Hello and good morning, Garlic ,or is afternoon? If you sticky the topic "Does anyone write letters anymore? 1/8/2013" Each of us will find it easier. Since I made a reply on the old thread, it should show up on the recent.

I am quite pleased to discover that I did meet my goal. Yabba dabba doo!

How about you?

Old goal:
"I have a hard time getting in my water. I have come up with a plan to resolve this issue. Only the plan has a flaw. The rule is to drink 16 ounces of water before I drink coffee and then 16 ounces at each meal. I have been able to master drinking the 16 ounces before coffee but I have been unable to consistently implement drinking the water at meals. It is hard to do so when your meals are less than three or meal times are screwed up. Today I will make this rule: 8 A.M.-12 P.M.-4 P.M.-8 P.M. for drinking my water."

I stated that I my goal was to do a half marathon this year. I am proud to say that it is happening in exactly 2 months! I am training for it 6 days a week, sometimes twice a day. It's going very well and I am sticking to it! I am very determined and hoping to be an inspiration to people I know and don't know. I've had plenty of times where I had a 4 mile run and it's cold and VERY windy and did not want to go. But I did it and kept the determination. I felt so great when it was done and it really wasn't so bad. I'm very proud! Thanks for this! It really keeps me motivated!

I had not found this group by that point (I started my journey again on 1/7/13), but my goal was to have lost 25 pounds in 3 months (I'm at 24) and to work out at least 3 days a week (10 out of 12 weeks I have met that).

Here are my goals for 3 months from now:

1. 8-10 glasses of water each day will be the norm, not the exception
2. I will have completed the C25K program
3. I will eat salad at least 2 times a week

I only found this page a few weeks ago, so here are my goals for the next 3 months:

1. I want to be at my goal weight.
2. I want to have set up a regular gym routine.
3. I want to have finally kicked my diet coke habit.
4. I want to still be enjoying my new job
5. I want to have finished/almost finished C25K (I'm going away for about 3 weeks next month so not sure I'll meet this one)
6. I want to be eating more fruit.

Hopefully I'll do all of these within the 3 months, but if not I'll just keep plugging away :flowerforyou:

Apparently I didn't set goals on that post, although I thought I remembered doing it. I know one of my goals for this year though was to be more active in ways other than simply organized workouts and that's actually gone fairly well. I've found time to chase my my neighbors kids around or play catch with friends or my cousins. I also think the nicer weather will help with that.

As for the next three months one of my main goals is to not eat out so much. It's just so much easier to go out to dinner with friends, but it would be so much healthier (and cheaper) if I invited them over and cooked for them. Or if I do go out to eat I want to make healthier choices in what I order and use better portion control. I need to remember that having leftovers I can bring home is a good thing. My other main goal would be to keep lifting weights. I'm really good with the cardio and I've actually started to enjoy it, but workouts that involve building muscle aren't really my thing. I'm doing Jillian Michael's Ripped in 30 right now, but my goal is to not quit when the video ends, but to keep lifting those weights and building muscle. I know it's the quickest and best way to burn fat and lose inches so why am I not doing it?! Hopefully in 3 months when you ask about this and I can say that I'm getting strong and lean.