Goals to look better than the younger you
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84creative wrote: »Just started working out again 18 weeks ago and my goal is to look better than my 23 year old self (pic below).
I’m now 35 with 2 young kids and want to stay fit to keep up with them.
Anyone else have similar goals?
That's my plan. I'm 42 and one size away from being my smallest. And I definitely think better looking because I lacked the confidence and mental strength at 23.1 -
Oops I quoted your pic1
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isalsayourface123 wrote: »Oops I quoted your pic
Thanks for the reminder of the goal I’m working towards ;-)0 -
This happened to me by accident. When I first started my dreams was to lose the fat, eventually have a fit body, to stop shopping in plus-sized clothing stores and I was also thinking about my future and I didn't want to take pills, be in pain etc.
It took years, but I worked hard and made my dreams come true and received so many more benefits outside of looks. I feel great, sleep better, I get more opportunities/projects at work and I now shop in the junior's section in stores. Plus I'm the smallest I've been in my entire adult life.
The combination of losing weight, getting fit, having access to better clothes, gaining confidence and life experiences is making my 40's fantastic!9 -
rainbow198 wrote: »This happened to me by accident. When I first started my dreams was to lose the fat, eventually have a fit body, to stop shopping in plus-sized clothing stores and I was also thinking about my future and I didn't want to take pills, be in pain etc.
It took years, but I worked hard and made my dreams come true and received so many more benefits outside of looks. I feel great, sleep better, I get more opportunities/projects at work and I now shop in the junior's section in stores. Plus I'm the smallest I've been in my entire adult life.
The combination of losing weight, getting fit, having access to better clothes, gaining confidence and life experiences is making my 40's fantastic!
Sounds fantastic! I’ve not worked out properly in years and I had a nagging. Feeling that I had to do something soon.
Think I made the decision to work out again 2 months before my 35th birthday and committed to it. Now I feel better for doing so and I’m enjoying the process.2 -
See the most fit I've ever been was when I was...maybe 14 or 15 years old? I was rock climbing 4+ days a week, apparently had very impressive health markers on whatever blood tests I had to take prior to a surgery, was very strong (kids who climb tend to be strong), etc. I'm 32 now, so that was 17-18 years ago.
The likelihood that I'll eventually be fitter than I was then is very high. I'm likely already there, though it's also not really comparable given that I do next to no climbing now and at the time I didn't really do endurance sports. There's also the physical development factor. I certainly have a higher body fat percentage, but that doesn't really say anything in terms of my fitness. In terms of climbing, there's no way that I could currently climb as well now as I did then, but so what? I don't climb anymore, though I would like to get back into it (time and money permitting).
It's funny because I had a similar conversation with a rowing friend of mine who is in his 50s a few weeks ago. His thought is that there's no way that he'll be as fit and strong as he was at the peek of his fitness when he was in his early 20s. Sure he's heavier now than he was then, but he was also ran track and cross country, held a record in a track and field event in high school (that apparently took a considerable amount of time for someone to best), continued competing through college, and was doing a considerable amount of strength training.
Assuming I'm still rowing (and competing) into my 50s, my goal will be to do whatever I can to be fast on the water. That likely won't mean being as fast as I was in my 30s (we'll just take my novice years out of this because technique is important), but it will mean trying to be at the top of my age group. If I can beat people younger than me on the water (so without an age handicap), even better.5 -
You look great! I would love to get my physique at least back to where it was before baby#3, maybe even better! My face though has aged and years of sleep deprivation has taken its toll so not much I can do about that.2
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84creative wrote: »isalsayourface123 wrote: »Oops I quoted your pic
Thanks for the reminder of the goal I’m working towards ;-)
I want to be in a better state of physical fitness, so sort of? I'm an endurance athlete and am the same size I was pre-kids. However, I am stronger and fitter than that too. Me at 23= 45 on the ellipitcal. Me at 36= running marathons and lifting g heavy-ish.1 -
When I was younger I thought that the goal was to have as little body fat as possible, but now, at 47, I realize that I actually look better with a little bit of extra weight because my skin has lost some of its elasticity and if I am too thin I look kind of gaunt and tired. That said, I work really hard to preserve my muscle mass as well. From a fitness standpoint, I am probably in the best shape I have ever been in.1
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RunnerGirl238 wrote: »
I want to be in a better state of physical fitness, so sort of? I'm an endurance athlete and am the same size I was pre-kids. However, I am stronger and fitter than that too. Me at 23= 45 on the ellipitcal. Me at 36= running marathons and lifting g heavy-ish.
It’s funny when I created this thread I put “Goal to look better than your younger self” as I hadn’t imagined I’d be much fitter than I was back then and would have been really work for it being 10 years older. Reading everybody’s posts has actually changed my perspective a little on what I think is achievable.0 -
lporter229 wrote: »When I was younger I thought that the goal was to have as little body fat as possible, but now, at 47, I realize that I actually look better with a little bit of extra weight because my skin has lost some of its elasticity and if I am too thin I look kind of gaunt and tired. That said, I work really hard to preserve my muscle mass as well. From a fitness standpoint, I am probably in the best shape I have ever been in.
I lost about 7lbs and had a few remarks that I looked really giant from close family. I think after the 7 weeks of dieting I put it all back on again. Didn’t help that I hadn’t preserved much muscle mass during that time from not working out. Hopefully I’m just as fit in the next 10 years. Good work!0
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