2022 - Goals - Success Story
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arthur_p_dent I've been waiting to make this post since I first started on my 2022 goals, and the day is finally here. =]
In my last post I talked about how my momentum got derailed by the scale. And one of the things I mentioned was that I didn't have a specific weight goal. Well, that wasn't entirely true. While I didn't set one at the start of this, I did already have one from years ago.
Back in 2020, this thing called COVID came along, and in the initial flurry of shutting down the world, we were all sent to work from home. At the time I was sitting around 106 kg (235 lbs), and since I was going to be trapped in the house indefinitely, I decided I would use the time to start exercising and drop some poundage. As a motivator, I set myself a target weight of 100 kg (220 lbs). I felt it was a reasonable and achievable goal. But 2 months later we were back in the office, and all that went out the window.
Fast forward to 2022 - time to set some goals and work on my health. I didn't want to set a specific weight goal because my real purpose is being healthier, feeling better, and feeling better about myself. But that old target was still out there, and had really gotten within reach. At the beginning of February I almost got it - 100.1 kg (so close!). Then came those two weeks of gains that put me into a bit of a funk. Since then I got back on track, and as of yesterday...
99.6 !!!!!!!
I finally reached that goal, and it felt so good. And it reinforces in my mind that I'm on the right track, and even though I still expect some fluctuations as I go, it's not the end of the world.
In my last post I talked about how my momentum got derailed by the scale. And one of the things I mentioned was that I didn't have a specific weight goal. Well, that wasn't entirely true. While I didn't set one at the start of this, I did already have one from years ago.
Back in 2020, this thing called COVID came along, and in the initial flurry of shutting down the world, we were all sent to work from home. At the time I was sitting around 106 kg (235 lbs), and since I was going to be trapped in the house indefinitely, I decided I would use the time to start exercising and drop some poundage. As a motivator, I set myself a target weight of 100 kg (220 lbs). I felt it was a reasonable and achievable goal. But 2 months later we were back in the office, and all that went out the window.
Fast forward to 2022 - time to set some goals and work on my health. I didn't want to set a specific weight goal because my real purpose is being healthier, feeling better, and feeling better about myself. But that old target was still out there, and had really gotten within reach. At the beginning of February I almost got it - 100.1 kg (so close!). Then came those two weeks of gains that put me into a bit of a funk. Since then I got back on track, and as of yesterday...
99.6 !!!!!!!
I finally reached that goal, and it felt so good. And it reinforces in my mind that I'm on the right track, and even though I still expect some fluctuations as I go, it's not the end of the world.
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Date: 2022-03-06 04:05 pm (UTC)