SMART criteria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I am not giving up on this journey. It is my own fault for not dedicating myself. But I have legitimate reasons. EXCUSES. So, let’s get back to the basics and set some real, realistic and attainable goals. 1. Drink more water. Minimum 5 cups per day up to 12 cups per day. This one I have been getting better at. I am about 4 – 5 cups per day already. Cutting back on the coffee helps me to reach this goal. 2. Cut back on the bread. This one is going good. I have one piece of bread every three or four days compared to my four pieces every day. 3. Cut back on the snacks. This one, well, I have my days where I do good and other days where I binge. This really needs to change. I need to focus on my cravings to determine what it really is my body is lacking. 4. Get more sleep. My goal here is to get to bed before midnight. Again, some days I get it and other days, there is too much to do and I need more time to do it all. 5. Be active. I really wanted to get back to my HiiT routines. And I did good for a few days. I know, lame. And I have a ton of reasons why I have failed at this. So, instead of beating myself up for failing and instead of continuing with my excuses, I am going to be realistic here. My goal here will be to take 30 minutes during my work day to go for a walk, walk to the furthest washroom, walk as many flights of stairs as I can (I work on the 5th floor of a building that has ghost floors in between each floor). Just get up off my butt and move! In a month we will be moving. We will have access to many new parks and trails to explore. Forget the HiiTs for now. I am just going to focus on simply moving around more. Once we move to our new house and I have adjusted to my new schedule, then I will start my more aggressive routines. I think that 5 goals is a good place to start. I want to be successful in my journey and I can’t do that if I set my expectations of myself so high that I easily get discouraged. I am placing my time to reach these goals as June 1, 2015. Then I can have another look at where I am at. Celebrate my successes and make some new and refreshed goals.
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4/24/2015 05:14:53 am
I love setting SMART goals!
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Rachel Rennie
4/24/2015 10:17:21 am
Thank you for the reminder!
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Rachel Rennie
4/24/2015 10:18:56 am
Thank you Brent.
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Alisha T
4/29/2015 02:07:49 am
Very good advice. The cut out the bread one is very painful for me! I love a good cinnamon roll or whatever.
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Rachel Rennie
4/29/2015 03:17:43 am
Mmmm I love cinnamon rolls too Alisha. And all other pastries too!
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