A new GOAL

Again, sorry about the lack of posting.  Its the same old same old...on with the new...

...Today I set a new goal for myself...

A bit of back news.  Laura and I went to Montana for a few days to do a Ghost Town photo tour.  We spent 3 days, visited 6 ghost towns and 2 old towns from the 1880s, stayed in 3 hotels, did a bit of shopping and drove over 2600km!  A few days before our trip, an agent rate came out for a Disney Cruise.  I figured it out and it would be less for me to do that cruise than the Ghost Town trip!  Crazy eh? 

But, we had that trip planned since May.  My mom and sister were coming down to Great Falls on Saturday for the night to go shopping with me.  We decided to stick with the plan.  I did say however, if the deal was still available when I got back to the office, I was booking it (it wasnt avialble btw).

Fast forward to this past Tuesday.  I received an email from Disney and they had another deal on!  OMG!  I called and checked availability.  I checked space on Aeroplan.  I texted Laura.  I asked my manager for the week off.  Laura called that night and said go ahead!  My manager said ok on the holidays.

I called Wed 1st thing and got a cabin on hold.  I did the Aeroplan seats and then called DCL back to put our payments on.  Whew!  Whirlwind booking.  In 62 days, I will be cruising!  *woot*  We are so excited!  It has been over a year since i took my last warm vacation.  Now you may be saying that isnt too bad, but I am used to getting away 3-4 times a year!

So, today, one of my scrapbooking friend told me about a free class at Big Picture Scrapbooking.  Free...love that!  I signed in, signed up and went to look at my class list.  Well...I totally forgot that I signed up for a bunch of self paced classes last year!  i went through a few of them and one caught my eye - Goals.

I went into the class, watched the video, downloaded the 1st part of "homework" and filled it all in.   My goal is to lose 15lb by 31OCT.  That is 2 days before I fly out. 

• I have made it attainable, reasonable and specific. 
• I have followed up with nonnegotiable things to help me reach my goal - walk at least 30 min on the treadmill or at Henderson 4x a week, work out with Amy (my trainer) 1x a week and increase my veggies/decrease my carbs (sugars). 
• I have determined my "why" with a list of 10 reasons why I want to badly meet this goal. 
• I have broken the non negotiables down into babysteps and listed how I can be helpful to myself in reaching those. 
• I have listed how I am going to measure my progress. 
• I listed my supporters and how they can help me.
• Finally, I listed triggers and obstacles that I might hit and how I will overcome them.

I am not usually a goal setter, but i figured it worked for my lap running....hopefully it will here too.  Now, I am going to do up the jpegs with the writing overlays and print them off, cut them up and put them in a little plastic photo album (you know the $1 ones you can get at walmart that you put in your purse for a bragbook kind of thing). 

Viola.  Now you know my goal too.  I expect you to kick my ass if I need it or if you see me being bad...trust me.  I need all the help I can get!  I am off to print a Sept and Oct blank calendar so that I can write in work out dates with friends.  Wanna come?