Blogday 11(-5)_100dayChallenge: ABCs of Planning the Week's Goals

June 05, 2020

Inspired by this sparkticle, :
www.sparkpeople.
com/resource/motivation_ar
ticles.asp?id=1735
A) Have a goal (make it a 'SMART' (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-based). Break it down into mini goals & keep breaking down until at the week level, with A is for ACTIONS that, when done, mean the goal will be ACHIEVED.

B) While still in the planning stages, also make up a "Plan B", B is for BEFORE you get derailed, flexibility is a BUILT-IN BACK-up so even as circumstances change, as they do in life (ie. covid) these changed circumstances can be overcome, and you can follow throug on *some* actions.

C) COMMIT to act: Some tips the article gives on sticking to commitments is to: make them public, invite framily to act, note rewards, NSV (non-scale victores and CELEBRATE them from a list of reward you've planned (even smiley faces on yoga days on calendars). (esp. CALENDAR everrything-CHRONICLE it all.
D) DO realize you will fail at some of those actions, goals. 'Make friends with failure'...because the real goal is "Progress, not Perfection". Can go back to A and ANALYZE where the 'halt on hurdles' failed for the next time's new & improved plan B, and practice in recovering from setbacks that were beyond your control, so you can get back up and re-commit.

So:
A: Focusing on summer(Jun-Aug): (from SMART, it's Time-delineated...13 weeks starting from June 1, I want to lose about 2 pounds a week (measurements to be taken tomorrow) for a total of 26 pounds, so a range of 25-30. In June & July, both having 4 weeks, that's 8 pounds each month, for 16 months & in Aug it's 5 weeks, 10 pounds, for a sum total of 26.
It's Specific, Measurable (too measurable in some ways, which is why measurments are another metric) Attainable and Relevant. (will explore my "whys" again soon too).

For this next week: the 3 key strategies I will use: healthy meal plan (just shopped today), minimum of 10 min exercise daily (will work out a plan for working out); & 8x h2whoa.

Plan B: a) have some plan B meals planned (quick and easy ones), b) figure out several daily times when exercise can occur, and really focus on getting started as early as possible. I'm a night owl (I have set my spark clock to the latest possible time zone so that I can do the "day's" stuff all the way up to 7 AM (also my net runs better when no one else in the neighborhood is on it, late at night; for example, it's now 3AM. When I was on it at 3PM, it stuttered and there were problems). BUT lately, I had been getting to bed around midnight & getting up at 6ish, which really works better for getting in activity in the morning, so working on my sleep schedule again (& taking my Rx more regularly, which is problematic as it alters my temperament negatively & why I didn't take it much this week as there were raging family fireworks) but then off it I drift toward night-owl-ness without it....

C=COMMIT TO ACT: So here I am, a) making them public, b) I've joined several team & individual challenges so I'm working with others on them c) I need to work on my rewards & NSV lists, and will celebrate progrees here; the idea of this series of Blogdays *is* the of it all.

D=Do realize: 'Progress not perfection' (I think I'm gooing to embroider that one for myself and my sister, fror her bday in Aug., & *dispassionately* analyze reasons for success and failures; Forward movement of 2 steps forward-1 step back is okay. Especially with the extra stresses in life right now, beyond the normal stresses. Also analysis of others' successes and failures is useful in honing and fine-tuning my own, hopefully successful actions.

Attitude of Gratitude: *health, wealth, wisdom; as a member of my family, I've many blessings to be thankful for; tba: Food & Exercise plan A's, Calendaring, rewards, NSV's, Plan B's, whys, & embroidery!