NSVs? What about NSGs?

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  • Ponkeen
    Ponkeen Posts: 147 Member
    edited December 2015
    orange_hoodie wrote: »
    Thank you for starting this topic, @Ponkeen! I've been curious about "NSGs" as well.

    My 2015 resolution was to try 10 sports. I accomplished that goal 2 weeks ago, and along the way I've been getting fitter and stronger.

    I haven't written out my 2016 goals yet, but they will be strength, endurance, and flexibility oriented. The #1 goal is to be able to do a pull-up. I've never been able to do one, so it's a big deal to me. This is what prompted me to join MFP. As I so eloquently told my coworker: if I'm going to do a pull-up I can't be lifting all this!

    You're welcome! Here's to pull ups! :)
  • DawnEmbers
    DawnEmbers Posts: 2,451 Member
    They don't seem silly at all. I post goals pretty much every month in a lifting group on here, plus a writing group. One is scale related but everything else tends to be focused on other aspects.

    I have big term goals and small term ones. The big ones that I am working time frames on still include:

    kayak
    obstacle/trail run - am signed up for one on May 21st that is a 10k
    learn to dance
    learn some hand to hand combat - not sure style/type yet, it's for a writing thing
    run a half-marathon - fall 2016

    I also have weight lifting specific goals that vary from just adding 5 more lbs to the bar on lifts to reaching body weight related goals such as: squat 1.5 x bodyweight, deadlift 2x bodyweight and bench bodyweight.

    Like to keep things interesting. There are others but the basics are there. I have also considered something like tough mudder or others of that nature but not sure I want to go that route, or just focus more on the lifting and look into maybe a competition. Just have to wait and see.
  • moodyfeesh14
    moodyfeesh14 Posts: 811 Member
    1. Be able to run a 5k with my sister (in progress on 4 weeks of C25K)
    2. Stick with SL 5x5 for at least 4 months
    3. Wear size 18 jeans by my sons first birthday

  • fitfatty88
    fitfatty88 Posts: 273 Member
    Oo I love this!

    1. Begin training and then complete a full marathon by 2017.
    2. Do at least ONE pull up because I've never been able to.
    3. Run a full 10K without slowing down to walk.
    4. Go to Cedar Point and ride every roller coaster because I haven't been able to in years.
    5. I'd also love to go skydiving...every time it's come up there's always an excuse not to, not anymore.
    6. To be able to buy jeans in any store I go in to.
    7. Meal prep every single week instead of every other like I do now.
  • NicoleFray
    NicoleFray Posts: 82 Member
    To be able to wrap one towel all the way around. The top connects but the bottom is wide open. Idk why but this is one of my big goals!
  • asteriskthat
    asteriskthat Posts: 73 Member
    This is great! I have a few, so here goes:
    1. Front splits
    2. One pull-up
    3. Headstand
    4. A more defined waist (as much as genetics allow).
    5. Keep to a schedule of 3 gym sessions per week.
    6. Squat bodyweight (and then some!)
  • TheBeachgod
    TheBeachgod Posts: 825 Member
    edited December 2015
    Just about everything in this video including being that lean but 1:05-1:15 really blows me away. The flag, too, like Alloutof_bubblegum mentioned (00:45-00:50).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh_xtaQKXNU

  • dianaiku
    dianaiku Posts: 96 Member
    edited December 2015
    Be too small for my current clothes
    Get a six pack
    Get a modeling job as I am 6"
  • MacHaloC
    MacHaloC Posts: 42 Member
    Run a full 5k without walking and do a (sprint) triathlon.
    I just signed up for a tri this June!
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,659 Member
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    Super goals, everyone ...... keep on truckin' !
  • TasnimEz
    TasnimEz Posts: 280 Member
    To be able to do pull-ups/chin-ups
    Be able to eat intuitively instead of counting calories
    To like what I see in the mirror. I already do, but I have a certain look in mind.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    I have actually achieved most of my NSG's:
    • I have been able to kayak all day long
    • I was able to walk around Lake Geneva in Wisconsin in one day (Lakeshore path is a total of 23.5 miles)
    • I can swim more than a mile without stopping (currently do 1.5 miles of laps)
    • I can do flip turns while swimming (all the fat kept me from tucking)
    • Walk up and down stairs without needing the handrail

    Goals not achieved yet:
    • Be able to hike for several hours with a full backpack
    • Shop at regular stores in the Misses department (I can find a few things in places like Target and Kohls, but most are still a little too tight)
    • Sit down on the floor and get up with ease (may not happen until I get a knee replaced :( )
  • blondie_mfp
    blondie_mfp Posts: 62 Member
    reading these is giving me some good ideas for future goals :smiley:

    my current list:

    -do an unassisted pull-up
    -wear size 6 pants
    -find a winter sport I enjoy
    -stay medication-free as I age
  • patesq
    patesq Posts: 111 Member
    These are great!

    1. Do an unassisted pull up. I finally got brave enough to try the assisted pull up machine last week and am more than half way to my goal weight.

    2. I want to be able to steal clothes from my daughter's closet and wear them. Our styles don't really match but I'd like to know I could.

    3. I want to wear jeans again. Not fat jeans that stretch, plain old Levis. It's probably been 20 years since I could.

    Cool that several people want to skydive. I haven't been since I found out I was pregnant with our son (and he turns 20 in March) but it's an awesome sport. I made over 800 jumps and it's how I met my husband!
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    Abs, full set of unassisted pullups (chinups), get through the winter without gaining weight
  • Ponkeen
    Ponkeen Posts: 147 Member
    patesq wrote: »
    These are great!

    1. Do an unassisted pull up. I finally got brave enough to try the assisted pull up machine last week and am more than half way to my goal weight.

    2. I want to be able to steal clothes from my daughter's closet and wear them. Our styles don't really match but I'd like to know I could.

    3. I want to wear jeans again. Not fat jeans that stretch, plain old Levis. It's probably been 20 years since I could.

    Cool that several people want to skydive. I haven't been since I found out I was pregnant with our son (and he turns 20 in March) but it's an awesome sport. I made over 800 jumps and it's how I met my husband!

    800 jumps!!!! Wow!
  • AlphaHowls
    AlphaHowls Posts: 1,996 Member
    NicoleFray wrote: »
    To be able to wrap one towel all the way around. The top connects but the bottom is wide open. Idk why but this is one of my big goals!

    hehehe I did this the other day and just to see if I could do it and was so shocked!
  • fitfatty88
    fitfatty88 Posts: 273 Member
    Bump!
  • jkquinn13
    jkquinn13 Posts: 203 Member
    I have a goal that is to be fit and nimble when I hit my elder years. I want to still be able to walk and dance with my wife and throw a ball around with my son. I've seen the effect on knees and hips and I'm doing my best to build up muscle to ensure I don't wear those joints out!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    1. Squat 225 this year
    2. Deadlift 250 this year
    3. Have a successful bulk/cut and end up looking great at any weight
    4. Attend a powerlifting meet
    5. Raise my activity level so my TDEE doesn't suck so much
    6. Get the courage to try cable pull-throughs at the gym
  • ambsnic17
    ambsnic17 Posts: 305 Member
    1. Drink more water as I don't care for it, not even with lemon!
    2. Reduce my sugar intake. I've come a long way already, but would like to reduce even more.
    3. Fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes/be back at pre-pregnancy weight
  • Potter_Nerd07
    Potter_Nerd07 Posts: 27 Member
    1. Be able to fit into this dress (http://www.lightinthebox.com/sheath-colum-sweetheart-floor-length-chiffon-evening-dress-with-criss-cross-crystal-detailing-and-ruching_p490604.html?prm=1.2.1.0) in a UK 14 for a concert in July.

    2. Be more confident on the beach next summer.

    3. Climb up Mount Snowdon
  • luvleb
    luvleb Posts: 5 Member
    I'd like to lift my butt onto my hands and bend my legs over to the floor in yoga this week.
    If not this week, then the week after....
    I'd like to stop wearing "I give up" clothes, and pick out something from my closet that I really like!
    I'd like to sit comfortably and not make room for my budda belly.

  • akern1987
    akern1987 Posts: 288 Member
    1. Walk up stairs without being winded
    2. Do things without having to think about if my weight will be an issue first (roller coasters, rock climbing, flying on a plane, sitting in a movie theater)
    3. Be able to buy clothes anywhere
    4. A smaller shoe size (or at least get out of wide widths)
  • MrsMizart
    MrsMizart Posts: 1,275 Member
    Potter_Nerd07 wrote: »
    1. Be able to fit into this dress (http://www.lightinthebox.com/sheath-colum-sweetheart-floor-length-chiffon-evening-dress-with-criss-cross-crystal-detailing-and-ruching_p490604.html?prm=1.2.1.0) in a UK 14 for a concert in July.

    2. Be more confident on the beach next summer.

    3. Climb up Mount Snowdon

    Beautiful dress lass! You'll get there :-)
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    1. Running a 5K
    2. Do an unassisted pull-up
    3. Increase arm strength in general
    4. Fit into the Medium-sized clothes I bought before I gained "Christmas" weight
    5. Wear shorts. And the short ones too
    6. Crow pose

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  • x311Tifa
    x311Tifa Posts: 357 Member
    1. Get back into my old clothes. I miss having clothes fit and not look bulgey
    2. Run a 10K in 2016
    3. Run a half in 2016
    4. Run a marathon in 2017
    5. Unassisted pullup!!!
    6. Crow/firefly pose in yoga
  • karlis87
    karlis87 Posts: 111 Member
    1. Do an unassisted pull up.
    2. Go up two kettlebells.
    3. Look good at my brothers wedding next to the bride who is tiny and gorgeous.
  • allunits
    allunits Posts: 95 Member
    1. to fit into every piece of clothing I've saved in my closet and have not touched in 10-13 years.

    2. to run a real race.

    3. to have visible muscles in my back and arms.

    4. to have pointy elbows and knees (omg, knees!)

    5. to be able to cross my legs once at the knees, twice at the ankles.

    6. to wear a bathing suit comfortably.

    7. to be able to tie my shoes and give myself a pedicure without effort.

    8. to have a healthy BMI.

    9. to have a flat stomach.

    10. to be able to say that I am an active, athletic person.

    11. to join a swing dance team

    12. become a real bike rider.

    13. to be able to wrap a bath towel all the way around without the bottom opening (I stole this from Nicole.)

    14. to be able to do yoga and pilates without my belly in the way.

    15. to be able to pull myself up against my extended legs like I used to.

    16. to be able to wear heels comfortably again.

    17. to avoid any replacement surgeries as an old person.

    18. to be visible to random people again.
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    1. To be comfortable showing my stomach to anyone.
    2. Be happy with how I look naked (right now I'm pretty happy with how I look with clothes on mostly, so that's a NSV!)
    3. Run 2 miles straight.

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