2019 Goals

Well it wouldn't be the beginning of a new year without outlining a few key goals for the year ahead, I don't really think of them as New Year Resolutions as I've already been working on some of these over the last couple of years, but anyway here are my fitness and nutrition goals:

• Lose another 30lbs by October

• I will need around a 500 calorie deficit daily for this which I hope to achieve by getting my NEAT back up with more walking and bodyweight exercises at work; cutting down my snacking a little and focusing on my macros for satiety.

• I will measure my success with continued daily and weekly weigh ins both on MyFitnessPal and HealthyWage

• Build a little more muscle by the end of the year

• I am starting Pole dancing classes next week and will be focusing on my strength training and protein intake more this year.

• I will measure my success with monthly measurements and progress pictures which I will upload to Instagram.

• Improve my cardio fitness

• More running and rowing this year.

• I will measure my success through tracking my cardio workouts and monitoring my resting heart rate/recovery ability which will be posted on my Non-Scale Goal thread on MyFitnessPal

I also have a few non fitness/nutrition goals for 2019:

• See more of the world and get more travel in

• ​I already plan to travel to Spain and maybe Italy before the year is out, perhaps some city breaks as well as a lot of local exploring here in Ireland.

• Read more books

• ​I have finished one book and am a good way through my next one, I'd also like to read a few more of the classics before the year is out.

• Spend a little more time on my craft hobbies

• ​I'd like to spend a bit more time indulging in things like sketching and claywork this year.