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Permalink Reply by Zoe on January 1, 2013 at 7:39pm

My suggestion is to keep your goals modest and divide them in steps. In other words, this week I am going to do this, next week that. Don't make long term huge goals; most people get overwhelmed and fail when they do that.

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Permalink Reply by Lois on January 1, 2013 at 8:27pm

Congrats, Mari. Keep repeating to yourself (and others) when you get up, before breakfast, at lunch, before dinner, at bedtime or whenever! Also, try to confide in a person who will support you during successes and temptations .... (and failures). Keep up the good work.

Lois

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Permalink Reply by Mari on January 1, 2013 at 8:37pm

Those are both very good suggestions. Thanks I am also thinking of keeping a journal of my progress I think that will keep me motivated. I have experienced some very bad lows from exercising so I will take it slow to work out whats going to work for me.

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Permalink Reply by Lois on January 1, 2013 at 9:01pm

Mari: I have a very beautiful journal book that is longing to be written in. I, personally, journal only if I am typing. If you send me a "friend request," I will answer and then you can send me a personal mail from your inbox with your address. OH YEAH!! I will mail it to you if you want it. Silly me!

Loia

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Permalink Reply by Mari on January 1, 2013 at 9:12pm

How nice of you but I have a few journals laying around that have yet to be used but I will send you a friend request anyways. :)

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on January 2, 2013 at 4:11am

I agree with Zoe that being moderate with goals is a good way to succeed. Maybe have a "short-term" goal as part of a bigger "long-term" plan and use incremental goals as a way to measure your progress? I think a journal is a good idea but don't beat yourself up if you miss days.

I have a problem doing journals as I want to write *everything* down and they take on a life of their own and quickly become such a chore I bail out of them and then feel badly about it. I was hugely stressed out by having to log my numbers when I got my pump but, at that point in time, the pump was my long-term goal and I knew I had to write stuff down. Actually my first thought was "I'll just make it up..." but then, when I contemplated doing that, I realized that writing down IRL stuff would be easier than fiction.

One other thing I'd suggest would be to go to a running store to get shoes if walkiing/ running/ zumba or whatever is part of "active." I did that when I started getting active, got good shoes to walk around the neighborhood in. After a couple of years of that, I was ready to start running and the 275lb AR shoes caused horrible shin splints, so I went back and found some new shoes. I like to go to a store with a treadmill and try different shoes on each foot and run but I like to have comfy shoes.

I had lunch w/ my parents one day and both of them mentioned needing new shoes so I dragged them there and they helped them a lot. My dad has a lot of issues w/ his feet (wide, plantar fascitis) and the person at the running store was running into some issues fitting him and suggested moving up 1/2 size and he's reported that to have been a great solution for him that his podiatrist hadn't come up with that, in turn, has helped him stay as active as he can at 70. I was very glad I suggested it to them and maybe that can help you!

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