The Magic Number is 12...

After much thought about formulating a "fun," goal-oriented plan for me to lose weight, I realized that the magic number for me was 12. How did I come up with 12? What makes 12 so special, you ask? Well, let me explain.

I was trying to lose a few pounds before my 29th birthday in June, so I started playing with the dates and time frame to set up a "plan" based on them. 29 seemed like a great number...until I divided it by 7 (days in a week) to find that I would have to walk like 4 miles every day to reach a goal of 29 miles per week, if 29 was to be my magic number. Not going to happen right now. As much as I would like to be idealistic about this and "reach for the stars," I didn't want to set myself up for failure. So, I needed to scale things back a bit. 29 was too big. 18, the day of my birthday could work, but I only had 12 weeks until my birthday.

So, after standing on the scale today, the number 12 came up again. So, a natural theme was emerging. 12 weeks to lose the weight. 12 pounds looked like a good goal. and 12 miles a week, works out to 1.7 miles a day....So, 12 it is!!

That is my plan! I might add a few more touches, but for now my eyes are on 12!

And yes, I already walked my 1.7 miles today!!