Following on from yesterday's post on Marks Daily Apple, today's post is all about planning for 2011. The first part of the planning process is to identify three specific goals for the year. The next step is to plan how to achieve these goals from the short term, through longer times (today, this week and this quarter).
As I sat down to think about my goals for this year, I found that I had trouble picking just 3. There is so much that I want to achieve, so clearly, my best plan of attack will be to pick 3 goals that will make achieving my other goals easier in future. To start with, what I want to achieve this year, in broad terms:
1) Switch to eating almost 100% primal.
2) Get my weight below 80kg, as a long term goal. In the short term, I'd be happy with 2kg a month.
3) Get fit again. This is such a broad goal that I really need to determine more specific goals:
3.1) Reach Level 4 on each of the Primal Fitness "Lift Heavy Things" exercises.
3.2) Be able to run at least 1km without struggling.
3.3) Improve my race times for MTB racing.
So, having listed what I want to achieve for the year, I need to pick the three goals that will be the most beneficial. it's been said that body composition is 80% determined by diet, so my number 1 goal for the year is to try and eat primal as close 100% of the time as possible. I'll still allow myself some slack, although rather than the 20% leeway allowed normally, I'll restrict this to 10%, and only when I'm in a situation that doesn't allow for primal eating (i.e. eating at someone else's house).
My other two goals will be fitness related, and both tie into the Primal Blueprint Fitness plan. My overall aim for the year is to improve my fitness for MTB racing. I'm going to give myself two goals to achieve for this. The first is to achieve level 4 on each of the "Lift Heavy Things" exercises. My second goal will be to ensure I do a sprint workout every week.
So, now comes the hard part. How will I achieve each of these three goals? What will I do today, this week and this quarter to achieve the things that I want to achieve?
Goal 1 - Cut out non-primal foods from my diet:
Today: I will say no to the left over deserts and junk food from Christmas and New Years.
This Week: I will make sure that I eat a salad of some description each day.
This Quarter: I will say no to sugary snacks at work, and will say no to chips and soft drink during RPG sessions.
Goal 2 - Achieve Level 4 on each "Lift Heavy Things" exercise in the Primal Fitness guide:
Today: I will plan out my workout schedule for the next quarter, so that I am able to commit to doing the workouts I need.
This Week: I will make sure that I am up early enough to perform my Lift Heavy Things workout before I go to work.
This Quarter: I will commit to doing two Lift Heavy Things workouts each week.
Goal 3 - One sprint workout each week:
Today: As for Goal 2, today I will make a schedule, to ensure that I can commit to one sprint a week.
This Week: I will do the first of my weekly sprints.
This Quarter: I will sprint each week, trying to increase the level of sprint slightly each week.
Having done all of that, there's now one step left, probably the hardest step of all. I now need to act on what I've written down here, and make sure I achieve my three goals. Looking back, it seems strange that I've not included weight loss as a goal, but perhaps that's for the best. I've struggled in the past trying to keep to weight loss goals, as it's far too easy for me to be discouraged, and give up. Hopefully, with the 3 goals that I've chosen, the weight loss will happen any way, and I don't have to worry about it.
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