Milestones

So I decided that to keep track of how we are doing, we should set-up goals and milestones to help us with our food budget as well as our switch to a healthier food lifestyle.

Currently I am 310lbs or 141kg - my healthy weight should be around 120 or 55kg. My husband is 266lbs or 121k - my husband's healthy weight should be around 185 or 84kg. My youngest daughter is 171 or 78kg - her healthy weight should be the same as mine until she out grows me. We are obese according to our Dr. and society.

We eat out way to much because we don't like how long it takes to cook. Even though our pantry is packed with food and same with our fridge and freezer, we look in there and see how long it will take to cook something - instead of preparing ahead - we choose to eat fast food.

Eating out is killing our budget! Think about it - how many times a week do you eat out? We spend around $40 a week on fast food - that is $160 a month that could go to traveling or going even play mini golf. Instead of using our money wisely on fun activities which gets us moving and active and helps us be happy. We have chosen to sit in front of a movie, with our $2 burgers (multiples), fries and soda - where we spend 2 hours a night hanging out with each other, on our butts, getting fatter. And then we complain we never go anywhere because we have no money to do so. Hmmmm.. do you see the problem.

Time to change all of this.

So our goals:

1. To lose weight
2. To cut out fast food
3. To eat healthier
4. To plan menus and prepare food ahead
5. To plan adventures to go on, so we can apply our money there instead of fast food

Our Milestone:

1. Cousin's Wedding December 12th
1. Megan - I need to lose a minimum of 60lbs
2. Karl - Would like to lose 40lbs
3. Ceara - would like to lose 20lbs
4. Start using exercise equipment and pool to exercise
5. Print off exercises from Pinterest and hang in gym
2. 40th Birthday cruise in February (still need to set date)
1. Megan - I would like to lose another 40lbs
2. Karl - would like to lose another 20lbs
3. Ceara - would like to lose another 20lbs
4. Start walking around my neighborhood with our fury babies and back brace
5. Print off new exercises and challenges from Pinterest
3. Summer
1. Plan a mini vacation 
2. Megan - lose another 40lbs
3. Karl - lose another 20lbs
4. Ceara - lose final 10lbs
4. Color Run November 2016
1. If my doctor says I am fit enough because of my spinal injury, we would like to do the Color Run here locally.
2. We would need to train for the 5k
3. I need to be walking 4 miles a day and start jogging.