2009 weight loss goals

Each week I intend on writing my current weight, how much I've exercised for the week, and any specific diet accomplishments. (I find it impossible to record caloric intake as I make a lot of my food from scratch. I also find it much too tedious to write down everything I eat).

Starting weight: 260 lbs
Goal weight in one year: 160 lbs
Beginning exercise goals: Cardio for 30 minutes 5 times a week (total of 150 minutes); Strengthening for 30 minutes 3 times a week (total of 90 minutes). I plan on increasing these goals as I grow stronger and gain better endurance.
Diet goals: eat breakfast, only consume sugar if it comes in a natural form like fruit and only in small quantities, reduce portions, drink 64 oz of water per day, increase fruits & veggies in diet, if I must cheat only have a small serving rather than several.

Rewards for reaching my goals
Weekly: Learn a new healthy recipe (I love to cook comfort foods so this will be especially helpful to retrain my eating habits)
Bi-Monthly:Purchase something fun that I don't need (ie. music, shoes, handbag, crafts, etc.)
Half-way mark: Hike Angel's Landing in Zion's National Park
End reward: Get scuba certified and go diving in location tba (I would love to go back to the Caribbean or even the Great Barrier Reef if I can somehow find a way to afford it!)



Motivators:

This is something I have wanted my whole life. It is time to take control and show myself who I really am and what I am capable of achieving. I know that I can achieve anything as long as I believe I can. Think about the end results. I will be a healthier and thinner person. I want to be THAT girl. Yeah, the one that keeps the guys staring, the one who gets the lame pick up lines, the one other girls are jealous of and hates because she gets all the attention from guys, the one who gets all the dates, the one who isn't afraid to get turned down.

My deepest desire however is to find companionship. That is the true reason I am doing this and the reason that I cannot give up. It is something that I want more than anything else. When I am tempted to eat out or to not go to the gym I will imagine him. I will think about him teaching me how to rock climb. I will think about me getting ahead of him when we go hiking together. I will think of us going hot tubbing and being comfortable with him seeing me in a bathing suit. There will still be certain insecurities, my life won't be perfect, but I won't have such a huge and obvious obstacle anymore. I will have enough confidence to do all the things that I've always wanted to do!