I'm Back - Update

Well.....I am back....feeling like a failure......all those negative things yet again.  Over the past 12 months I have come to realise a couple of things:-

• Goals are fantastic - I can achieve them if they are clearly defined;
• I need longer-term and short-term goals because I loose focus too easily;
• I let "life" derail me from my longer-term goal of feeling fit and healthy;
• I have fantastic family and friends who love me regardless of how I feel about myself;
• Blogging is what I need to do.  It keeps me more focussed and on track;
• I need to put health and fitness as a priority for my family and I;
• God loves me no matter what, even when I fail.

What I did achieve....

• I did run/walk the 10km at Gold Coast in July 2014 within the allotted time!!!
• I have completed my Masters of Management :) 

How have I failed?  Well.. I didn't keep running!!  Instead I got caught up in the busyness of work and study and completely lost the plot on my health and fitness goals.  In fact I went the other extreme.!!!  I put on the weight I lost to get to the Gold Coast 10km.

I ate SO MUCH chocolate in trying to complete my study -  it was absolutely ridiculous.

So, what did I do about it?  I complained, ate more and became more unhappy UNTIL NOW......

What am I going to do now?   Get back up again and restart, refocus and push forward.

My Health & Fitness goals:-

• Health and exercise is a lifestyle I am going to incorporate into our family;
• Run 10km at Gold Coast again .... faster this time!!!
• Continue to run after the run.  In 2016 21km and then...hopefully before I am 50 (I have time up my sleeve) run a Gold Coast Marathon.  
• Encourage our whole family to be healthy and active.
• I will lose 30kg over the next 2 years.

 How will I achieve these goals??

• Being consistent;
• Planning;
• Making time for exercise and menu planning;
• A lot of prayer;
• Small goals along the way;
• Enlisting the support of family and friends;
• Not listening to Satan or discouragers!!!

Even as I type this there is a little inner voice saying 'you've tried many many times and failed'!!!  That is true but I realise this is a lifelong journey for me and I just have to keep on keeping on - stand up, dust off and try again!!!

So stay tuned for my progress......

I get my fitness plan on Monday....I am going to see a dietician next week.  Small steps in the right direction.

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME:)