It's been a while since I re-visited my long-term goals. I could see that they are very out-of-date and in need of being updated. Here's my latest list:
- (completed)
Get off my BP meds
- (completed)
Get rid of my plantar fasciitis once and for all
- (completed)
Get rid of my GERD
- (completed)
Go swimming with my daughter and stop making excuses every time she asks because I don't want to deal with appearing in a bathing suit in public
- (completed)
Be at least a size 10, maybe smaller, and to shop in regular stores and not just the fat old lady department at Macys
- (completed)
Get down to 175
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No longer be clinically obese
- (completed)
Get down to 155
- (completed)
Have a normal BMI
- (completed)
Get down to 125 (possible goal weight?)
- (completed)
Be in a true size 6
- (completed)
Have a body fat percentage in the 18 - 22% range
- Get my resting pulse rate into the low 50s (still in high 50s)
- (completed)
Walk 10,000 steps a day at least 4 days a week
- (completed)
Complete a 5K
- (completed)
Complete a Sprint Triathlon
- (completed)
Complete a Sprint Triathlon in under 2:30
- (completed)
Complete a Century Ride
- (completed)
Complete a Half marathon
- Complete a Sprint Triathlon in under 1:30
- Get on the podium at a triathlon
- Complete a Half-ironman
- Complete an Ironman
- Qualify for Age Grouper Nationals
- Qualify for the Boston Marathon
- Qualify for Kona
- Give my inner "skinny bitch" the body she deserves (going to need PS for this one)
- Have a "normal" relationship with food
- Get my personal life in order (yeah, that's kind of vague)
- Live into my 90s as one of those cantakerous little old ladies with 10x as much energy as the youngsters I run circles around (so far so good)
I also have goals for the season:
- Run a stand-alone mile in 7:30 minutes
- Swim 1.2 miles in 45 minutes
- Be able to average 16-17 mph on the bike when the course is flat/fast
- Be able to run for two hours at a time without a lot of drama (gastro-intestinal issues, aches & pains)
- Be able to bike for four hours without getting exhausted
- Swim an average of 2 times a week
3 comments:
WOW, congrats, impressive.
Girl, You are making me tired!
Seriously, though, you are one of my heroes! I enjoy seeing what you can do and using it as a goal for myself. I can't wait to be where you are!
One of the reasons I keep the old goals there is to show people you don't wake up one day and it's all accomplished. It takes baby steps.
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