Friday, September 10, 2010

It’s My Birthday and I’ll Blog if I Want To.

Today I turn 31. I expect this will be a year of great change and wonderful achievements and I can’t wait for it to all happen. To commemorate the glorious day of my birth I thought I would spend some time making myself goals for the upcoming year.  [As a side note, this is a tremendously Virgo-esque type of activity; I fit my astrological sign so well!]  First, I thought of making weight goals but since I am a lifelong fat girl, I have no real idea as to what a good goal weight should be. Seriously, according to BMI I should weigh 130 lbs. to be normal; the closest I ever got to that was 135 lbs. and I was a stinking size 4. I refuse to believe that a size used by runway models is the “normal weight” I should shoot for.  Since I could not derive a number weight I think should be my goal, I have decided to instead list 10 (because it’s a great number) NSVs I plan to accomplish this year. Here they are, in no particular order:

 
  1. I will pay down my credit card debt with the money I save on food. 
  2. I will walk a half marathon at the same pace as my friends (heck, I will walk a half marathon).
  3. I will wear heels out on the town for a whole night without thinking my feet hurt. 
  4. I will fit into booths at restaurants and desks at school.
  5. I will shop for clothes at J.Crew and Anthropologie (because the world needs one more preppy person).
  6. I will go to a yoga class and be able to keep up with the super skinny/flexible instructor. 
  7. I will put myself out there and network at a professional conference with confidence.
  8. I will flirt shamelessly with a man at a bar, have him buy me a drink, and then ditch him without regret. 
  9. I will post a picture on Facebook that I am willing - no excited - to tag myself in.
  10. I will dance in public without fear of others watching. Maybe I will even dance in the rain.
Happy birthday to me and happy Friday to everyone else!



 

 

 

 

 

11 comments:

  1. Happy birthday! Those are great goals--I know you can do it!

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  2. Happy Birthday!!! Those are awesome goals!

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  3. Happy Birthday!!! As a fellow lifelong fatty, I had no clue whatsoever to make my final goal. I finally based it on BMI - for me, 164 is the highest weight I can be with a "normal" BMI.

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  5. Happy Belated birthday... Love the goals..

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  6. happy birthday-this goal gig is the biggest think I have learned post-band....how to set them and actually keep them. Good luck with yours!! and thanks for commenting over at my place.

    Tina

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  7. Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, you sure do know how to make a gal feel special.

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