- squat: maintain @90, try for 105. incorporate front/sumo/goblet squats as accessories.
- bench: maintain @75, try for 80 or 85. keep bench even with or lower than rows.
- ohp: maintain @50, try for 55. keep doing the lighter-weight accessory sets on workout-a days.
- rows: maintain @70, try for 80, most of all keep rows even with or heavier than bench press. lighter weight sets as accessory on workout-b days.
- deadlift: 135lb.

weight goal: 135lb.

My goals are:
-Get back under 130 lbs (damn vacation!)
-Drink more water & less coffee
-Keep doing SL 3x/wk (this will be hard with work)
-hit 180lbs for DL

1) Keep up with SL 3x/week
2) Try to incorporate swimming and running at least once a week
3) MORE WATER, it's like one of my biggest struggles.
4) Lose around 5lbs (more would be nice, but I haven't been losing for months, so yeah..)
5) Finally start on getting my drivers license! I'm 26 and still don't have it!

The scale never seems to tell me anything I want to hear so I'm going to stay off it lol. Even when I lose inches and am supposedly eating at a defecit, it says the same weight. I've done some awesome strength increases over the past couple months while not really focusing on my diet and not really logging very tightly (btw where does that stupid shame come from if I eat more than my MFP goal, I mean really?! I'm an adult. If I want to eat more than my TDEE than I damn well can. And I can do it with cake.). Anyway, so no scale goals. Screw it.

Sooooo, dem goalz:

- Lose INCHES (0.5in from my chest and 0.5in from my waist)
- Hit my Basis Peak habits (2k steps before noon, 3k steps after 5pm, 10k steps for the whole day, don't sit for more than 1.5hours at a time) at least 5 days a week
- Go out to eat less. Save those $$$$$!!
- My May TDEE average was 3000 cals/day so I'm going to put my daily inhalation goal at 2500 cals.

Hi there. This couldn't have come at a better time since I have a family reunion in early August.
My goals for the month are:

-measure myself,
-stay within my macros,
-drink more water,
-increase veggie intake
-keep at SL (will have to deload this week)
-lose 5 lbs. (or inches) by July

- keep going with SL, just finishing up week 4
- Add in some form of cardio (I don't know what I will do for this yet so this will be trial and error figuring out what works for me; I've never been a big fan of cardio)
- Go back to calorie counting and actually weigh my food (bought a food scale last night that will arrive next week)

canadianlbs wrote: »

MalineVD wrote: »

5) Finally start on getting my drivers license! I'm 26 and still don't have it!

so you know . . . i got into my 30's without learning to drive. and when i did, i was already a veryvery single parent, so i basically learned by repeatedly failing the test until i didn't fail on about the 6th try. 15+ years and no my-fault accidents yet.

(touch wood) also, just fyi my son still hasn't learned and he's almost your age. a LOT of people in his generation have never bothered to learn around here. personally, i really like it as a mental/cultural shift.

My husband just got his learners permit at 38 . He had it at 19, but just let it expire, then hasn't bothered since. I finally made him since our daughter is getting older and I work shifts so things like lessons, birthday parties, etc are getting difficult with only me driving.

Some great looking goals for June. Everyone is all geared up and ready to go. Here is my list and we'll see how I can plough through it pending work schedule, etc.

1. Weigh 150 - Ended month around 154/155, but 150 is where I can say I'm overweight instead of obese.
2. Unpack, clean and organize new apartment. So much stuff...
3. Edit novel and submit to agents.
4. Jog in 5k and maybe start 10k training so August 5k is easier.
5. Get through stage 5 in NROLFW and start stage 7 (last one cause skipping option stage 6).
6. Look into next tech training session, start studying and approach manager about it.


Thank that's about it for June. I'm getting antsy on the lifting program, so it's getting a little harder to make my way through but stage 5 is only 8 workouts. Plus I get to do db snatch again and those were kinda fun. I should also work on my deadlift and maybe look into finding a closer gym cause new apartment is much further away so long drives at 1 am aren't appealing. Problem is, most of the ones closer are tiny, with much less equipment but similar price range. One didn't have a squat rack. Will have to see how things go.

As for some topics posted in here... Driving: I started driving at 15 (learner's permit) but in small town wyoming it kind of helps to drive to get anywhere. Lived a few miles out of town and sure we had school buses but that's about it. Where I live now, people can rely on public transportation a lot more. Though I still don't like that I can't pump my own gas for my car cause I'm so used to doing it myself.

@andylllI - Nice approach with the bikini. I haven't worn a swim suit in years because it was so hard to find one my size that fit right. Even plus size I had issues like the chest part being too small. *grumbles* Maybe next summer I'll adopt the same thoughts you have and get one.

Excited for June!

1. Lose 4 pounds
2. Lose 0.5 inches from waist
3. Lift 3x per week/run 2x per week OR Lift 2x per week/run 3x per week (alternate)

crabada wrote: »

giusa wrote: »

June Goal:

-Lose weight!

Still struggling with weight…my entire focus this month! Time to make a doct apt

Guisa, I know that personally, I need a more specific goal than this when I've hit a rut in my losses. "Lose weight" is just too broad. I mean, you could cut off your arm and technically reach this goal, but I don't think that's what you want.

Maybe think about the things that you're struggling with right now. Are you logging your food accurately and consistently? If not, maybe that's your goal. If you are logging, take a look at your past diaries and see if you're over your calorie range more days than not. If you are, maybe that's your goal. Are you exercising / lifting regularly? If not, maybe that's your goal. All of these will help with your overall goal of "lose weight" but are so much more manageable and trackable, you know?

Just some thoughts. xo

Thanks for this ;flowerforyou. When I hit my 'prego weight' in April I cleaned up my logging (as much as humanly possible, log the good, the bad and the ungly), double checked/triple checked my cals/macros. Other than recycling the same 2.5 lbs and a *slight* decrease in measurements the change is not enough to justify the 15% cal deficit. Reviewed all my food diary stats to see if I could find a pattern, there's nothing there. I gave myself until the end of May, then seek medical help. But now I might give myself to the end of April...and increase my cal deficit to 20%.

indianarose2 wrote: »

1. Read Starting strength and start polishing up my form. Deload where necessary to do so. (Hopefully not at all)
2. Incorporate more accessory work such as single leg lifts/squats, planks, hangs, pullups and walk a mile after lifting
3. Increase jog time to 30 minutes and then start increasing pace (no specific pace yet)
4. Meet my macro goals
5. Keep losing. (3# &/or 3" - Still no shorts)
6. 5 minute meditation (come on, I can do this!)

1. My husband keeps taking it out of my Amazon cart so still don't have this!! I've been watching more videos instead.
2. Did some more accessory work today :-)
3. Increased jog time to 20 mins with a slight pace increase
4. Not meeting my protein goals daily
5. Lost a pound last week!
6. Getting my meditation done most days!

Oh yeah, a week is already done, I guess I could update.

@andyllll - nice job so far. I have to admit that I've never owned a bikini. I've been fluffy a good percent of my life so never gotten one of those on the rare times I had a swim suit. Still working on just being comfortable in any swimsuit. My mom used to have several though. Not sure why she bought so many as we lived in Wyoming and there isn't much beach there...

So far I'm a bit stalled on things but getting settled in to new apartment while dealing with the beginning heat of summer.

1. Weigh 150 - Well, scale was at 156 this morning so may end up more like 153 this month, will see how it goes.
2. Unpack, clean and organize new apartment. - Some progress but not enough room in the kitchen for it all.
3. Edit novel and submit to agents. - no progress
4. Jog in 5k and maybe start 10k training so August 5k is easier. - 5k is on Friday.
5. Get through stage 5 in NROLFW and start stage 7. - I'm on workout 3 of 8 for stage 5
6. Look into next tech training session, start studying and approach manager about it. - boss approached me on the tech stuff so I am actually making a little progress here.

Ugh, it's so hot I don't wanna do anything. But need to get my meals figured out and start cooking meats/veggies and such again. And tracking the calories. A little break was nice but back to the norm again.

@mirrim52 I should try that. It's the postpartum sag-pooch that keeps me covered so maybe I should just cover it. But my current bottoms are Hawaiian/ Brazilian style bc squats.

craftymommy wrote: »

- keep going with SL, just finishing up week 4
- Add in some form of cardio (I don't know what I will do for this yet so this will be trial and error figuring out what works for me; I've never been a big fan of cardio)
- Go back to calorie counting and actually weigh my food (bought a food scale last night that will arrive next week)

- still going with SL, finished up week 5
- cardio (youtube videos for now) is going a lot better than I expected after an initial hurdle. I'm still terrible at it and last about 15 mins, but the 15 mins are getting easier and easier. So these I do right after lifting and the days in between lifting.
- my scale arrived yesterday and today I started my first official day of weighing and calorie counting