I have just reached a couple mini goals, and I have a couple more coming up soon. The first mini-goal was reached last week when I passed my half-way point for weight loss when I was at 93 pounds lost.
My next mini-goal only became a goal very recently. I try not to get fixated on minor milestones (like a 10 pound weight loss), but for some reason -- like many other people -- I get excited when I drop below another "decade". I had a mini-goal of 100 pound weight loss by the new year. However, my weight loss stalled at the end of the year because I was on vacation for a couple weeks. I was happy to maintain the weight given all of the obstacles that were presented trying to stay on plan while I was out of town. But because of this, my weight was hovering at just over 310 pounds for a few weeks. That was starting to bother me, and I had a burning desire to get below 310. Well, this week I decided to make an extra effort to lose and I really restricted the types of food I ate to kick-start my weight loss again. It paid off and I weighed in at 308 this morning. I know that its just a difference of a couple pounds, but for whatever reason the shedding of those two pounds and getting below 310 was like scratching a very bad itch!
My next mini-goal is the 100 pound weight loss, which will put me at about 305 pounds. The next mini-goal after that is getting below 300 lbs and into the 200s. That's actually a big one. For me, that's my "ONEderland" -- since my ultimate goal is 220. Its been a LONG time since I've been there.
Oh, wow to both epicskyline and joefla - how exciting to have both of you just a few lbs away from 100 lb losses. So incredible - looking forward to watching you both achieve that wonderful milestone!!
I want to be 214.8 by my birthday, which is April 1, then after that, I want to be in the overweight catagory, not the obese one, which means 204. Which I hope to hit before Memorial Day!
My mini goal is to lose 25lbs by 15 April. I made a bet with my brother :-) Or rather...at this point only 18 more pounds! 6 lbs a month, which should be doable!
Ideally I'd like to be to 250 in time for my trip to Puerto Rico in April. That's 46lbs in 11 wks which is high, but not unhealthy. And if I maintain my last 3 week average may be approximately possible. I sure plan to find out either way! It'd be nice to fit into vacation clothes, airplane seats and bathing suits!!
Here's to mini goals! |>---| (sparkling water, of course)
Last edited by melfitstar; 01-12-2013 at 09:15 AM.
My first mini-goal is to lose the 30 pounds I gained between Thanksgiving and New Years. Yes, you read that correctly, 30 pounds! My second mini-goal is to get down to 344 which is what I weighed when I moved here 7 years ago. That will mean that I will have lost 50 pounds by then. No dates set, just get the weight off.
My next big mini goal is to technically no longer be morbidly obese by April 1st (I'll be 215lbs). I have quite a lot to do until then, but I'm really lookong forward to it.
My next mini goal is to reach 10% which will at the same time get into one-derland, about 25 pounds to go.
I started after the birth of my son in May and got off track again until Labor Day, between Sept and Dec I excersized and continued to eat what I wanted and lost 45 inches over all but not a single pound! I finally gave in and started to eat right and now the weight is slipping off! So I am counting 237 as my starting weight from 1/1/13.
My first mini-goal is to lose 10% of my starting weight, which would put me at 244.8 - hoping to do it by valentine's day, but I'll be happy whenever it comes!
Hope you're enjoying your day today. 
