan to wear.
And it will look so much better without the extra 8 pounds on me.
And I will feel so much better without the extra 8 pounds on me.
To be objectively fair to myself, I did try on the complete outfit and all accessories the other day, and even with the extra weight I think I still look like a polished turd pretty good, so I'll try not to be too hard on myself if I don't hit this mini goal completely.
Here's the ridiculous outfit.
Neighbors approve. Internet pals approve.
Goal 9 completed! I finished c25k to schedule, and I'm now working on building up my running outside with Zombies, Run! since all my training was on a treadmill. It's so much more interesting when you have something to look at other than a tv screen looping songs you can't hear and ads for the gym! I've tried to 'get fit' before but this is the first time I really feel like I'm getting somewhere!
Goal 10 - achieved a little later than hoped, but only by 3 days (and following a week of holidays!)! And today I passed the -50lbs threshold!
Goal 11 - on track!
Goal 12 (new) - to run 50km between today and Christmas. I have a lot going on outside of work in the next month so this will be a challenge to fit in...Which should incentivise me to make my 5k runs a bit longer each time!
1. Lose the belly blob that is making my waistbands roll down again
2. Lose the inner thighs so they stop rubbing again
3. Weigh less than my husband again (right now about 8 lbs), but could be a moving target
4. below 200 (10 ish lbs
5. get below DL weight (about 15 lbs)
My next not weight related goals are:
To be solidly in 16's or below.
To have the stamina to pass my Krav test (fingers crossed, December 8th is the test).
To be able to comfortably wear the pile of xl-xxl shirts I have (women's shirt sizing depresses me).
My next three weight related goals are:
Under 210 (9 pounds)
Under 200 (19 pounds)
Obese class 1 (22-23 pounds)
Without killing a relative?
Same!
And/or gaining 18 pounds...
My goal is to get to (reset) goal weight, 5lbs loss by dec 21st ( when we fly in) not gain more than 5lbs while there for the week...
Caribbean trip end of January and my 10year anniversary with my husband, where we got married in the first place
I’ve lost 45lbs and plan to stay here, my mini goal for every month here on out.
Here's why. I always get to where I want to be by Thanksgiving and then I use the holiday excuse and put on 15-20 lbs by the next spring.
If I can lose 1 lb by Christmas (from where I was on Thanksgiving), I feel like I have broken a very bad habit and will be the first year in 3 years that I lost and didn't gain.