Self Change Project: Week 1

Thank you for your comments, and I appreciate your advice on working on my diet as well. Sorry Sara, I guess this means no more Smoke Eaters after class :P. I generally eat a good diet throughout the week, but I sometimes indulge on the weekends. I am going to come up with a stricter diet plan soon and I will update you on it.

So far, I am completely failing with my goal! Last week I went to the gym everyday except for Friday and Saturday. I was tired on Friday, and Saturday was my birthday. Unfortunately, I ended up consuming enough calories for the whole week on my birthday (I might be exaggerating a bit, but you get my point). On Monday morning, I stepped on the scale for my weigh in..... 192 lbs. Awesome (Sarcastic). I am now one week in, and I am set back even further from my goal.

The easy way out would be to change my goal of 180 lbs, but nothing in life is easy and I feel like challenging myself. I am going to keep my goal of reaching 180 lbs by May, as I still think it is attainable. As for my workout partner, I decided to stop working out with him last week. I feel that I was less productive with him there, and we spent too much time talking. If I go to the gym alone, I am focused on only myself and I am more productive.

I have been thinking that it might be easier to set smaller goals to attain each week. It makes everything seem less overwhelming, and it keeps every week fun. My goal for next Monday's weigh-in will be 189 lbs.

Thank you for following, and I will keep you posted!

Self Change Project

In my Organizational Behavior class at San Jose State University, I was challenged to change a behavior and set a goal for myself to acheive.

This assignment lead me in several different directions, and provided me with a long list of behaviors which I would like to change. For the sake of my sanity, I will only focus on one topic which I feel is of great importance- Health. Coming out of high school, I was a division 1 basketball athlete. I was in great shape and felt good about my health. Since I did not make move on to become a college athlete, I lost my desire to stay physically fit. Through this project, I hope to bring myself back to a good fitness level.

In my case, I feel that a tangible way to measure fitness is through weight. In high school I weighed about 170 lbs, and I am now about 190lbs. I would like to bring my weight level down to 180 lbs by the end of this project. Although this goal may seem difficult to reach in 4 weeks, I still feel that it is achievable.

In order to achieve this goal, I will follow a strict work out plan. I plan on exercising for at least an hour on Mondays through Fridays. I will use the weekends as a break in order to recover and get ready for the next week’s workout. I will focus mostly on cardiovascular exercise with some weight training in between. My teammates will hold me accountable to my goal, and I have found a work-out partner to motivate me.

In order to judge my progress, I will weigh in every Monday morning and post my honest weekly results on this blog. I am confident that if I stick to the routine I will be able to achieve my goal. Good luck to my self, and if I seem fatigue you all know why. Let the torture begin!

Mark Farhat