http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:16:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anxiously awaiting the arrival of my order of p90X.  I got an email that the order had been shipped on September 10th, six days ago now... and UPS' tracking system is marvelously uninformative.    For the past five days it simply says "In Transit".   At least with FedEx, their tracking system ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/p90x-still-has-not-arrived/ Today I got the email confirmation that my order has been shipped!!! Hurray (man they are fast!).  When I made my order, I was a bit annoyed with the endless attempts at up-sell... I understand one or two, but I think there were something like seven times I had to ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/p90x-psyching-myself-up/ Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the result to be different is the definition of insanity.   I kept trying to get a 24Hour Fitness workout to fit into my schedule/routine, to make it a habit.  Just wasn't working for me.     So today I cancelled my membership.   ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/be-prepared-to-change-direction-p90x/ When I got my Body Bugg a couple of weeks ago, I weighed 231lbs.  I still weigh 231lbs (ugh! yuck!), but my body fat has gone from 50% to 46% in that same time frame.     Two weeks ago I was carrying around approximately 115.5 pounds of fat.   This week, I'm ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/the-scale-is-not-budging-but/ I've done four things recently to push harder toward the weight loss goal. Forgiven myself... again.  Sometimes forgiveness is not an act, but a process. Returned to practicing Kenpo Karate after a couple year's hiatus. Got my four year old hooked on Kid's Club at 24Hour Fitness Bought a Body Bugg I have lots of ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/four-things-im-doing-to-get-back-to-my-weight-loss-commitment/ I wrote this post last March and never published it.  It's still relavent, so here you go.     I've fallen down on the job as far as maintaining this blog and a couple of other goals, but I'll forgive myself and move on now. Photo Credit: Rob Wallace Have you set too ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/too-many-goals/ Hi! I'm so glad you came by to visit! This being a newish blog, traffic isn't yet what it will be soon . But I wanted to thank each and every one of you who do stop by on a regular basis... My friend Jennifer ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/potpiegirl-is-giving-away-a-free-guide-to-making-squidoo-lenses/ The Fifth Installment of Five: Time-honored Tips to Boost Your Goal Chasing Success. How many times has this happened to you? You start out on a weightloss journey. Family, a major holiday, hormones, your best gal pals from college, any excuse shows up at your doorstep and you break ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/part-5-forgive-yourself/ The Fourth Installment of Five: Time-honored Tips to Boost Your Goal Chasing Success. Language, Language! Words have power. What you speak consistently with conviction has a tendency to manifest itself. If you consistently voice your goals and dreams in a way that conveys no confidence that they will ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/part-4-mind-your-mouth/ The Third Installment of Five: Time-honored Tips to Boost Your Goal Chasing Success. Goals can be worded as either 'avoidance goals' or 'approach goals'. I can set my goal as "get my projects completed on time to avoid being fired." or "get my projects completed so that I have ... http://thatgoalgirl.com/blog/part-3-reframe-your-goals/