I'm a few days late...so what! LOL In the month of "resolutions" we are a little over halfway through at this point and Erin and I are doing quite well with our monthly goals. So far we've both created a specific list of goals, created a chart and action plan, chose a realistic timeline to achieve our goals, kept a journal, created an awesome motivational collage (maybe I'll take a picture) and have set some guidelines to reward ourselves for our hard work! It has been quite a month so far.
This weekend was a pretty good one; nice and relaxing with a little hockey and football thrown in the mix. Saturday night I had back to back hockey games with the Greyhounds and Dragons. Both games were decided by 1 goal...the Dragons got their first win, while the Greyhounds are still shut out of the win column. I unfortunately had to play offense in the Greyhounds game...had a breakaway (didn't score), made a pretty sweet pass at the end of the game that could have sent the game into overtime (but we didn't score), and even won a few face-offs! The Dragons had a hard fought victory against a cheap ass, whiny team; i've never been held onto or hooked as much in a game as this one. It was a bit ridiculous. This weekend will be the same drill; back to back games again. Sunday afternoon Erin had a great idea to get chicken wings and we watched football and had some very tasty homemade wings.
The work week is in full swing and the weekend is right around the corner. I cannot wait to go home tonight to do a quick workout, play some Rock Band (download today is Korn and Edgar Winter Group) and nosh on some yummy dinner courtesy of Erin (Chicken Burrito Bowls...yes again, they are awesome!). Today's "activity" on the Spark People calendar (if you've been reading you know what I'm talking about), is to write about your motivation, why did I choose my goals etc...soooooo, my motivation like pretty much everyone else who is on this path is for of course better health. Now not saying that I wasn't "healthy" (my vitals and other levels were always good) other than weight, but I knew I had to do something; not just for myself, but for Erin and for our future of having a family. Self esteem was also a big motivator, to be able to walk around with my head held high knowing that I look and feel as good as what I envisioned in my mind. To be able to be a better and more productive hockey player. I wanted the days gone of my back killing me, my knee's totally sore and me being completely out of breath from just being out on the rink for 5 minutes and warming up.
Right now I'm on stage 2 of my journey...so far so good; although to be honest with you the next stage (maintaining a healthy weight) is the one that scares me most of all. I don't want to fall back into the same routines, or mindset that got me into this situation. The first time I lost a lot of weight I did it for the wrong reason...well not really wrong (it was my wedding after all), but it had an expiration date...this time the expiration date is far, far away. Even though I'm scared about the future of this journey, I think all the effort, education and accomplishments I've had and put forth so far will push me to never want to be that old reflection I used to be in the mirror.
Most of all thanks for reading and thanks for your support! Later!
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