I want to lose 5 to 10 pounds. It’s not a lot and it’s not a big deal. But I want to be faster and lighter. Being fast is important to me, as an overachieving Type A mother and writer living in New York City.
My weight has crept up. When I first met my husband about 18 years ago I was just under 110 pounds. I’m about 5’6” so yes, that was too thin. Since those happy salad days when I was single and 30, I’ve eked up a pound or two every year.
After my son was born 14 years ago, I was around 135, and then along came my twin daughters and another pound or so every year. You get the idea. A pound a year isn’t much, but if I live to my late 90s, that’s another 50 years and another 50 pounds! And I’ve heard from older women, as we age it’s harder to lose weight.
So I’m posting this goal on this blog, Running Aground. There’s been a kind of magic for me to blogging — it’s turned some things around. This is my goal — by the end of 2011, I’m aiming to lose 5 to 10 pounds and be back under 140 pounds.
Blogging works. I achieved my goal of running a 5K after blogging about it. I”m proud of myself for running a 5K on a rainy, hilly Upper Manhattan race a month ago.
Like my 5K goal, this 5 to 10 pounds weight loss goal is a SMART goal — Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time Sensitive.
I see two trends I can immediately implement to work towards my goal: more cardio, less carbs.
Since my plantar fasciitis, I’ve slacked on my cardio, but with the nice weather, I’m going to dust off my bike (or buy a new one) and bike a bit in Central Park and Riverside Park to kick in the endorphins.
I’m doing this to feel good, and, yes, to look good too. And to stay fast.
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You can do it MB! With better weather you’ll enjoy the challenge too.
As it gets warm with your biking – it will melt off!
MB, sounds like you just had a birthday. Birthdays are like the New Year-always prepared to start new resolutions. Take a Zumba class. You can burn 750 calories in 1 hour. It’s fun and it’s like dancing for 1 hour. Zumba lets you shed all your inhibitions and shed a few pounds too!!!
You can do it! If you want some tips check out my blog. Sounds like we have similar interest. I lost over 50 lbs and kept it off now I am thinking about running a 5k and then a triathlon. I need to get a bike first so 5k is my starting point. I try to post as much I can and give weigh-loss tips and healthy tricks so hopefully you check it out.