Goals Are More Sexy

Than resolutions.  According to GwenniePie, aka ME.

I don’t like resolutions.  For me, they are made simply to be broken and for too long in my life I made a resolutions as weak wishes to better something in the new year for myself that I never followed through on.

A GOAL however, is more like a promise I make to myself.  Something I want.  Something I desire.  And thus, I will work to achieve it.  A goal, for me, is a committment.  And I need to make myself a forever committment.  We all should.  MAKE YOURSELF A COMMITMENT.

In Weight Watchers last Saturday, we talked about our goals, and how breaking them down into bite size (har har har!) pieces can be motivating and more manageable.  I have BIG goals.  There are things that I want to achieve in the long term that will take lots of committed steps in the near term.  And so I took a reverse engineering approach to my goals, establishing what the long term goals are and then working backwards to monthly goals.  It worked for me, and I suggest that you give it a go!  And without further ado, I present you with GwenniePie Goals for 2010 and Beyond!

Goals for 2011: Year of the Big 3-0:

• I will reach my revised goal weight of 175 pounds
• I will run my second Marine Corp Marathon

 Goals for 2010:

• I will have an amazing wedding and marry the man of my dreams
• I will feel amazing and think I look my best for our wedding
• I will work out five days a week for at least 35 minutes each day
• I will stop drinking diet soda and stick with water
• I will keep a written journal to release my thoughts and energy – the good, bad and the ugly -  beyond my blog
• I will take care of my body as I did pre-man (keep up the weekly facial masks and such)

 Goals for/by October 2010:

• I will be back in “Onderland” for our wedding

Goals for March 2010:

• I will run the Shamrock 8k on March 14
• I will lose 4 pounds this month

 Goals for February 2010:

• I will enjoy dress shopping
• I will lose 4 pounds this month

 Goals for January 2010:

• I will lose 3 pounds this month
• I will increase my water intake to 4 liters a day
• I will take my Weight Watcher game and healthy habits on the road to Hawaii

In my bite size monthly goals I tried to make some concrete goals (like losing a certain number of pounds) that I can actually measure.  These are aggressive, and I am putting out there that I won’t feel guilty or a failure if I do not hit those numbers exactly.  But I want to work to do it!  I know I can.  And the simple (yet amazingly hard) effort of working towards those goals will help me maintain my healthy lifestyle.

You can also see that I have monthly goals for the next three months, and then not again until October.  This way, I can revisit my goals and think about what I need to get me through and keep me motivated each month.

I feel really good about 2010.  I am working hard to better myself, and not just to fit into a wedding dress and look dead sexy on 10.10.10!, cause let’s admit, I am already dead sexy even  in my pajamas.  But I want to LIVE a healthy life.  FOREVER.  I don’t want to battle these  same problems in 10 years.  I want to be living a healthy life because it’s just what I do.

Did you make any new goals for 2010?  Do you like resolutions?