What's Come and Gone

Good Bye 2007!

Accomplishments for 2007

1. Caffeine free for the entire year.
2. Lost a total of 59 pounds. That's about 1.13 pounds per week. A respectable and healthy number. Based on weight loss alone, I lost 27.3% of my body weight.
3. Beginning 2/1/07, my percentage of body fat decreased by 16.6%. I'm currently at 26.4%. 25% is considered healthy. So, I'm almost there.
4. Stuck with my trainer and the weight training for the entire year. I'm MUCH stronger now. I almost have a visible 2 pack. The other 4 are there, I'm sure, they're just hidden behind some padding! =)
5. I exercised a total of 14,990 minutes. That's 249.83 hours. That averages 288 minutes per week, 41 minutes a day. Considering I exercise 45-60 minutes a shot, that averages around 5.5 times a week.
6. Found a good community and good friends to support me; family, friends, coworkers, and online friends.
7. I'm happy and more confident.
8. I'm almost there.

2008 Goals

1. Meet with my doctor to set a healthy weight. I'm hoping to be able to set a small range, maybe 3 pounds; e.g. something like 140-143. I'm not sure that will be the actual numbers but that's what I'm planning on now.
2. Reach my target range by 3/31 (assuming it's 140-143), it is lower than that, I'll have to adjust the date.
3. Figure out the caloric in-take / exercise combination needed to maintain my target weight.
4. Journal my food 'everyday'. Exceptions include days when I don't have access to a PC, vacations, holidays, etc. Even then, I'll try to mentally or manually journal.
5. Continue exercising, on average, 5 days a week for 60 minutes each occurrences; that's 300 minutes per week. 3 weight training days and 2-3 cardio days.
6. Be within my healthy target range on 12/31/2008!!!
7. Be happy for today and don't fret about tomorrow.
8. Remember that a mind is like a parachute. It only reaches it's full potential when it's open.