Weight Loss Goal - Target 11St 7Lbs by 18th February

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Can I Lose 7lbs in 4 Weeks...

It has been pointed out to me recently that I am starting to get a 'beer' belly... Oh Dear..

So on Monday morning I made the decision that I was going to do something about it...

I went to the local gym to try and get an accurate weight measurement, but the scales said that I was only 12 Stone (dead on) and I thought I was heavier than that.

I watched the Jamie Oliver programme the night before with the dead body of a heart attack patient being dissected live on air, it was a bit of a shocker to see that on TV as I have never seen anything like that on TV... The main thing that caused that doods problems was the beer belly shape that pushed the guys lungs and heart onto a tiny space that meant that it was working twice as hard.

I feel pretty unfit compared to my fitness levels a few years back, this is caused by less exercise and more beer (or cider). Both of these issues I plan to sort.

My plans are to do the following:

• Cut alcohol use for 4 weeks.
• Go to the gym at least 2 times per week for 4 weeks.
• Cut out snacky and fatty foods for 4 weeks.
• Walk more and take the car less for 4 weeks.
• Go swimming once per week for 4 weeks.

I have started this on Monday 23rd January 2007, but even just typing it out seems like hard work... I need to try and find the motivation to meet my goals.

The key motivator are:

• I don't like the way my belly looks and I want to get a six pack back.
• There are blood pressure and heart problems in my family.
• I don't want to die younger and miss my wee girl growing up and any other kids I have in future years.
• I want to have more energy.
• I want to feel more alive.
• I want to have less back pain and knee pain too.

I plan to write out a day by day blog about it to say how I am getting on... but only if I can grab the time to do it...

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

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Happy New Year - Happy New You

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Many millions of people have made a new years resolution... Lose weight, stop smoking, drink less (or more), get fit, have more fun, laugh more, make more money, start a business, get a new job, improve relationships, save money, get a new house... the list could go on for ever... (please comment on your new years resolutions).

I have decided that I would like to try some of the following in 2008...

I want to drink less...

I want to lose about 7 to 10 lbs in weight...

I want to get much fitter...

I want to relax more...

I want to get my business up and running this year to the point that it makes me a full time wage...

I want to get a full job to get myself financially sorted early this year...

I want to have at least 10 weeks off drink (I am not an alcoholic, but I feel that I drink far too much and often and in the long term I feel that I have to make changes)...

I want to have 10,000 pages of content on my blogs by January 2009... (this may be a tall order but I am sure others have managed it...

I want to start investing in renewable energy projects... (I have an application for a share in Fens Green Energy Co-op).

All of these goals for 2008 are achievable in my mind, but many ideas fail because of barriers, many of these barriers self imposed.

If you want a better chance of success you may want to consider the following...

• Why you want to achieve your goal - what will motivate you?
• How you plan to achieve your goal - how do other people achieve that goal?
• When you want to achieve your goal by - give yourself a target date (day, month, year etc) that you feel may be achievable.

When I have set more major goals in the past the ones that I have managed to pull of have been very focused and I have made sure I have imagined what it will feel, look and sound like when I achieve my goal.

One exercise that can help people find motivation is to write down 20 to 100 things that they want to achieve (short, medium and long term goals) in the next year (consider, relationships, careers, health and fitness (wellness), financial, spiritual and anything else you can think of) , three years, five years and ten years... Then circle all of the best 1 year goals that really interest you...

Once you have decided what goals you want to achieve, it is then time to take say three (1 to 4) of the top achievable goals that you like the idea of and write a paragraph, sentence or list of word that tell you and others why you really want this goal, how you will feel when you achieve your goal and when you plan to get it or achieve it.

Tell us what goals you are looking to achieve in 2008 and share any ideas that you have for helping others achieve the same goal... It would be great to see what people have decided to try for 2008 (if anything) and why they want to make the changes...

Best of luck, everyone!

(I just read over this blog to spell check it and realised that I said the word 'Achieve' about a zillion time...lol)

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