Three Fats and A Skinny: Planning for success.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Sporty: Person 2 goals

Two weeks ago I did a post on "Your success starts at the end". The linked article talked about two types of people: person # 1 and person # 2. Person #1 had vague goals while person #2 had specific goals. The article highlighted the importance of planning for success.

Since I hit my 10% milestone, I have been acting like person #1. I know that my next milestone is Onederland by I have not defined how I plan to get there. I think it would be cool for all of us to share our person 2 goals.

To get to Onderland, 199.8 lbs, I will do the following-

Strength Training - I will strength train 3x a week.

My strength training will consist of 2 sessions with my personal trainer and 1 session of core secrets.

Cardio Training - I will do cardio 5-6x a week for at least 20 mins.

My cardio training will consist of spinning classes (2x/wk) and cardio machines i.e. EFX (4x/wk).

Mind/Body Exercises - I will do mind/body exercises 6-7x week.

My mind/body exercises will consist of daily devotion/mediation time for at least 10mins. I will do the exercises/stretches recommended by my trainer daily. I will do 1 pilates or yoga session for at least 10 mins (1x/wk).

Weight Watchers Food Plan - I will follow the WW flex plan daily.

For my food plan, I will stay within my daily target points 5 of 7 days. I will save my bonus points for weekend meals. I will journal my foods daily. I will plan my meals the night before. I will follow the WW 8 good health guidelines daily. I will drink 1 gallon of water 5 of 7 days. I will eat "home food" Mon-Fri except for work meetings. I will grocery shop every 2 weeks.

Support and Accountability - I will give status updates to my friends and trainer weekly.

For support and accountability, I will participate in the WOW challenge. I will blog weekly. I will attend WW meetings weekly. I will share my exercise/food log with my personal trainer. I will journal my food and exercise daily. I will seek ways to encourage and support my friends' weight loss efforts.

Onederland here I come.....

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Sporty: Your Success Starts at the End

I just read an article at Coughlin's Fitness & Results. Check this out. Are you person #1 or person #2? Who do you want to be? What would it take?

The Story of Us

Here's a story,of a lovely lady
And three of her very be-est friends...
3 of them were overwe-eight--
The other one was thin...
(To the tune of the Brady Bunch Theme)

We've been friends for 20 years...yeah, we feel old. Back in the day, I (Posh) was the skinny one. I had this gaunt I need more food look. Fortunately, I had some padding in the right places so in the moment it wasn't so bad, in retrospect I looked hungry. Wasn't really into sports but I used to hike a lot (mountains, parks, waterfalls) with the family. Anyway, had a kid and I'd like to say that the whole pregnancy thing triggered off a latent hormone cycle that spiralled me, in the last 11 years, to 209 lbs...but I can't... It sounds a lot nicer, though, than I like to snack a lot and that great food can be the highlight of my day and that I go through intense cravings for cheese curls and macaroni pie and roti & curry (island food) and lemon crunch cake with vanilla ice-cream and that my concept of a "hike" now is my walk across the parking lot to get to work....and well, you get the picture. So that's me.

Then there's Sporty. Since back in the day she's been saying that she was fat. I don't think her size ever really registered for the rest of us. Most we may have thought was that she was "big boned"...cause she is... Think her height (5ft) may have accentuated what was or wasn't there. She's 235 lbs now. We looked at some home videos recently, though and realized that she had a really nice normal size...not too skinny...not fat...Didn't even realize it at the time. She's been the most avid weight-loss attempter. She can organize a weight-loss plan with the best of em... Weight Watchers, Body for Life, Random Weightloss clinic, Weight watchers, Exercise Boot Camp, Weight Watchers... She's gone through a couple of cycles. And when she's on, she's on! Dieting & Exercising Demon... She lost over 50lbs one year....only problem...she gained it back the next! She keeps on trying though...This year's gonna be a weight-loss year for her. She's a good inspiration!

Scary. I guess you could say she's always been the "fat" one... remember when we were really, really young her grandmother making a comment about how she drank too much juice...not sure if that was the actual case, but several years and glasses of juice later she's 238lbs. I think out of all of us though, she's the most comfortable and secure with her weight size. Not that she wants to stay that size but she's comfortable in her own skin. She's been focusing on the health issues of being overweight...diabetes runs in her family...ever the logical one though, she's given herself a deadline...this coming July, I believe...if she hasn't gotten it together and started losing weight, she's gonna get Gastric Bypass Surgery. She says she'd rather deal with those side effects than deal with Diabetes. She wants to choose her health issue!

And finally Ginger (aka Miss Skinny who went from a size 10 to a size 8 because she decided to embrace veganism as a healthier life style and who doesn't drink soda 'cause it tastes so artificial and who likes to wake up in the mornings and go for walks or even a nice afternoon walk....). Yeah, so Ginger...she was always a regular size I would say....had a moment in college where she put on some weight but she became a vegetarian and lost all the weight (just have to insert bitterly that I've been a vegetarian all my life and I'm still 209lbs...but oh yeah, I forgot I have the whole hormone thing going...) Anyway, I think she's been talking about how she's having problems fitting into her clothes so she's trying to do the whole exercise thing (more) this year. I don't even know how much she weighs... Who cares, anyway-- she wears a size 8!! I'd love to fit my size 18/20 self into her jeans! But anyway, in the spirit of best-friendliness: Go Ginger! Go Ginger!

So that's the gang.

Of course we have a few peripheral characters: Scary's husband who wants to be wearing a speedo, with six pack abs on a beach this November (No he's not even close to speedo wearing); Mimi,Ginger's friend and workout buddy (who would never think of using this blog as a way to distract herself from her dissertation writing); Sporty's cousin, Jill, who thinks she can take sexy back from Justin if she loses 20lbs; my skinny active sister, Spice, who always wants to exercise and "lose weight" (yeah, she gets the same kind of bitter comments as Ginger); My son who started reading food labels last year, to remind me of my caloric intake and weight-watcher points (even though I never asked him to, but he says he's just trying to help); and my villainous mother who notices every plate of food I eat and the number of cheese curl bags in the trash and just knows that I'm gaining weight, even though the scale says I'm maintaining and who says that I need to dilute my juice with half a glass of water...

So yeah, The chronicles of our weight-loss begins!

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Sporty: Person 2 goals

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Sporty: Your Success Starts at the End

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