Why I'm happy not meeting my fitness goals

MattO229

Hi everyone so I've just something I probably shouldn't.. I worked out how much I "should" weigh if I kept to my original weight loss goals that I started around 3 months ago. Being much heavier than originally planned is disappointing but when I look at why, I'm not unhappy. I went to see family in November and I contribute a lot of my weight to my upbringing and food given to me when I was younger and as well as that Christmas didn't do me any favours. Despite this I'm living life and not letting fitness take over my life just making it a part of it. I'm losing weight again and am still a few pounds lower than I started and it keeps me going knowing that I'm still doing it after 3 months even if I haven't been completely consistent.

Do any of you have any stories which are an immediate failure but still on the journey to sculpting the body you want?

snickerscharlie

Look at it this way. If you hadn't been doing what you were doing before Christmas, you'd be starting from a much higher weight today. That is a win in itself!

Duck_Puddle

I just hit 7 years. I’m STILL not at goal weight. Epic fail, right?

When I started all this, I was morbidly obese. My doctor was talking to me about weight loss surgery. I could barely walk. I had to rest going upstairs. I couldn’t carry more than a can of food at a time. I got winded walking across a room.

This past year (give or take), my 3 big lifts total 500 pounds, I went on a major vacation trek hiking about 70 miles in a week-solo (had the time of my life). In an 8 week period I ran a marathon, a 26k, a 5k, a half marathon (on the Vegas strip at night-So COOL), and another 5k. And an entire host of other life improvements.

Every year I’ve been on this “journey” I’ve done something to positively impact my life experience. And that’s really what this is about for me. My success doesn’t come from a number on a scale - it comes from the adventure and joy I’m able to squeeze into life.

I honestly don’t know if I’ll ever actually reach goal weight. But I’m going to continue to live the most amazing life I can and continue to work on being more fit and active so I can have bigger and better adventures.

I posted my year end summary on my wall the other day:

2018 goals:
-????? (Don’t remember and pretty sure I didn’t hit a single one)
-get less fat

2018 accomplishments:
-did epic *kitten*
-got fatter

2019 goals:
-do more epic *kitten*
-get less fat (this is carried over from about 1997 - never give up on your dreams).

So in short-I’m totally Ok with where I’m at.

AnnPT77

When it comes to weight management and activity goals, persistence over time tends to be more important than speed.

Sure, a person can go too slowly, especially on the fitness front, and make no progress. But there's a high correlation between trying to go fast, burning out, and quitting. Slow, steady progress gets there faster than superhuman effort followed by giving up.

Persistence FTW: Just keep going.