Progress Report: 2012 Goals

I posted at the beginning of the year about having goals for this year.  And since it’s nearly the 6^th month of the year, I want to do a check in on these goals.  So here goes….

{1}  Lose Weight & Get Healthy.  – The day I wrote that this was a goal for 2012, I had no idea what that would entail for me.  I knew I was starting Weight Watchers.  I knew I wanted to start exercising again.  But, I had no idea what that really meant at the time.  Now, I do.  I’ve lost 33.9 pounds since January 1, 2012.  I exercise at least 5 days per week, a lot of weeks I exercise 6 days.  I mostly just walk, around 4mph and I do it normally for an hour, but sometimes I do the elliptical and sometimes I bicycle and sometimes I jog.  I really miss days when I don’t exercise.  But I know my body needs rest, so I take some breaks.  Today, I will probably not exercise at all.  My foot is still hurting.  Same pain from before.  I’ve had 3 cortisone injections which didn’t work, and so now I’m having the nerve in my foot deadened.  This procedure is done with an alcohol based solution and I have injections done weekly for 7 weeks (to start) to deadened the nerve and stop my pain.  This week is week 2, injection #2 today.  So back to the goal.  I’m losing weight and I’m getting healthier.  I’m doing pretty good with this goal.

{2} Get Pregnant. – While this goal was not a goal just for 2012, it is still a goal.  I am still not pregnant, but I know this will come on God’s schedule, and his schedule is much better than mine.

{3} Get more involved in our church.  – I’ve done great with this goal so far too.  I’ve started working at the children’s welcome desk one Sunday per month.  This was a year commitment and I’m glad I signed up.  I still plan to get us into a membership class – hopefully the one that’s in July or August. 

{4} Read the Bible from cover to cover in 2012.  – Kiss this goal goodbye for another year.  I stopped reading daily back in late January.  Something came up one night while I was reading and I never finished.  Then I didn’t get back to it like I should have.  This is still something that I plan to do, just probably not in 2012.

I’m going to add one more in for 2012.

{5} Run a 5k race. – I have never done a race competitely – I’ve only done the Race for the Cure type races, and even though I won’t care about how well I do compared to others, I want to do one of these races.  I’m pretty sure I’ve talked Tim into doing one with me, and I’ve got my eye on this one.  I have a few more days to sign up for the early bird special and I plan on doing this.  I started the couch to 5k program last night, and I thought it was definitely do-able.  Since I’ve been walking and hour nearly every day, these 30 min couch to 5k days aren’t too bad.  The first time I did day 1 – back in 2011 – I thought I was going to die, and last night, I could have done a complete repeat of day 1 after I finished.  I feel good about that.

How are your 2012 goals/resolutions going?  I’d love to know if I’m the only one with 50% at this point in the year, lol.

Have a nice weekend folks!

2012: Goals & Determinations

Well, I’m pretty much a slacker, and haven’t really written anything down yet, but I do have some things in mind, so I want to share them.  I wrote some goals for 2011 last year, and someday soon, I’ll recap how those all went.  (Or, if you read the post from last year, you can probably figure them out for yourself, based upon this year’s goals) For now though, let me talk about 2012.

{1}  Lose Weight & Get Healthy.  While this is a goal for nearly everyone at the beginning of a new year, I’m really *hoping* I can make some progress here this year.  With my PCOS diagnosis, I know this goal will be more difficult, but I am know that I can do this.  Weight Watchers starts for me on Thursday.  The husband and I have also been to visit the local YMCA close to us and we’re going to join as soon as we’ve gotten the all clear to start exercising.  (Hubs is in physical therapy for his foot and I’m currently wearing a splint on my foot and am not even allowed to lift weights right now, ugh)

{2} Get Pregnant.  This is a goal, not a resolution.  This is a goal not specifically for 2012, but for the future.  Because of PCOS, I am not sure when or if this will happen for us, but we would really like to have another child, a sibling for Cooper.  We are leaving this to God and know that his plan for us is better than our own. 

{3} Get more involved in our church.  We’ve been going to College Park Church for a few months now, and we just love it.  It’s time for us to get more involved, classes, membership, volunteering, etc.  I miss small groups, haven’t been in one since before I was married, and I think it’s about time.

{4} Read the Bible from cover to cover in 2012.  I started on the first, and am on day 5 at this point.  So far, so good.

That’s it, but really, it’s a lot.  If I can do these things, I will be so proud of myself.  My goal is to put out there my weight loss journey (as long as there is one).  I just need to make a bit of progress before I bear it all.  At this point, I’m not ready, but a few pounds down the road, I sure hope to be.

I have read some of your resolutions/goals/hopes for 2012.  I hope that we can all be encouragement for each other this year.  Any additional support we can lend one another is always helpful!  2012’s best medicine:  ENCOURAGEMENT!!