The Buddy System: End of 2013 start of 2014 Goals and Rewards!!!!

2013 and First Half of 2014 Goals and Rewards!!!!

I must continue to change and grow!

I am not sure if I can attach the power point or not…. but I am really thinking about the goals and the rewards for them. Obviously, my health and being active is the top priority.

So I will summarize here what I think we should do at a high level and then drill down on it…

I can’t just say I want to get healthy and change my life style over this period of time. I am going to come up with 8 goals that I can attain. I will give myself a specified period of time to do so. I have to continue on the Path of Beam to the Tower. My Tower. My Tower is a healthy happy life!

Why Do I want to do it? Easy – I don’t want to die. I have been given so much potential and I have so many good things in my life, I want to be around to live the life I have dreamed of and that I know I deserve.

How do I do it? I see three options to meeting my goals:

• 1) Weight Watchers (if I don’t achieve the first four goals (below) by the end of February, then

• 2) I check myself into a clinic for 2 – 3 months and get my head right, if this fails, then

• 3) Next July I return to Stanford and allow them to put me a liquid diet to get me to a weight where they can do gastric bypass

Need to follow these steps to create smart goals:

• Specific: What exactly do you want to accomplish? Specify the what, who, where, when why and how.

• Measurable: How can you track your progress? How will you know when you have completed your goal?

• Attainable: Is achieving this goal realistic in terms of effort and commitment? Do you have the resources necessary to complete this goal? If not, how will you get them?

• Realistic: Is the goal attainable? Is the goal in line with your core values and mission for life?

• Time Specific: When will you complete this goal? When is the deadline, and is the deadline realistic?

• Follow those steps, and you have created a SMART goal.

Eight Goals (it is always comes back to 8)

• 2 Goals measured by weight loss by a specific date

• 1 Goal measured by waist line

• 3 Goals by swimming goals

• 2 Goals based on healthy monthly weight loss

Goals:

• Goal 1: The Garmin Swim Goal (50,000M in December)

• Goal 2: 25 Lbs. by January 15

• Goal 3: 60,000 Meters in January

• Goal 4: 25 Lbs. by February 28

• Goal 5: 10 Lbs. by March 31

• Goal 6: Get seatbelt on w/o extender

• Goal 7: 10 Lbs. by May 31

• Goal 8: Mile open water swim in <50mins

Rewards:

• All Goals Deserve a Good Reward!

• Rewards are based on Success!

• Goal/Reward 1: 51,000 Meters
December 2013 = Garmin Swim

• Goal/Reward 2: 25 Lbs. by January 14, 2014 = Activity Tracker: BodyMedia or Activelink

• Goal/Reward 3: 60,000 Meters in January = New Parka to keep me warm at the pool!

• Goal/Reward 4: 25 lbs by 2/28/14 = Jean Bonus! - b/c I will finally fit back into them at this point :D

• Goal/Reward 5: 10 Lbs. by March 31, 2014 = New Swim Gear!