| |
I have 22 pics in my gallery
Awards
|
|
Is trying to be patient...
I was having a great year through mid may when I irritated my Achilles on a LSR. I didn't think much of it at first, but have not been able to really run since. I need to be patient and let it heal. I have been trying to work in other forms of exercise in the mean time, but I am looking forward to being able to run again.
I am done with resolutions, with diets, with fads, with bad habits and with quick fixes.
Instead, I will continue to learn how to take ...
I was having a great year through mid may when I irritated my Achilles on a LSR. I didn't think much of it at first, but have not been able to really run since. I need to be patient and let it heal. I have been trying to work in other forms of exercise in the mean time, but I am looking forward to being able to run again.
I am done with resolutions, with diets, with fads, with bad habits and with quick fixes.
Instead, I will continue to learn how to take better care of me through diet, fitness, focus, and spiritual health. I will apply what I have learned (OK, what I already knew but was not applying) over the past 8 months with SP and other sources. I will set SMART goals rather than resolutions.
Goals for 2013:
1) Continue to take off extra weight with a target of 170 lbs (which is in the "healthy" BMI range and put me at about 15% body fat). (from a pre-SP weight of 201 and 1 Jan weight of 181. 20 lbs down, 11 more to go.)
2) Run 1000 miles over the year. I have been close before, but this is my year! I just need to average 83 miles a month or 20 miles per week. Easy-peasy!
3) Run in at least 4 races over the year. The first should be the Jones' 10 miler in Amherst, MA on 24 Feb.
4) Finish my dissertation by May and move to West Point, NY in June.
5) Successfully transition from losing weight to maintenance.
SparkFriends
SparkTeams
|
My Ticker:
| Pounds lost: 17.0 |
 |
|
|
|
Recent Blogs:
| |
Profile
Member Since: 4/26/2012
SparkPoints: 20,119
Fitness Minutes: 22,750
My Goals:
Long Term:
BMI less than 25:
Weight less than 175:
2 mi run in less than 14 min:
5k run in less than 22:30 min:
Weekly:
Burn 4000 calories per week.
Run 15-20 mi per week
Swim 2-4 mi per week
My Program:
My 3 point program:
Diet: Tracking food on SP and staying within the recommended limits (most days!)
Exercise: Running 15-20 mi per week, swimming 2-4 mi per week, plus stretching, walking, biking, water skiing, snowboarding and other outdoor pursuits.
Mental: Staying positive, identifying areas for improvement, teaching my kids to have a healthy lifestyle!
Personal Information:
My family and I are living in Amherst, MA. We have 4 children (ages 5 mos to 6 yrs).
Other Information:
"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel"
-Socrates
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
- Booker T. Washington
"If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get in. You just run." - John Bingham
"What if you worked towards self-acceptance instead of trying to hate yourself into change? Acceptance and peace with what is is always going to feel better than hate." - Christie Inge
Exercise is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical
- Adapted from Yogi Berra quote
Losing weight is hard, being fat is hard. Choose your hard.
"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." -- Stephan Dolley
Profile Image
|
|
|
