I’m Losing Twenty Pounds in Eight Weeks!?!

Monday, January 16, I started my quest.  I signed up run a 15K (9.3 miles) to take place in early March of this year. My desire is to run the race at 185 pounds. Currently, I weigh 205, so I would need to lose 2.5 pounds per week.  In order to do that I set a goal of weighing 185 pounds by March 10th.

 

The purpose of this blog is to help you reach your best.  I thought one of the ways I could help you get there is for me to show you how I try to live out some of the principles we teach through No Deletes Life Coaching.  Therefore, I want to invite you in to what I am trying to do to get down to 185 pounds for my race in March.

Phase #1 Planning to get the job done.

I know if I sign up for a race, I will train for it.  If I don’t sign up for a race, I don’t run …period.  Therefore, I signed up for the 15K, which is impossible for me to run without training. Second, I signed up with friends for accountability. Third, I created a training plan. I created my own plan based on Hal Higdon’s plan for 15K and Bruce Van Horn’s book You CAN Go the Distance!  Fourth, my gym, 180 Fitness, is hosting a Spring into Shape competition that ends March 10^th.  The entry fee for the competition $20.  The male winner gets ½ the total money given for entry fees. Now I have a complementary goal to help me reach my main goal.

I have established a physical plan to lose 20 pounds, but I will also need a nutrition plan.  I started my nutrition plan Tuesday (1/17/17).  My nutrition plan is in sections (some of that is due to my addiction to Dr. Pepper.) From 1/17- 1/30 I plan to track calories and keep them under a certain limited based on trying to lose 2.5 pounds per week. On 1/31 I will start on the Daniel Plan with my wife, and give up Dr. Pepper (crying emoji here).  After about two weeks of being on the Daniel Plan I will start tracking my calories again until March 10 when I weigh in at 180 Fitness. Hopefully, between the fitness and nutrition plan I will be at 185 pounds, win the competition, and set a PR for the 15K in March.

The eight action steps I planned to help me get down to 185 pounds.

1. I signed up for a 15K, a distance which is to long for me to run with training.
2. I am running the race with friends.
3. I created a plan.
4. I entered a competition at my gym for $$$.
5. I created a nutrition plan that works for me and will help me reach my goal.
6. I am using apps to help track my running, workouts, and calories.
7. I invited you into the process, Hello accountability.

You may not need all these steps, but you will need a big enough plan to help you reach your goal.  It might be one or ten action steps you plan but the most important thing is your plan drives you to action!

Around mid-February I will write another blog post about what I am doing. A plan is nothing without actually putting it into action!  So far I have completed week one of my training and I have tracked everything I have eaten today.

Share in the commits below what planning you do to make sure you achieve your goals?