goals2006

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27
Jan 06

Hidden Calories

Are you having trouble losing weight even though you’ve cut your calories? Watch out for hidden calories, I mean foods you wouldn’t normally think of when? you log your food for the day:

  • Gum – Go for low sugar alcohols, manufacturers don’t have to list them under sugar but they are still converted into calories
  • Altoids
  • Barbeque sauce
  • Half and half or creamer in coffee
  • Diet drinks (they still have some calories)
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20
Jan 06

Nike Free’s

Nike Free

I got a pair of Nike Free’s on sale over Christmas vacation at Finish Line. I ran yesterday and the day before for just 10 minutes at a time and my ankles are really really sore. That’s sore as in I exercised them too much.

The whole point of these things is to train as close to barefoot as you can (or as society allows) and it definitely works.

I have to say, their initial color picks suck but I’m glad they did that ’cause that means the last years’ model I bought was cheap.

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13
Jan 06

Mini Goals

I think I mentioned in my last post that I have eight main goals, I’ll discuss those later, for right now I want to talk about the concept of my mini goals.

I have about 70 of these suckers. They have no specific end date of when they need done and some could be done tomorrow if I chose to. They range across all subjects and the point of them is to give me a break from my main goals if I chose.? They will hopefully spice it up enough that I can stick to my goals. I’ll give three examples:

  • Finish a bottle of multivitamins before they expire. Seems easy right? I have till 2008 on this bottle but I’ve went through about three bottles that have expired that I can think of. My strategy for this is to keep them at work right next to my monitor in plain view so I take them.
  • Send back food at a restaurant. I’ve had some really awful food before but I’m always too nice to send it back. The next time I get bad food? I intend to send it back and complain to the manager.
  • Learn to play Go. My friend Carey has been trying to get me to play Go for the longest and I just haven’t made time to properly sit down with a board and a book to do this but its definitely something I want to learn.

In conclusion, using these to spice up my year goals will keep me interested in furthering myself and keep me on task.

Clarification Update: I don’t have to do all of these mini goals this year, they’re just side-tasks when I get bored.

[tags]resolutions, goals, running, go, board game, health[/tags]

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12
Jan 06

Dumping an interest

A while back I was mildly interesting in investing. I subscribed to all the RSS feeds I could find and read all kinds of tips about how I can get rich quick and maximize my 401(k). After reading Merlin Mann’s Cancel Something on 43Folders I definitely figured out I needed to ditch this.

I decided I need to focus on my eight goals for this year, investing isn’t one of them. I’m sure I’m missing out because I won’t be budgeting with Quicken and tracking each penny like miser but the over-arching goal is to get healthy.

This also really cleaned out my RSS feeds. The dude at Free Money Finance posts a million times a day which means that’s a million more times I’m distracted a day so I might see a slight improvement in productivity.

I could definitely use a few more of these sessions with some of my other occasional obsessions…

[tags]resolutions, goals, merlin mann, 43folders, gtd[/tags]