Goals: What are yours?

We had a finance seminar at work last week and one of the topics was goals. The course instructor said that goals are more achievable if you write them down. She said "Write your way to success." She made it clear that we were not to list dreams because dreams, afterall, are not goals.

This exercise got me to thinking about my weight loss goals. I started to make a mental list of things/activities that I haven't allowed myself to do because either my my weight was holding me back or I was just too embarrased to do them.

I took the instructors advice of writing down my goals...so, the goals that I want to accomplish as I go through and complete this weightloss journey are:

• Wear a bathing suit without a cover up, a tank top, shorts (NOT capris), and a shirt that needs to be tucked in - IN PUBLIC (not at the same time of course).
• Spend the entire day at the beach (playing, not hiding under a towel).
• Go dancing with the Hubs.
• Go on a cruise (could be where I wear my bathing suit in public).
• Wear high heals.
• Be more social with my neighbors.
• Stop hiding behind people in pictures.
• Take more pictures of myself.
• Spend more time outside with the family.
• Purchase sexy lingerie and actually wear it.
• Take the dog for a walk during daylight hours.

That is just the start of my list. I know that as I go through this transformation (both physically and mentally), I will achieve all of these goals. When your self-confidence and self-esteem are low, a list like this seems impossible, but, as each pound drops on the scale my confidence and self-esteem grow.