Goals!!

In the past, whenever someone would ask me what my fitness goals were I would say "to lose weight." Duh.

Then, all of a sudden, yesterday, something changed in my mindset. And, I realized that I have fitness goals other than weight loss.

Do I still want to lose weight? Yes.
Do I still have a goal weight in my head? Yes.
Do I know I will make it to that goal weight? Nope.
Am I going to try my damnedest to? ABSOLUTELY!!

But, in the meantime, I realized there are things that I want my body to do that it can’t do now.

1. Do one pull up. Just one. Unassisted. I have never EVER been able to do this.
2. Run a 5K. RUN…the whole thing.
3. Benchpress 100 lbs. For a whole set.
4. Do 10 perfect pushups. Not the girly kind…REAL ones.

I am so happy I have these goals now. But, there is a funny thing about goals. You tend to lose sight of them when life gets in the way. Or, at least I do. This has happened to be over and over again. I go all out for a few weeks or a few months, but then my efforts fall off and I never make to the finish line.

So, you ask, how do I know this time will be different? The answer is: I DON’T.

I don’t know what tomorrow will bring. Or the next day.

But, I know that TODAY I chose to take care of myself, eat right, and work hard. And that makes me one day closer to my goals!