I have a lot of things I want to accomplish this year, but first and foremost I want to lose 20 lbs and get back on a good training program. I am not fat, or even overweight, by any means but I am the heaviest I have ever been, and it really bothers me.
I am going to do it this year!
to bust 10,000 posts in 2008
to train myself to read threads from first-last instead of last-first post.
to not call anyone a fuktard.
LOL!
OK, 2 of those 3 should be simple enough …
To get my financial ducks in a row. Shouldn’t be too difficult considering where I work and what I get for free or discounted as a result. I would rather not use my safety net. To not cry on the bus.
I don’t really like to make them. If I need to do something in my life, I should do it on the spot, rather than wait for new years day. But, for fun, I try to do something to get the year started with a change. Here is mine:
I want to be able to do flip turns in the pool.
That’s all!
Stay away from strip joints.
Get my shit together
I have already quit smoking, heavy drinking, lost twenty-five pounds this year (down to 143.2 from 178.6 this time last year) and successfully got rid of the 40 pounds that quitting smoking in '05 did. Somehow, I think these will be the toughest resolutions I have come up with.
It’s OK to cry on the bus because I know how scary it is.
One of my roommates works at the same company that you do and he actually doesn’t use many of their products because he says that he can get better deals elsewhere even with the employee perks.
One of the items that topped the local news in Houston…the institution of a $5 “pole tax.” Yep, you guessed it. Charged to patrons of strip joints. Money collected is going to support “rape vicitims.” Effective 1/1/08. Slow news day I guess.
Seriously…congrats on quitting smoking and heavy drinking and the weight loss. Find an evening masters swim program or some other activity that will distract you from #1.
Best of luck.
you can do it. once you get around more “normal” women, the strips joints will have a harsh reality to them.
as for getting your shit together; dude, just do it. make the tough decisions, whatever you need to do. just get your shit together.
quitting drinking and smoking is a big part of it. but you’re not at the finish line yet! so, nut up, and get it done. it’s your life, you get 1 shot, so make it count.
“nut up” is kind of a strange choice of words, because one dancer could got me “nutted” in three songs!!! She was a bit sad, however; as she was hoping it would take at least six…
Anyhoo, I know what I have to do. I just have to figure out where to meet the women I want in my life. I also have to just do my thing to get my shit together. It WILL happen.
Pole tax- that would get me out of the strip joints…
Thanks for the wish of luck.
No shopping for clothes, shoes, accessories or cosmetics for one year. I did this in 2005 and it was great. I saved TON of $.
I as well need to drop the 10 pounds that piled on in the last year.
Remodel my kitchen and get my B&B business rolling. (so much for saving $ by not buying clothes!)
Not drink bottled water. This means planning ahead and having a Nalgene type bottle clean that I can take with me throughout the day.
Yeah, I hate crying on the bus. In 2006 it was a lousy job that would have me going home in tears and in 2007 it was worries about my parents’ health. For awhile there it was a “good” day if I didn’t cry on my way home from work.
My resolutions:
(1) Floss and rinse with fluoride.
(2) Think more about having multipurpose things so that I will be less of a consumer. I have way too much “stuff”.
(3) I’m already drinking less bottled water. See (1), bottled water has no fluoride.
(4) Set up a monthly Starbucks budget. When it runs out, I make coffee at home.
Good one. Add that to my list as well.
This is the year of living skinny. Both physically and financially.
As for the financial side, to do that I will stop spending money on things that I do not NEED.
As for the physical side, I will lose 60 lbs of blubber. The goal is by June 1st. And I will keep it off this time. In order to do that, I have set the goal of completing 365 workouts by Jan 1, 2009. Since its leap year, I get one day off! Well since there will be many days with 2 workouts, I will actually get more days off.
I will also take my two big dumb dawgs on walks everyday instead of just letting them do there business in the backyard.
Earn more money with my current employer or get a better job
Train more in the a.m.
Smoke less (ciggies after a few beers are my downfall)
Lose 20 pounds, I’m not overweight but I need to drop some weight to get faster
Be back in Dallas by July.
Get a raceable"ish" road bike and start training for reals.
My legs can not take the pounding of running anymore so stay a huge tri fan and make cycling my life.
Accept where I am at with my kids and continue trying to keep in touch with them even though that is impossible for right now. When things change and they will see me I hope all the attempts will show I care.
Learn to spell.
Get a dog and a cat.
ok, i’m in on the water wagon. except i use SIG bottle.
so here goes:
-quit freaking worry so much. just pray and breathe
-“do the next thing” (in whatever instance this is)
-pray everyday, and appreciate.
-loose 12 pounds
-keep my eyes on the big picture
-drink SIG bottle everyday. yeah babe!
-swim, bike, run, lunge and weights