Wednesday, January 28, 2015
New Goals
Now that we have been at this for about a month we might have a better idea on some goals. We are only a few days away from February 1st so I want you to think of a weight lose goal and exercise goal. I also want you to consider something new. I think this could be a great idea for those that are having a hard time working out or keeping their calories on track. I want you to set a goal for how many workouts you will do in a week and how many days you will keep your calories on track in a week for the month of February.
You can have a goal to workout 3, 4 or 5 days a week or more but make sure you get at least 1 rest day a week. You will need to be specific with your goal. For instance, I will workout 6 days a week for at least 30 min a workout. You might also make a goal to push yourself harder 2 days a week.
Keeping your calories on track should be a little stricter and you should shoot for at least 5 days a week if not 6 or 7. Let me give you an idea of what keeping your calories on track would mean. Say you need to keep your calories at 1400 a day to lose 1 pound a week. (Please remember that no one should ever go under 1200 calories a day. No matter what!!!!) If you make the goal to keep your calories on track for 6 days you should have your calories at or right below 1400 for 6 days of the week. This doesn't mean the other day is a free for all. It means that you might go over to 1500. Please do not think the other day is for eating 5 helpings of dessert. You will not lose weight with that kind of an effort and it will sabotage all your hard work besides confusing your body. Remember the only what to loss weight is to have a calorie deficit and the more you over eat takes away form that deficit. Weight lose is a mental challenge more than it is a physical challenge. Your body might get hungry once in a while but to be honest most of the eating we do is not because we are hungry. So put your mind over the matter and really work hard this month at keeping on track with your calories.
When you have decided on a goal WRITE IT DOWN! Put it where you can see it and you can let me know as well if you like. Then we will report on weigh lose and or eating and workout goals each week this next month.
I will talk more about what we are going to do with our goal tomorrow.:)
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Where is the best place for the rest day? Is it better to push yourself hard one day and rest the next or rest a day and then push yourself? I'm trying to figure out a schedule for the summer. If we do it right, maybe I will be able to run a continuous mile by the end of it.:) For June, I'm thinking my goal will be a half mile. It seems a little pathetic, but I've never been one for distance running.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great goal!!! I take Sundays off always. When I am taking 2 days off a week I take Thursdays or Wednesday. Coming off a rest on Sunday you should be able to do a good workout Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday than rest Thursday and really kick it hard Friday and Saturday. If you take more than 2 days off a week make sure they are not back to back. Shoot for Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday or something like that. Really it is what ever works for you. If there is something going on that will make it imposable to workout on a specific day make it a rest day and adjust your week. If you are running you can use every other day to cross train too so you aren’t pounding the road everyday. So run Monday, cross train Tuesday, run Wednesday, off Thursday, cross train Friday, run Saturday. By cross train I mean aerobic workout video, swim laps, bike or what ever you like to do. Again that is just an idea. Do what works for you. Keep up the great work!!
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