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New year's invitations

New Year's resolutions are easy to make, but not so easy to achieve. To make the resolution into an actual solution, you need to spend time preparing and planning. There is no magic button for keeping a resolution. The first step toward success is developing a structured health plan.
I'm going to try to come up with a plan that I can follow through with. It will be an overall health plan, not just about weight-loss. I will call them goals, not resolutions.
Edit: resolutions goals becomes invitations :)

Re: New year's goals & how to achieve them.

Reply #1 –
My 2025 goals-
Lose 6kg.
Eat within a 12 hour window.
Weigh myself once a week (ignorance is not bliss).
Take blood pressure at least once a week.
Drink at least 2 litres of water a day.
See a physio & come up with a doable daily exercise plan & actually do it.
Walk Archie every day, even if it's raining and/or cold.
January 2025-
Alcohol-free.
Log everything.
I will try to stop-
Worrying so much.

Re: New year's goals & how to achieve them.

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Andrew – on
New Years Goals
get to 169 pounds by the end of January
drink more water
12 Hour fast
Start book layout and planning. obtain a free version of application sketchup
fix treadmill belt by the end of January
 

Re: New year's goals.

Reply #3 –
My goals, or things to work on, won't be SMART, but I hope they'll be smart regardless.
- Replace sweets with fruit and chips with crackers plus a protein on most days to reduce binging
- Family exercise twice a week, a proper hike once a week, and walking to work and back most days
- Weigh myself every Monday morning and take my blood pressure every Sunday night
- Focus on one thing rather than having 3 only half-engaging things running simultaneously
- Try one new social thing every month
- Shoulder exercises twice a week.

Re: New year's goals.

Reply #4 –
My goal is to lose 50 pounds in the year. 6 months wasn't long enough so I'm trying for something more reachable maybe.
And to get up to 10 songs on my bike.
And to continue eating only once a day.

Re: New year's goals.

Reply #5 –
Day 1-
Quote from: Cate – on
My 2025 goals-✔️
Lose 6kg.
Eat within a 12 hour window. ✔️
Weigh myself once a week (ignorance is not bliss). ✔️
Take blood pressure at least once a week. ✔️
Drink at least 2 litres of water a day. ✔️
See a physio & come up with a doable daily exercise plan & actually do it.
Walk Archie every day, even if it's raining and/or cold. ✔️
January 2025-
Alcohol-free. ✔️
Log everything. ✔️
I will try to stop-
Worrying so much.

Re: New year's goals.

Reply #6 –
Quote from: Llama – on
My goals, or things to work on, won't be SMART, but I hope they'll be smart regardless.
- Replace sweets with fruit and chips with crackers plus a protein on most days to reduce binging
- Family exercise twice a week, a proper hike once a week, and walking to work and back most days
- Weigh myself every Monday morning and take my blood pressure every Sunday night
- Focus on one thing rather than having 3 only half-engaging things running simultaneously
- Try one new social thing every month
Three days in: where are we?
- Been doing well on the sweets.
- Family exercise starts back up tomorrow morning. Skipped one walk to work due to icy sidewalks.
- Sunday and Monday haven't happened yet.
- Been more aware of doing things consciously. Not perfect, but better.
- Haven't had the presence of mind to come up with a new social thing yet. Too many practical things to do. But there's still 4 more weeks to this month and I will try.
Adding today:
- Shoulder exercises twice a week. At least two plus one stretch. I slipped on the ice this morning and milled around with my arms like a lunatic trying to regain my balance which irritated my right shoulder. Because I've been neglecting my shoulders and they like attention.

Re: New year's goals.

Reply #7 –
@Cate well done being Alcohol-free so far. There must be some health benefits in regards to your heart I would imagine.

Re: New year's goals.

Reply #8 –
Thanks @Andrew .I'm enjoying an alcohol-free cider called Scape Goat at the moment. I'm sure being alcohol-free has lots and lots of health benefits, including for my heart. I wish I didn't love wine!
I'm going to do a weekly report on my new year goals on Tuesday as it will be seven days. I think I'll make Tuesday my check in day for it each week as I usually spend it at home.

Re: New year's invitations

Reply #9 –
Quote from: Llama – on
- Replace sweets with fruit and chips with crackers plus a protein on most days to reduce binging
- Family exercise twice a week, a proper hike once a week, and walking to work and back most days
- Weigh myself every Monday morning and take my blood pressure every Sunday night
- Focus on one thing rather than having 3 only half-engaging things running simultaneously
- Try one new social thing every month
- Shoulder exercises twice a week.
Sunday 12th. Where are we?
- Ate pretty well, except for that big bar of chocolate.
- Family exercise, shoulder work, and walking to work and back (plus everywhere else) went great but the base of my big toes is a little sore due to my doubled walking distance so instead of a proper hike today I started with 10 minutes of cardio and I'll do two or three short walks spread out over the day.
- Had a couple of times where I still scattered my brain across multiple activities but mostly I stuck to a main thing plus maybe something in the background.
- Not yet but I had a look at knitting/crocheting meetups and hope to go to one before the month ends.
- Did and exceeded my shoulder exercises. By the start of February I want to be back in the groove enough to go to the gym twice a week for upper body work again. Right now I'm sure it's still very busy so I won't bother.


Happy with where I am.

Re: New year's goals & how to achieve them.

Reply #10 –
Looking good, Llama xo

My 2025 goals-
Lose 6kg.  ✔️ Forgot to weigh myself today though
Eat within a 12 hour window. ✔️ 12 out of 13 days. I forgot one night & had 2 macadamia nuts.
Weigh myself once a week (ignorance is not bliss). Whoops.
Take blood pressure at least once a week. ✔️ I had better do that again today!
Drink at least 2 litres of water a day. ✔️
See a physio & come up with a doable daily exercise plan & actually do it. ✔️Feb ap't
Walk Archie every day, even if it's raining and/or cold. ✔️ missed one day only
January 2025-
Alcohol-free. ✔️ except for last Sat (planned) -adding one day of Feb.
Log everything. ✔️ Haven't missed a day or gone over.
I will try to stop-
Worrying so much. ✔️  Doing quite well there.
Overall I'm really happy with how I'm going too.