Another Challenge

So I'm doing the Org Challenge, but there's also a Fitness Challenge.  Actually it's a few challenges all rolled into one.  I have set goals with my trainer to be at a certain point in 12 weeks.  Then I set a second goal for 12 weeks after that.  So, six months - give or take - to meet my fitness goals.

There are a number of things that feed into successfully hitting that goal (or those goals), and everyone knows what they are - eat healthy (real food), work out, work with a trainer, sleep right, etc. etc.  It's simple, but if it were easy, everyone would be fit and healthy.  I am using an app called "Lose It" for tracking and monitoring, so far I quite like it.

I have pictures taken by my trainer, but no way am I posting them.   It is shameful, but it's also shocking to me when I see myself.

Instead, it's all text.  Currently I am 196.4 pounds.  Not the heaviest I've ever been, but the heaviest I've been in a few decades.  It hurt to see the number on the scale, but it hurts more to write it, it seems more real.

So:
Weight: 196.4 lbs
BMI: 30.4 (just .4 into the "obese" category - that REALLY hurts!)
Fat %: 43.7 (desirable range is around 23-28%)

Shoulders: 120.5 cm
Chest: 117.5 cm
Waist: 102.5 cm
Bellybutton:  113 cm
hips/gluts:  116.5 cm
right thigh: 70 cm
right arm:  40 cm

Phase 1 Goals:
drop 25 lbs (ish) by April 3 (12 weeks)
BMI of approximately 25 (25 is the cusp of "normal" to overweight)
plank for 90 seconds (right now 30 is pushing it)
300 stairs (without a break)
buy a pretty bra (have to lose more than a few sizes to do that)

Phase 2 Goals:
drop 40 lbs (ish) by June 26 (24 weeks)
BMI  of approximately 20
plank for 120 seconds
wear my grey suit (it's a size 12)

Phase 3 Goals:
January 9 2014 - one year from the start
maintain a stable weight (from six months earlier)
maintain size 12-14
maintain BMI of approximately 20
compete in the World Health games in 2014

I will likely have goals to add to this as I go, these are just the beginning ones.  The reason for my size flexibility is that I realise that just losing pounds does not determine size, there will be muscle built, and my body will change.  The same for weight - while the weight loss may not appear as my numbers, if my muscle mass and fat mass have changed to the point where my BMI is around 20, and my fat % has dropped considerably.

This isn't going to be easy, but it is most definitely possible.  Here we go!