GOAL SETTING
One year ago this month I embarked on a life changing mission to get out of debt and to improve the economic health of my family. This took incredible focus and dedication and sacrifice. Sacrifice has been the hardest aspect of this because my habits were so bad. I feel confident that my family and I are headed in the right direction financially. We have a long way to go, but we have made definite improvements.
I am now undertaking a new goal that will coincide with my debt reduction. I am going to lose 40 pounds by Christmas Day. That is a full 44 weeks from today. That means that I have to lose 15 ounces a week. That breaks down to just over 2 ounces a day. The biggest obstacle for me in achieving this goal will be my undeniable, uncontrollable, seemingly insatiable appetite. I love food and always have. As a young boy and young man, I could eat as much as I wanted and have no repercussions of any kind. I have not controlled my appetite as I have aged and it has caught up with me.
I have always been mentally tough and able to achieve just about anything I set out to do. I am the most driven person I know, which intimidates some of the people closest to me. This same quality that some feel makes me tough to be around is the same quality that has helped me reach many goals in my life to this point.
To lose 40 pounds by Christmas Day is going to require some major behavioral adjustment. I am going to succeed at this with lots of prayer and lots of dedication. I just wanted to post this goal because a large part of goal achievement is to write the goal down thereby creating accountability which also lends to achievement.
I will put in weekly updates and keep everyone informed of my weight loss. I will begin to weigh myself every day beginning Tuesday February 20th and this will allow me to keep a daily number in mind and celebrate small victories.
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A Personal Finance Blog. “In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.” Proverbs 21:20
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A Personal Finance Blog. “In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.” Proverbs 21:20
2 comments:
15 ounces per week? 2 ounces per day?
Remember when I used to keep track of "calories burned" on the treadmill? You thought it was crazy!
Do you realize you will need to lose 0.083 ounces per hour?
Our recent discussion on the merits of Bob Feller as a pitcher has sparked an interest in a statistical study.
I would like to compare Feller to the top 3 strikeout pitchers in history (Ryan, Clemens, & R. Johnson).
Those proponents of Feller would have you believe that the only reason Ryan's stats are so impressive is because he played 27 seasons (Ryan had 5714 K over 27 seasons and Feller had 2581 K over 18 seasons), but I have always believed that the most accurate indications of a pitcher's dominance has directly to to with strikeouts per innings pitched. Let's compare K/IP for Ryan, Clemens, R. Johnson, & Feller.
Ryan's career K/IP is 1.061, while Feller's career K/IP is only 0.674.
For someone to say that Feller was greater than Ryan is ridiculous since Ryan's K/IP is nearly twice that of Feller! Clemens K/IP is 0.956. Johnson's is 1.196 (actually higher than Ryan's).
Anyway, statistics don't lie. K/IP is an enormous indicator of a pitcher's dominance.
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