Goals.

Yesterday Jill and I did our 30 min JM workout and then ran. I suggested trying to increase our run a little because we both felt we could push ourselves a little more then a mile. We decided to do 1.3 miles and it felt good to set a goal and achieve it!

I've been thinking a lot about goals recently. Goals are important and I'm beginning to see how getting or not getting to your goal affects your attitude and overall mood. I want to start thinking about making 'goals' instead of 'to-do lists'. I don't like 'to-do lists' anymore. To do when? When I have time? When I feel like it? Whenever I get around to it??? Sometimes the tasks never seem to get done. If I turn that list into a list of goals, I can work toward achieving them one by one and feel good for doing so. If you set a goal and make it happen - how do you feel? How do I feel? Well, I feel great! I set out to do something -- could have been something I wasn't sure if I could do, but I did it! Now I have the confidence to do it again and again and to push myself even harder next time. If you set a goal and never achieve it... how do you feel? I feel like crap. I am mad at myself and feel really down. Being pissed at yourself or regretting something IS THE WORST FEELING EVER! Is it not? I hate when I regret something I did/didn't do. I ate that when I shouldn't have... I didn't work out when I should have... all those feelings SUCK! So, why would you want to feel like that? The answer is - you don't. That's why following through with goals you set is sooo important. If you can avoid a very negative feeling toward yourself, why wouldn't you???

This whole weight-loss journey is SUCH a mind game. I constantly have to be talking stuff up in my head like working out, eating the right foods, etc. I also constantly have to have MEGA will-power when it comes to eating bad foods or wanting to be lazy. If I want a food I shouldn't have, I think about how I will feel after I ate it. How will my stomach feel? How will I feel towards myself for making that choice? If I know I'll regret it or be mad at myself, then I usually can walk away. Because again, why would you want to feel all those negative feelings toward yourself if you can avoid it? Instead I will feel good about myself and happy that I did resist that junk food or I did push through that workout even when I REALLY REALLY did not want to do it!!!