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10/2/11 11:59 A

I see my goals as shifting once I reach my goal weight. In the past, I think I relapsed because I didn't have any specific goals to keep me in line. So I have to decide how to do that. Is there a way to keep committed to portion control when I'm no longer tracking food every day? Or will that always be a part of my life?

One thing I know I want to do (as much because it's inherently rewarding as for the health benefits) is to be more adventurous physically. I'm trying to balance that with the fact that I'm not getting any younger and now is NOT the time I want to start breaking bones. That said, I'm far more likely to want to try rock climbing than I am to want to run a marathon. The former just seems more like an adventure to me. Also, I HATE running!

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10/1/11 3:02 P

Ok, that's not very dramatic, but recently I admitted to myself that the reason my goals were vague is because I am uncomfortable with striving. I am a Hobbit by nature and you all KNOW how much we love our comforts! So today I re-read The Spark chapters having to do with the "Cornerstones" and decided to get more specific in my weight loss goals. I suppose I can apply the same process to fitness next, as well as other life goals. This is not exactly an adventure of the epic sort ... well, maybe it is ... I am after all confronting a part of my nature that has had and reasserted a hold over me that has made me quite unhappy all my life! I struggle with a lot of self doubt and fear committing myself to goals because (DUH!) I might fail. But The Spark addresses this and calls the right effort an "upward spiral", the opposite of the kind of spiral with which I am familiar! Ok, ok. I will be posting my more specific goals in a blog any day now. How about all of you?

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