+ My main goal is to make better food choices and stay within my calorie goal of 1830.
+ No juices or soda. Water ONLY.
+ Do cardio at least 5x/week.

I'm doing pretty good with my weights progressing so I have no September goals for that. But I'd love to see some noticeable gains this month which is why I need to get my food choices in check!

well, i sort of met my august set . . . some of them. didn't gain any extra weight while resting, may have gotten my knees sorted out, and . . . well. sorta-kinda followed through on the hamstring/glute idea, although not really.

for september. i want to get riding again, consistently, use some of this extra leg strength and pick up some stamina. and i'm willing to chill out on the lifting and eat a bit more to make room for it. i'd like that 11-mile ride to be comfortably doable in just over an hour, each way. key word: comfort

weight: probably don't 'need' to lose any more, but i'd like it if 125 could be my new upper limit instead of being something i get within touching distance of when i'm at my lightest.

squats: 100 pounds is probably too ambitious, but it would be nice to be squatting 80 and feeling as strong about it as i felt today doing 65. keep working on using my core instead of my legs to get out of the hole. i like that feeling.

bench and ohp: it would just be nice to not be stalled, and to make some kind of progress from 50lb bench and 45 for ohp. i need form improvements on bench, for sure. and by the end of the month i'd like to have the ohp imbalances worked out, even if it does mean still only working with 45 lb.

rows . . . BLEAGH. i don't really care but i'd like to stay at or above 60lbs and progress with reps/sets if not with the weight.

deadlift: i think bodyweight should be easily achievable. i'll say i'm aiming to add 20 pounds and get it up to 135.

I'm trying not to underestimate the difference in my lifestyle between August and September and to be realistic

Strength goal: This is going to the top of my priorities now, meaning that cardio and eating have to take supporting roles. I want to take advantage of the new calories to really push myself and see some increases in these early 5x5 days. I feel too uniformed for more specific goals. Taking it a day at a time.

Cardio goal: Got to reduce this. I'm feeling tired too much of the time. Aim for quality over quantity in terms of Spin.

Eating goal: I've made some real improvements to my food choices. I want to maintain this whilst working away from home a lot. I'm also traversing the tricky move from calorie deficit to finding my maintenance. Keep taking it steady and slow.

I'm trying to be more realistic this month. I met my squat goal last month, but then my knee started giving me pain. That seems to be better, but my shoulder is still twingy. I decided to do a major deload and work up more slowly.

Goals -
Lose 5 pounds. I was doing well last month, but then I went crazy and ate all the things and ended the month losing nothing.
Get to Week 5 of C25K.
Work my weights on all lifts back to where they were before I fizzled out:
Squats - 100
Bench - 80
OHP - 60
Rows - 80

I think I'm going to try some SLDL, but I'm not sure yet.

Be consistent and get a routine going that works well with my kids and their school.

Met some of my August goals-completed every scheduled SLs workout. Posted in forums and interacted with mfp members daily, logged consistently. Almost met my cardio and flexibility goals-the last 2 weeks got screwed up because of some family medical stuff. Overall, I'm pleased with my month. Particularly with my lifting. I still love it!

September I'm on a mission to annihilate fat. The last 2 weeks of august I was eating everything and not adhering to my deficit. The payoff-moving a good amount of weight (for me anyway). I feel puffy and bloated though. I don't like this feeling. This month, I want to ramp up the cardio/conditioning/fat killing. And adhere to my deficit. Last weigh in was 8/22. I was 166.8. I would love to get to 160 by the end of September. It's possible, as I still have a lot of fat on my frame.

Anyway, 9/14 goals:
1. Eat at deficit
2. 5 dedicated cardio sessions/wk. easy conditioning like walking counts
3. Continue with SLs
4. PiYo once per week
5. Continue to post and interact with mfp community

My September goals aren't too lofty.

1) Keep progressing with Madcow 5x5

2) Finish my last 2 days of C25K

Goals:

1) Log daily
2) 5x5 3x/week
3) Train properly for Avengers 5K and Half Marathon (11/15 and 11/16)

I did the Disneyland 10K and Half Marathon this past weekend, so have taken about a week off from 5x5. I last lifted the Wednesday before, then ran Sat/Sun and was at Disneyland still on Monday. Should have gotten up to lift this morning but did not make it! So, I'll be coming back to 5x5 probably Friday. Should I still try to increase my weights or repeat my last workout(s) before trying to go up again?

I started about a month ago and still feel strong on squats, may be able to add a bit more to bench, but really close (if not already) to max for overhead press...

- Fix my squat form. My heels seem to come off the ground a bit and I have a bit of butt wink going on (although that might be the shoes and shorts I was wearing the day I last filmed, but still). That, well, will require some more hip mobility. Anyone knows of a "do the splits in 30 days" program?

My heels starting coming off the ground last night on squats but I took my shoes off(socks on) and it fixed the problem. I don't think I'm suppose to take my shoes off at the gym but I'm going to keep doing it until someone says something.

Not sure what a butt wink is...... but it sounds funny.