What are your goals other than the "goal weight"?

jess_m26
jess_m26 Posts: 16
in Motivation and Support
Reading an article recently and one of the motivation tips was setting small goals other than a number on the scale. What are some of your goals that you set for yourself to keep you motivated??
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  • Fernella13
    Fernella13 Posts: 68 Member
    I want to look great in a wedding dress for my big day in August and in a bikini for the honeymoon.:happy:
  • lyrical_melody
    lyrical_melody Posts: 242 Member
    I want to feel healthier, succesfully eat cleaner, have to buy new clothes :)
  • SuperCork
    SuperCork Posts: 192 Member
    Though I weigh myself here and there, most of my goals are fitness-related:
    --to become a proficient swimmer because I live on an island and have not gone swimming or even to the beach in about four years.
    --to be able to perform unassisted pullups/chinups (not even close on this one)
    --to be able to perform at least ONE curl w a 30lb dumbbell (working myself up to the 20s currently)
  • michellelemorgan
    michellelemorgan Posts: 184 Member
    I don't weigh myself. I have a favorite bikini and I try it on once a week to see how my appearance in it has changed. If I look good in it then I'm happy. :)
  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    Be a good healthy rolemodel for my daughter, I also want to inspire others to live a healthier lifestyle by them seeing how it has changed me. I also want to wear a bikini and short shorts without feeling utterly embarassed by my body :)

    The scale number I chose is what I weighed before having my daughter and when I felt my best, I hope I can get there or close and look fitter and stronger.
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    Right now I am trying to comfortably fit into the next size down for jeans... it's been 20-25 lbs so far.. still not happening lmao.
  • wigglypeaches
    wigglypeaches Posts: 146 Member
    - Do a set of 10 unassisted pull-ups.

    - Join the apprentice-instructor program at my gym during the next cycle.

    - Squat my body-weight

    - Run a 7 minute mile

    - Finish the GoRuck challenge

    - Drop a jean size
  • jess_m26
    jess_m26 Posts: 16
    I want to look great in a wedding dress for my big day in August and in a bikini for the honeymoon.:happy:

    That's incredible! Congratulations!
  • rougecrayon
    rougecrayon Posts: 100
    Run up and down my stairs without hurting

    Be able to do active things with my friends, and not make jokes about how unfit I am

    I want my waist to be 8 inches smaller than my bust

    I want to be as confident as I pretend I am

    I want to feel sexy
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    Work up to an hour of barre 3, and last thru an entire adult ballet class!
  • jess_m26
    jess_m26 Posts: 16
    Though I weigh myself here and there, most of my goals are fitness-related:
    --to become a proficient swimmer because I live on an island and have not gone swimming or even to the beach in about four years.
    --to be able to perform unassisted pullups/chinups (not even close on this one)
    --to be able to perform at least ONE curl w a 30lb dumbbell (working myself up to the 20s currently)

    I feel ya on the push ups, for the first 10 days of the 30 day shred I was useless in the first circuit. And I could barely do a half push up at my trainer assessment! That is one of my goals too!
  • 5stringjeff
    5stringjeff Posts: 790 Member
    30 minute 5K.
  • sixpacklady
    sixpacklady Posts: 582 Member
    Lose inches around tummy and arms

    Become stronger

    Do real pushups

    Strong Core

    Run for 30 min w/o stopping

    Tighter glutes:happy:
  • Tdacks
    Tdacks Posts: 136 Member
    My short term goals are things like completing all the runs in this week's C25K set. Once I am running all of them, I focus on improving my pace a little bit, etc.

    One of my medium term goals was to be able to sit down wearing jeans without the waist digging painfully into my gut, ugh. Achieved.

    Long-term... to not have a noticeable belly bulge when sitting down.

    Honestly, I feel like I look great minus clothes, but then when I wear even the best fitting clothes they feel so restrictive and uncomfortable, with bulges and awkward points. Curvy curvy curvy in a non-curvy clothing world. Ugh.
  • Jaulen
    Jaulen Posts: 468 Member
    Other than losing weight my goals are:

    Blood pressure back into the 100/70 range
    Total Cholesterol back under 140
  • jess_m26
    jess_m26 Posts: 16
    Right now I am trying to comfortably fit into the next size down for jeans... it's been 20-25 lbs so far.. still not happening lmao.

    You'll get there!! AMAZING work so far though :)
  • jess_m26
    jess_m26 Posts: 16
    Be a good healthy rolemodel for my daughter, I also want to inspire others to live a healthier lifestyle by them seeing how it has changed me. I also want to wear a bikini and short shorts without feeling utterly embarassed by my body :)

    The scale number I chose is what I weighed before having my daughter and when I felt my best, I hope I can get there or close and look fitter and stronger.


    Sounds like you're already a great role-model. Very inspiring indeed. :)

    I'm with ya on the bikini and short-shorts. Believe it or not, I even feel the same about the above-the-knee shorts. I always feel self conscious about my thighs and knees looking chubs. Time to be done with that!
  • osualex
    osualex Posts: 409 Member
    Squatting/deadlifting bodyweight
    30 minute 5k
    20% body fat
  • AceOfSpada
    AceOfSpada Posts: 47 Member
    I want to feel healthy and strong. I want the beauty within to show on the outside as well. Not that he isnt now but I want my boyfriend to be proud that Im his girlfriend. I want to wear sleeveless tops and shorts and high heels. I want to be able to buy clothes anywhere rather than the plus size stores I have to shop in now. I hope to one day marry my boyfriend and look beautiful on my wedding day and finally I want to have a family...a healthy family.
  • 2credneck208
    2credneck208 Posts: 501 Member
    I want to look in the mirror and be able to say "Damn I'm hot!"
  • EricaRuns27
    EricaRuns27 Posts: 61 Member
    My main goal is to continue to "feel good" about myself, & not eat food that makes me feel horrible. Since I've been on MFP, when I eat bad food I feel it. My body doesn't like it.

    My other goal is to run another half marathon and beat my time from my recent half I just ran! :).

    Here's to a healthy 2013!!! ????
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Training for Triathalon this summer. Want to finish with a great time.
  • MrsWitt01
    MrsWitt01 Posts: 10 Member
    To use my "new and improved" lungs to run my first 5k this year to mark my 1 year anniversary of being a nonsmoker!
  • elothen
    elothen Posts: 155 Member
    I'm really doing this to lose my gut, which is just a side effect of losing weight. Other than that I want to be able to actually run through an entire Spartan Beast.
  • SarahAFerguson
    SarahAFerguson Posts: 250 Member
    I want my rings to fit comfortably. I can now get them on. Getting them off is a challenge. I'd like to be able to slide them on and off with ease.
  • purplecharm
    purplecharm Posts: 446 Member
    be as fit as possible for my body shape
    look good in my clothes
    look good naked
    not have to shop in the plus size section
    be an inspiration to others
  • jess_m26
    jess_m26 Posts: 16
    You are all such inspiring people! Your goals have definitely helped me realize some of my own plus more. I'd love to hear more goals and to hear back to see your results. Feel free to add me as a friend :)
  • xcmtnracer
    xcmtnracer Posts: 426 Member
    Resting HR below 50 ( at 54 now)
  • Laurenmp16
    Laurenmp16 Posts: 344 Member
    Knowing what I'm eating, always. No worries about the bad things I was eating in processed foods slowly killing me!
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    Walk a 12 minute mile
    Run a 5K
    Do the 100 pushups plan, with full pushups
    Squat/Deadlift my body weight
    Do a pullup/chinup
    Workout 3X a week for 52 weeks in a row.
    Do a 3 minute plank
    Row a 10k in under 50 minutes (my first one was a little over an hour)

    I have some goal measurements in mind too.

    I guess that's enough for now. I am not working on all of these actively at the moment. But I'll get there.

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