Did you have a timeframe in mind?

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  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    My goal is pretty darned slow, because I'm focusing more on building strength and physical fitness (and know that with me my extra weight sorts itself out when I do that). I do have to watch how many calories I eat, but not in any very strict way, honestly. I didn't eat so badly before... just badly enough, lol!

    I just don't want to go 5-6 months and be the same weight and fitness level, basically. That's how it would have gone had I done nothing. It's not now :) Changes, yay!

    Congrats to so many successes in this thread, btw!! And post when you hit your goal :D You deserve a big Hooray!
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    my goal is 135 but i'm at 143
  • kmcarlson88
    kmcarlson88 Posts: 13 Member
    my ultimate goal is 80 lbs with no time set on that, but I'd ideally like to lost at least 50 lbs by August 2014....Is this to high of a goal? Thats at least 6 pounds a month.,...I'm going to try really hard but any additional support would be great!! (feel free to add me and message me with any tips!)
  • chelstakencharge
    chelstakencharge Posts: 1,021 Member
    No, I never set a time frame or goal for that matter. In my head I just thought "if I could just lose anything" Well....my numbers prove that I can, I did and I still am!
  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
    I want to lose 30lb. by May. But I won't wreck my metabolism to get it. Learned that the hard way with the first 25. :(
  • XXElmaXX
    XXElmaXX Posts: 34
    At first I did. Now I don´t. So many things can go wrong and knowing how disappointed I always got when I couldn´t meet my goals I stopped setting them.
    This is a long term work so I have no time frame
  • Cortneyrenee04
    Cortneyrenee04 Posts: 1,117 Member
    When I first made the decision to lose weight in May, I wanted to lose 50 pounds by the end of this year. Not gonna happen!! Now I'm just aiming to be at my ultimate goal weight by my next birthday in June. This would put me at about 70 pounds lost in a year! If I don't make it, life goes on and I may adjust as the date nears.
  • wertgirlfor
    wertgirlfor Posts: 161 Member
    I don't set time goals for my weight loss, I figure it'll happen when it happens. I am trying to get to 135lbs -ish by next summer though, just to be able to show off in my shorty shorts :P
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    I started in about July-August and I've just been wanting to lose at least 5 pounds a month. Some months I've lost more than that, but so far I have lost at least 5 every month. I know now that I only have another ~20 to lose it'll probably slow down some, but I think I should definitely be there by next fall. I have a personal reason for that time frame, which works cuz it gives me MORE than enough time to make it :) Don't set huge goals, I tried telling myself I would lose 10 pounds the first month, I only lost 8. Luckily I didn't go into the whole "I blew it" mentality, but it did suck not meeting that. Now, as long as I'm going in the right direction and I am making new personal victories, I'm happy. I've changed from focusing a lot on the weight loss, to focusing more on strength gains and losing bf%
  • lebbyloses
    lebbyloses Posts: 133 Member
    I had a sort of vague desire to be at or near my goal by my birthday in February. Looks like I have a good chance of succeeding there. Lately I've had some whooshes, and they've given me a strong but probably futile desire to be there by Christmas. I don't think this is possible, but since I can't help secretly wanting it I am using it as motivation to keep moving. I already look and feel much better than last Christmas, so I'm a winner no matter what, but I'll be traveling to a city for Christmas and if I'm at the size I'm going to be it will be a perfect chance to go shopping. If that doesn't work out, I'm not going to freak out, I'm just going to earmark some of my Christmas bonus and go on a shopping trip near my birthday.
  • hoyalawya2003
    hoyalawya2003 Posts: 631 Member
    I am such a slow loser, I decided not to set specific goals, this is a life long commitment for me ,no matter how long it will take me to get to goal.

    This is exactly it for me. I will be 40 in a little less than 2 years, and my only goal is to be fitter and healthier than I have been since college. I think I am already getting close to that!

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