New Year's Resolutions, 2007

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1) To get my body fatr below 24%, even if that means weight gain. This is somewhat contradictory to my second goal, which is

2) To maintain my weight at or below 147. The lower that "below" is, the better.

3) To continue using the Our Daily Bread devotions at least 5 days a week.

4) Continue working out at the gym with weights and cardio.

5) Continue eating low-carb because it's the healthiest diet in the world!

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New Year's Resolutions, final tally

These are my 2006 resolutions from this post. Resolutions are in italics. My comments are in regular type.

1) To get down to 142.

I did hit 142. I just couldn't stay there. I've been at 145 for most of the year and am currently closer to 147. Still, I did make it, so this is a pass.

2) To maintain my weight at no higher than 147. When I do go above, to get stricter with carbs again and get back on track.

Pass. This is about the only resolution I did 100%.

3) Do more work with weights to increase muscle mass
OR
Get my body fat down to 23%.

Or both. :)

I have worked more with weights, but alas, no real gain of any muscle. And my last body fat test was 24% I believe. I'll mark this as a fail.

4) Continue eating low carb, but play with my carb and fat grams to better fuel my time at the gym.

I give up on this one. I keep saying I'll do this, but I never do. I just don't care anymore, but it gets marked as another fail.

5) To do daily devotions using Our Daily Bread at least 5 days a week. To use the Web site until they start sending me the printed version.

I did bad with this at first. Once the printed version came I did better, and sometime during the year, not wanting to put "fail" under this resolution I got serious and started doing it seven days a week. So a slow start, but a good finish. I'll mark this as a pass.

So that's 3/5. I think I need to lower expectations of myself.

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New Year's Resolutions check, final check

Here's the resolutions I made for 2005.

The full post is in italics below.

To do one of two things:

1) Either get down to 155 pounds OR Get my body fat down into a "normal" range for my age.

Or both. :)

I made 155 easily. I'm currently hovering around 145, so that goal was met.

As for body fat, I think I was shooting for 23% (need to be more specific in the future), which I didn't make. My last two times being tested for body fat were 26% and 24.5%, down from 29.3% at the beginning of the year.

Still, I only had to make one to fulfill the resolution, so I'm calling it met.

2) Run the first two miles of the Bay To Breakers race before slowing down to a walk.

Done. Two miles is technically the first water stop. I was hoping to make it to the bottom of the Hayes Street Hill - just over two miles in - and that was what I did.

So goal met. :)

3) Do more work with weights to increase muscle mass.

A resolution that anticipated maintenance. But it is my resolution for 2006 as I work to maintain.

4) Continue going to the gym at least 3 days a week.

I was doing great until overtime got in the way. After that, I made Thursdays into grocery day. I make it to the gym 1-2 times a week now and I really hate that. I really thought this one would be easy.

5) Continue eating low carb, but play with my carb and fat grams to better fuel my time at the gym.

Another resolution that anticipated maintenance. So this is something to tweak in 2006.

6) Let go of those who hurt me this past year and give them wholly over to God for HIM to deal with as He best sees fit, and not as human justice desires.

I don't think I will ever make this one. Why even bother to try? *sigh* Only God Himself can take away that bitterness.

7) To read the Bible cover to cover this year. I have a "Bible in a year plan" already printed out.

Done. Finished October 11.

So #1 made, #2 made, #3 not applicable, #4 failed, #5 not applicable, #6 failed, and #7 made. That's 5 resolutions - 3 accomplished and 2 not accomplished. That's 60% which pretty much sucks. I need to focus on making more resolutions I can accomplish, lol.

New Year's Resolutions check

Wondered how I was doing on my new year's resolutions, so I checked back in my blog to find the ones I made for this year.

http://stumblingtobethlehem.blogspot.com/2004/12/new-years-resolutions.html

And here's the text of the post, with my comments under each point.

To do one of two things:

1) Either get down to 155 pounds OR Get my body fat down into a "normal" range for my age.

Or both. :)

Exceded the first part by about 10 pounds, but it's hard to tell what I considered "normal" body fat. At last check it was 26%, and I probably was shooting for 23%, so I missed that.

2) Run the first two miles of the Bay To Breakers race before slowing down to a walk.

Ran all the way to the bottom of the Hayes Street Hill, just over 2 miles in.

3) Do more work with weights to increase muscle mass.

Nope. Definetly something to shoot for next year though.

4) Continue going to the gym at least 3 days a week.

As much as I can. When I have to work overtime this isn't possible, but I get to the gym when I can.

5) Continue eating low carb, but play with my carb and fat grams to better fuel my time at the gym.

I'm still eating very low carb. This is something else for me to attack when I reach my goal weight.

6) Let go of those who hurt me this past year and give them wholly over to God for HIM to deal with as He best sees fit, and not as human justice desires.

I wish. :-p

7) To read the Bible cover to cover this year. I have a "Bible in a year plan" already printed out.

Right on track. I'm even a little ahead. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and feel a sense of urgency to finish.

New Year's Resolutions

To do one of two things:

1) Either get down to 155 pounds OR Get my body fat down into a "normal" range for my age.

Or both. :)

2) Run the first two miles of the Bay To Breakers race before slowing down to a walk.

3) Do more work with weights to increase muscle mass.

4) Continue going to the gym at least 3 days a week.

5) Continue eating low carb, but play with my carb and fat grams to better fuel my time at the gym.

6) Let go of those who hurt me this past year and give them wholly over to God for HIM to deal with as He best sees fit, and not as human justice desires.

7) To read the Bible cover to cover this year. I have a "Bible in a year plan" already printed out.

Resolved...

1) I resolve not to argue with a certain unnamed person anymore.

2) I resolve to pray and read my Bible more by

3) Doing the daily reading in the devotional booklet from RBC and taking my prayer journal on the bus with me. (I spend 3+ hours getting to and from work everyday.)