My son is a very ambitious person and he knows pretty much exactly what he wants out of life. He informed me that if he sticks to his education plan, he will be graduating from college in about a year. He will be graduating a year ahead of schedule. He considers getting his bachelor’s degree a necessary evil and the sooner he gets it, the sooner he can do what he really wants to do.
Oh, he also informed me that he will be getting married after he graduates. This will be one year before his girlfriend is done with college. They are both very goal oriented people. So, I have no doubt that they will have no problem sticking to the plan. This will mean some very major events coming up within the next year that I will have to prepare for.
My goal for all of this is to lose about 50 pounds before all of this will take place and I have about 12 months to accomplish this goal. My biggest derailing factor is stress and most of that comes as a result of debt and work related stress. My debt is almost gone and as long as I don’t do anything stupid another six months should take care of it. The work related stress is a different story. I have made up my mind to try not to fix things that are unfixable. Eating healthy also helps me get through the day with fewer issues. When I eat unhealthy, I seem to have more problems with anger.
My fitness level is good. Although, I would like to take it up a notch and try some new things. Zumba and Yoga are two of the things that I would like to try. I am not really interested in the quickest way to lose weight. I only want to have to do this once and I want to feel like I am healthy while I am doing it. I don’t want t feel like I have set a goal that I am overwhelmed by.
I am not saying that I am unhealthy now, but there are things that I could improve on and getting the weight off would do a lot for some of discomfort I feel in my back from time to time. As long as I take things one day and one pound at a time, I should be where I want to be in a year.