Getting fit for a specific goal?

melanieconvey

Hi everyone, I am losing weight and toning up for a variety of reasons (ultimately because I have always wanted to feel fit and healthy) but I have a list of specific goals and wondered what goals other people had? Here are mine;

1. Applying to join the military
2. Starting my first nursing job
3. My sister's wedding next year
4. My 30th birthday next April!

I am 5 ft 9 and currently weigh just under 14 stone (190 pounds)- at my heaviest; 14 1/2 stone. My dream goal would be to weigh around 10 stone - but more importantly, to be exercising regularly and feel toned and healthy. Also, I am breaking it down into smaller goals of 1 stone targets so currently I am working towards 13 stone.

I would love to speak to others with similar goals and motivate/ inspire/ spur each other on! Feel free to send me a message and add me as a friend.

Good luck and thanks for reading!

Melanie

melanieconvey

No one got any specific goals?

sijomial

My goal was to set a fitness related personal best - not a "season's best", not a best for my fifties, a proper PB (lifetime best).

At my advanced age (!!!) I'm unlikely to set new strength records due to various injuries, highly unlikely to set a new speed related PB so I chose an endurance based goal - to cycle 100 miles in a day.

What a buzz when I did it in June - now the goal is to do it faster...

Patrick0321

Started losing weight due to getting married, two weeks to go...

Roxiemini

Hi!

I have some specific goals for my weight loss. I'm currently 62kg (136 pounds) and I'm 163cm (5ft 3) tall.

1-I'm getting married in 2015, and want to be as fit and fab as I can for the day!
2-I'd love to be as close to my pre-baby weight (50kg/110 pounds) as possible, so I've set myself the goal of 52kg (114 pounds)
3-I think I will feel a lot better in of myself by doing more for my health! I have a 3 year old daughter, and I've kind of neglected looking after myself as well as I could have since having her, so it's time for me to get back in shape and look after myself better!
4-My fiance still finds me very attractive, I haven't gained heaps of weight or anything, but I would love to feel more confident around him, I'm at the heaviest I've ever been at the moment.
5-I'm only 21, I want to be as healthy as I can be, and not wake up one day later down the track and regret not even trying to better my health!

I'm doing clean eating and zumba 6 times a week (horray for creche at the gym!) to help me achieve this

CarolinaTK50

To just be a more healthier me is my primary goal. But also...
- so I can live a long time for my Grandson
-keep my Asthma in check
-beat heart disease before it starts. I'm blessed to be healthy
-i want to begin dating again after a long hiatus

melanieconvey

My goal was to set a fitness related personal best - not a "season's best", not a best for my fifties, a proper PB (lifetime best).

At my advanced age (!!!) I'm unlikely to set new strength records due to various injuries, highly unlikely to set a new speed related PB so I chose an endurance based goal - to cycle 100 miles in a day.

What a buzz when I did it in June - now the goal is to do it faster...

That is a pretty awesome achievement!! How much faster do you think you can do it? ..And where did you do the original one?

melanieconvey

Hey, you sound well on your way to achieving your goal! Zumba 6x a week? That is pretty intense! Awesome

melanieconvey

Hi!

I have some specific goals for my weight loss. I'm currently 62kg (136 pounds) and I'm 163cm (5ft 3) tall.

1-I'm getting married in 2015, and want to be as fit and fab as I can for the day!
2-I'd love to be as close to my pre-baby weight (50kg/110 pounds) as possible, so I've set myself the goal of 52kg (114 pounds)
3-I think I will feel a lot better in of myself by doing more for my health! I have a 3 year old daughter, and I've kind of neglected looking after myself as well as I could have since having her, so it's time for me to get back in shape and look after myself better!
4-My fiance still finds me very attractive, I haven't gained heaps of weight or anything, but I would love to feel more confident around him, I'm at the heaviest I've ever been at the moment.
5-I'm only 21, I want to be as healthy as I can be, and not wake up one day later down the track and regret not even trying to better my health!

I'm doing clean eating and zumba 6 times a week (horray for creche at the gym!) to help me achieve this

Hey, you sound well on your way to achieving your goal! Zumba 6x a week? That is pretty intense! Awesome

melanieconvey

Started losing weight due to getting married, two weeks to go...

How's it going so far?

Patrick0321

Started losing weight due to getting married, two weeks to go...

How's it going so far?

I've lost just over 21lbs would like another 4 off, but with everything coming up it's going to be hard just maintaining where I am.

zyxst

Goals when I started:

1. Lose enough weight to be able to buy clothes from Wal-mart.

I got tired of being limited on clothing choices because the fat people shops don't carry much I liked. Now that I can buy clothes from regular shops (Wal-mart, Zellers, Piper's, etc.), I can find things I like and they cost a lot less.

2. Lose enough weight for doctors to take my health problems seriously instead of giving me the blanket "lose weight" prescription.

Still working on this. I understand that being as fat as I am/was does affect my health, I'm sure that the blurry vision and what looks like the beginnings of glaucoma won't be miraculously cured when I hit 125#. I'm also hoping that getting down to a normal BMI will drop my BP enough so I'm not so limited on what I can afford sodium-wise to eat. My GP doesn't understand that my BP goes up because I'm in severe pain while it's taken (cuffs are too small for my flabby arms), and I have white coat hypertension.

I don't have any body shape or body fat goals. I'm just going to look like a smaller version of how I've always looked - short, dumpy, big gut, and fat thighs.