Besides weight loss what other goals do you have?

1) Career! I've always wanted to be a performer. Singing, acting, dancing, modelling... Unfortunately my confidence hasn't yet quite been there - but I am working on it!

2) Money! Currently in around £1,000 debt, and within just over 3 months, I shall have paid off about half of it off.

3) Living... Either finish off my flat, or move. Depends on money/career above.

My goal weight besides weight loss is to grow my nails
and to be a great student at school.. as I am still at school
i want to get great grades
and be happy with my self
plus I want to not be depressed easily.
and I want to have a lot of amazing friends

This year: I want to complete a triathlon, get my purple belt in Kajukenbo, and take up biking on at least a weekly bias as long as the weather permits. I have many other goals that aren't body-related, but those three goals are my priority this year, as I have NEVER made my body a priority. This is my year for my body - nothing else matters more!

My next big goal is to quit smoking! Haven't set a date, but considering my options.

1. Find a second job to supplement my income and rebuild my savings.
2. Pay off my student loan debt
3. Get married (I'm engaged, but cannot afford a wedding at this point)
4. Be able to afford to replace my beloved (but rapidly deteriorating) eleven year old vehicle
5. Become more adventurous
6. Be able to afford a house one day

I love how so many of my goals are related to money! I also have many professional goals as well.

-I want to stop taking the BP Meds I am on. When I retire in 6 years, I want to be Med free.
-I want to play soccer into my 60's. At a competitive level.
-Go to Culinary School.

Good question! I've been so focused on weight loss for so long, I've about forgotten what else I'd like to be doing! lol

1) GET A NEW JOB

2) Pad my savings account.

3) Start going to church again.

4) Build my online portfolio website (that will probably have to happen prior to #1, actually).

I think that's enough for this year!

I think I need a complete make over, I think I must give the impression that I am a thick pauper - because by random strangers or health professionals that I speak with I am treated like a stupid moron.

But I'm not, I speak clearly and with good diction, I'm a qualified and experienced specialist medical scientist, I have a degree in biomedicine I also have a Masters degree in science (was offered a PhD place in '09 but turned it down), I have ISA's and other savings, and a very happy loving homelife.

But I am spoken too and looked at as if I am a chav on the welfare. And I dont know why. It must be the way I look and dress. So as and when I lose my excess weight I am going to overhaul my appearance and I will no longer be looked down upon, I will be treated as the intelligent medical professional that I am.

You know the old comedy routine of when speaking to a foreigner people tend to speak loudly and S L O W L Y...like they are stupid? This is what I get sometimes. I have no idea why.

I do very much like my hair though, it's very long, very dark and glossy, I love it and I'm not changing that. I'm not the best looking girl in the world but I'm not horrific either.

i actually made a 3-page document for my 2011 goals... I just picked it up and was pleased, as i looked thru, to see that i have already done several of them and am making good progress at others....

Here are some of my goals:

numerous 5ks, the Warrior Dash plus 1 or 2 half-marathons

hike at least 6 more "adirondack high peaks" including at least 1 overnight camping trip in the backcountry

go skydiving

redoing flower beds/berry patches and expanding my home (veggie) garden

can more jellies, tomatoes and salsa

let less food spoil before getting around to it (including keeping the refrigerator free of "science experiments")

volunteer to work the fields for one or more days at the farm where i have my CSA share

declutter my basement, attic, garage, greenhouse and closets

to give away what i dont use, love or want

to travel to Lebanon

to spend a long weekend in Vermont with my little sister

to bring my kids to more library story times, beaches, pools and playgrounds

to go to IKEA (lol!)

to keep my vehicle cleaned out

to reduce paper clutter thru-out my house

to cook something special for my husband more often instead of sticking the poor guy in the kid-food rut

to see some musle definition in my arms and abs (man that belly fat is stubborn!)

and the list goes on......