January 1. How many of you set “New Years Resolutions”? You want to to start the year out on the right path, and make changes in your lives. How many of you actually stick with them? Be honest!

I used to start the year going ok I am going to work out everyday! Well that shit never happened. I was repeatedly setting my self up to fail!

For me when I started this journey I learned from years of not succeeding, that I was someone who had to take it one goal/new habit at a time. When I began this I needed to get my eating habits on the right track. So WW was the format I choose to use. It gave me freedom to eat what I wanted to eat but dumbed down the calorie counting for me. Made it easy, it was overwhelming for me, I needed it to be simple and easy or I wasn’t going to be able to make calorie counting and tracking what I ate easy to maintain.

A year ago, I sat down and said I wanted to focus on a few goals.

1. I was going to reach a 100 pound loss!
2. I was going to create the habit of going to gym/moving my body more

Plus a few other ones. These are the two big ones that are relevant to my story today.

I knew last year when the year started I was going to be losing my job at the end of January. My plan was just to get through the process of closing the store I was managing. I was going to take advantage of some time off to get into a routine of being active! I wanted to be a “Gym Rat” type of person.

I had done it, for a couple of months, I was moving my body 5 days a week. I was creating that new habit of being more active. Like everyone else the rug got pulled out from underneath us.

I lost my access to my gym. I had to get creative I bought an inexpensive bike I went for bike rides when the weather permitted. I walked and I walked. Lifetime Fitness offered workouts through their app, which brought variety. I kept my eating under control, I did not allow the uncertainty and the loneliness of quarantining cause me to emotional eat.

I REACHED 100 pounds lost, this was the one thing I really wanted to make sure I achieved! I did it, through all of this unprecedented times this year brought.

Flash forward to today! Day 1 of 2021. I am setting small attainable goals for myself.

This year I will take more adventures! Open to inviting more Love into my life!

The BIG one I am going to reach my goal weight this year! I am 35 pounds away from reaching that. How do I plan to do this!

1. I will move my body more
   1. Goal one is to get to gym 3 times a week and maintain that for one month
   2. Goal two once I have maintained the 3x week I will up it to 4x
2. Keep my eating on track
3. Continue to get outside and active.
4. Build more lean muscle, tone my muscles

I have other goals as well. These are the ones that I am focusing on. I already have a commitment of being at the gym 1 day a week. I committed to having a personal Trainer, so I see her ever Wednesday! I need to go 2 more times a week. This is a small attainable goal! Something that I know I can do!

I am going to take my measurements and I am going to share my progress weekly. I am sharing that here with you, so if you too want to use this tool as a way to track your progress other then constantly watching that scale.

January 1: Day one of taking those small steps forward to my goals!

Happy New Year everyone! Here is to a year full of love, laughter, adventure, good health and much success!