Sometimes in mid stride I have to modify and adjust my goals. I had a wee bit of a tuff time recently because Saturday Feb. 7th was race day for the 100 miler that I was training for. I did not make it to the race. It was not that I couldn’t have made it, but I chose to modify my goals mid stride to make my life healthier. Coming up with my goals, and then modifying them or my game plan to achieve them is a constant and living process. I am always making new goals. As I set out to attain them I hit different obstacles or road blocks that bring about a necessity to make changes. Here are a couple of examples
I originally only wanted to lose around 90 lbs because I just didn’t think getting into the hundreds was possible for me since I was so used to being overweight. I kept with that goal but the closer I got the more I realized that the hundreds were possible so I modified my goal.
Many times I have had to change my goals in the middle of a race. I may have been shooting for a specific time to reach a check point in the race but saw that I was not going to make or that I was going to make it early. I modified mid stride and kept on.
I make small goals to help me maintain my weight but I find out that those things are making me gain or live a little unhealthier than I want. What do I do? I modify in mid stride.
Does this make sense. I am not saying that we give up on the original goals. I am just saying that as we seek to attain our goals we should always evaluate how we are doing and adjust as needed. Maybe our goals or expectations were unrealistic or maybe they were TOO realistic.
What has this looked like for you? Do you set goals to high or to low for yourself? Do you reevaluate you goals periodically? How do you modify in mid stride?
