Goals

Week 2.

Starting out with a bang!

I had a great workout yesterday with Clay (super nice!), another trainer that works at NFPT. Lydia is out on vacation, so he generously stepped up to the plate to help me out. I was breathing pretty hard and my heart was a-pounding after the 45 minute work out, but once I got home, I realized that it was the first time I didn't feel like I should be puking! Which must mean.....(drum roll) improvement! Exciting stuff.

We mostly worked on core exercises, which were all difficult to finish, but the most strenuous was the one that worked my back muscles. It's so hard to keep good form and use the correct muscles. Took a lot of concentration. Good news is, my back was sore today, so I must've done something right.

Before I get too far into the start of my blog, I thought I'd share my goals that Lydia had me create before our first workout. I think it's good for me to get them out there. It gives me some sort of feeling that more people must be keeping me accountable to them. (Right?)

Here we go!

Short-term goals:

• Make weekly goals and share with Lydia to help me stay accountable
  
• Weigh 235 by mid-June
  
• Find cardio exercises that I enjoy (possibly biking outdoors, zumba, yoga, or hiking)
• Bike to work as often as possible
• Bike to NFPT as often as possible
  
• Journal my journey on blogger at least once a week
• Work on curbing/decreasing my food intake by: eating more raw veggies, juicing, portion control, and controlling special occasion meals (that last one is my vice....)
  
• Research & study! The more I know, the easier it is for me to say no!

Goals with Lydia:

• Push and stretch me beyond what I think my capabilities are
• Find exercises that target areas of my body that need focus
  
• Learn more about food from her (and her influence's) perspective
• Keep me accountable to my goals (for both workouts and diet)

Long-term goals:

• Reach my target weight by June of 2013 (means an average weight loss of 1 1/2 lbs per week!)
• Compete in a race?
• Find an enjoyable cardio workout during the winter (swimming indoors?)
• Find a work-out buddy for accountability and encouragement
• Possibly go gluten-free?

And that's that.

My weekly goal for this week is to eat healthy snacks between meals.

Onward!