Everyday Rituals & Realistic Goals

Every day since February 1st, I’ve written my weight and my daily struggles down on a post-it note for keeping track of my 90 day fitness challenge. I keep them in a jar on top of my fridge next to another jar that keeps track of my overall goals for the year. 

With less than 30 days before my deadline, before my May 4th half birthday; it demonstrates my commitment to remain dedicated and disciplined in everything that I strive to accomplish. And that’s not to say that my goal hasn’t needed to change a bit to fit in with reality and my perfectionism. Originally I had planned to get back down to 125 which is clearly not going to be realistic. When I lost 20 pounds after graduate school, I did it slowly and primarily through diet. That means I was able to get down to 125 without much muscle. Granted today I can still comfortably wear my size 29 jeans, there’s no healthy option to get back to 125 again.

Changing topics a bit, I saw recently that Men’s Health Magazine is doing a vote contest for men to grace the cover of their November 2017 issue. For those of you that know me personally and have asked to read ‘Life is Poetry’ you may be able to recognize how perfect of an opportunity that seems to be. However, I’m going to be realistic and instead attack that angle in the way that coincides with my original plan to mark the conclusion of this 90 day fitness challenge. Let’s give them a challenge to feature something other than what their used to featuring.