2013

I have a thing about numbers: I hate odd ones. I hate prime numbers even more. I loved 2012, I will love 2014, but I really dislike the number 2013. But even so, I'm optimistic that this will be a great year for my diet and fitness goals. More importantly, I'm convinced it will be a much better year for me with acceptance, confidence and self-forgiveness. (At least this is one of my resolutions).

I love making concrete resolutions, so while "be more forgiving of myself" is definitely one of them, the others are more concrete.

Here are my fitness/diet goals for 2013:

1. Deadlift 1.75x bodyweight (196 lbs.) || Goal 1: 175 Goal 2: 200
2. Squat 1.75 x bodyweight (196 lbs.) || Goal 1: 175 Goal 2: 200
3. Bench 75 lbs.
4. Do 1 full pull-up
5. Do 5 full pull-ups
6. Run a 24 minute 5k
7. Take 10 spin classes and 5 yoga classes
8. Maintain weight within 7 lbs range
9. Get BF% to 16-19% (Athlete) and visible 4-pack
10. Attempt and perfect 10 new recipes/dishes
11. Write 100 posts on Bunny Ears!!
12. Learn to either like (or just suck it up) and drink more water 

So I technically added the last one in there because I couldn't end on 11 resolutions. That said, I hate water. I detest it. I don't know why. I also dislike lime and lemon in water. It makes it worse in my opinion. I don't really like Crystal Light or any of the squeezy flavoury things that you're supposed to add to it. So number 12 will be a big challenge for me.

You look so good...how come I don't like you!?!

I'm pretty excited though because I've already reached one of these! Last time I measured my body fat (several times) with calipers and then had Ryan redo it because I needed a second opinion, I was ~20% BF. Today when I measured I was 17%!!! Definitely got number 9 down! So I'm pretty stoked. Mostly, I'm just encouraged that I can do a recomp. My body weight has stayed the same, but my muscle mass has increased visibly while my BF decreased. This is technically known as a recomposition, where you don't change weight, just change the ratios between fat and muscle weight. I'm totally stoked these are the results I'm getting with the current routine I have!

Hopefully I measured right!

There were a lot of pretty major changes in my diet and fitness routine in 2012, and with them, a lot of drastic changes in my body. Some of these were good and healthy, while many others were not. In 2013 I look forward to continuing some of the changes I started in 2012 with lifting and running and cleaner eating, but doing it more slowly. I need to be prepared to accept much smaller changes and to be ok with seeing the same number on the scale and slower "progress" in lifting. As long as I keep looking longer term, I think it'll be a great year!