Setting Fitness Goals

If you follow my blog you will know that for some reason I have a HUGE problem with working out. I can do this diet, strictly, without cheating and succeed at it... but I cannot get my flabby butt to the gym!

I get into these funks where I want to workout, I make plans, and 1/18th of the time I will actually make it to the gym... but once there I half-ass it or stop going after 1-2 trips out.

Man I want to change that, I'm really sick of telling my friends and family that "THIS TIME I WILL HIT THE GYM ALL WEEK AND YOU'LL SEE!" because I never do!

But it's taking that first step and trying to succeed at it that makes the difference. It doesn't matter how many times I say "THIS TIME" as long as one of those times I actually DO IT.

I mean, I tried counting calories, I tried Weight Watchers, I tried the soup diet, all didn't work for me. I basically quit before I even started. It's the same thing with this working out thing. My last resort is hiring a personal trainer... I want to exhaust all other options first.

So my mom liked a woman on Facebook. Her name is Chalene Johnson. Now I have sifted through her posts and her blog and her website. She puts a lot of focus on having GOALS.

Something clicked, a goal is something I had when I first started Dukan. 160 lbs (originally) and then my actual goal, which I hit February 6th 2012: 155 lbs and a 'normal' BMI.

I have never set any fitness goals. Sure, I know what my dream physique is, but that's not a tangible goal.

Something to think about.

So I will try this whole goal thing. My homework: to set reasonable fitness goals for myself, with a timeline to achieve them, by Monday.

Is this the time I say "I WILL BECOME A GYM RAT! I WILL GET MY DREAM PHYSIQUE" and actually do it?

I'll be blogging my progress, I'm excited for this!

xoxo