Reflections - what to do?

My ultimate why is to be fit and active for decades, as long as I possibly can. It's harder to envisage change when I'm nearly there - but it's clear that I have to embed habits to ensure I don't put on 1kg a year until I'm failing again and have to take drastic action again. Regular maintenance will be easier and more fun - with just a little bit of effort.

This year I need to 

  • Goal weight, 82.0kg, by the end of the year at a rate of 0.5kg/week. That's 4kg. So that's 8 weeks.
  • Deadlift 140kg. Done. What can I achieve by December?
  • Run a half marathon by... 21 November in Queenstown was my original goal. This doesn't feel achievable, especially since pushing over-fast is doing bad things to my archilles. Maybe 21 February in Wellington or March/April in Martinborough. 
  • So this year, I need to be running twice a week, ever increasing distances, so that I'm consistently running 15km by mid-December. How's that, then.

How will I achieve these goals?

Routines. Here are the things I need to focus on, each day. I need to establish several routines, depending on what I'm doing that day. 

I think I've overegged this. This looks a little aspirational, which wasn't the intent. What can I hit on it each week?

 

I will

So that

And then I’ll

Monday (WfH)

Read Noom when I wake up

I get my reading done and I don’t fall behind; and I hit my goal weight

Check twitter

 

Do my WIP in the morning

I’m set up for my week and get the stuff done that I care about

Finish my coffee

 

Read Noom over lunch

I have a second chance to finish everything (and I don’t stop til I do)

Have a miso

 

Go for a run after work (unless it’s raining!). 5-7km.

I strengthen my archilles, and do my half marathon in February/March

Feel the endorphins and make a smoothie.

 

 

I will

So that

And then I’ll

Tuesday (WfW)

Read Noom when I wake up – or, on the bus

I get my reading done and I don’t fall behind; and I hit my goal weight

Check twitter

 

Go to the gym

Quentin doesn’t go to Calendar Girls

Sometimes, go to Machete

 

Read Noom over lunch

I have a second chance to finish everything (and I don’t stop til I do)

Enjoy my Yoshi sushi

 

Consider getting a hike in after work

 I catch up with Janine, or get something new and interesting on WTG

 

 

 

I will

So that

And then I’ll

Wednesday (WfW or H)

Read Noom when I wake up – or, on the bus

I get my reading done and I don’t fall behind; and I hit my goal weight

Check twitter

 

 

 

 

 

Read Noom over lunch

I have a second chance to finish everything (and I don’t stop til I do)

Enjoy my Yoshi sushi or my

 

Go for a run after work (unless it’s raining!). 5-7km.

I strengthen my archilles, and do my half marathon in February/March

Feel the endorphins and make a smoothie. Enjoy the waterfront if that's where I am.

 


 

 

I will

So that

And then I’ll

Thursday (WfW)

Read Noom when I wake up – or, on the bus

I get my reading done and I don’t fall behind; and I hit my goal weight

Check twitter

 

Go to the gym

Quentin doesn’t go to Calendar Girls

Sometimes, go to Machete

 

Read Noom over lunch

I have a second chance to finish everything (and I don’t stop til I do)

Enjoy my Yoshi sushi

 

Go to the pub if I've kept to routine so far

 I catch up with friends just 1-2 x a week


 

 

I will

So that

And then I’ll

Friday (WfW)

Read Noom when I wake up – or, on the bus

I get my reading done and I don’t fall behind; and I hit my goal weight

Have potato cakes

 

Read Noom over lunch

I have a second chance to finish everything (and I don’t stop til I do)

Enjoy my Yoshi sushi

 

Go to the pub 

  I catch up with friends just 1-2 x a week

 

 

 

I will

So that

And then I’ll

Saturday

Read Noom when I wake up

I get my reading done and I don’t fall behind; and I hit my goal weight

Have potato cakes

 

Go to Bootcamp

Quentin doesn’t mock me, and to kick off my day right.

Have a tank smoothie

 

Read Noom over lunch

I have a second chance to finish everything (and I don’t stop til I do)


 

Go for a run late afternoon  

 I keep to my 3 runs/wk schedule

 

 

 

I will

So that

And then I’ll

Sunday

Read Noom when I wake up – or, on the bus

I get my reading done and I don’t fall behind; and I hit my goal weight

Have potato cakes

 


 

Read Noom over lunch

I have a second chance to finish everything (and I don’t stop til I do)


 

 Go for a (make-up) run late afternoon 

I keep to my 3 week schedule

 

 


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