WTG @merph518

@merph518. Awesome!!!! Me too.

nice! I usually only hit 20k on vacation--so much extra walking.

Loved reading everyone’s goals and progress, it’s so inspiring!!

Here’s my short (within a year) and long term goals:

***2020 goals***
- Weigh less than 180 lbs / be in overweight BMI vs obese (due to reduced health risk and confidence)
- Attend 2 group fitness class per month starting in July.
- Bench more than 110 lbs. (I really enjoy lifting and working with a personal trainer, and increasing strength is important to me.)
- 6M steps (~16.5k / day - about same as current)
- Do full push-ups for 45 seconds
- Bike at least once per month
- Only drink once per month or less
- Complete 3 hikes with stream crossings (I really struggle with this now due to my size and avoid trails with crossings due to prior injuries trying to cross.)
- Continue to log everything on MFP

***Long term goals***
- Weigh less than 140 lbs (out of overweight BMI)
- Pull up with body weight
- 10 mile difficult hike in mountains (I’ve hiked 10 miles in mountains before, but on easier trails, want to be able to have the stamina and strength for a difficult and long trail.)
- Run 5k
- Complete grad school without relapsing into poor habits: eating junk & too much, not exercising, and drinking.

Completed goals:
- Be under 300 lbs - March and September 2019 (lost weight early in the year but stopped exercising and went over mid-year).
- Complete all of my activity circles for consecutive weeks on Apple Watch, before September 2019 only did it once, now have 10
- Wear clothes next size down was saving. December 2019. Completed, but not sure why I saved them, they are definitely out of place for today, haha. It was kind of fun to think back to last time I comfortably wore them though.... many years ago. I still have a couple dresses that are feasible to wear and will them over the next couple months to events/meetings
- Try a group fitness class. December 2019. This was a horrible experience, but glad I tried it. Will try again in July when I’m a bit smaller.

2020 Health and Fitness Goals

Go to gym 8X's per month
Continue to incorporate strength training classes in workout
Sign up and complete 5 5Ks (run or walk)
Lose 30lbs
Be more active
Hike more
Use hand weights when watching TV at home
Incorporate more veggies in my weekly cooking

Updating

On the Horizon

• Get 22k steps in a single day
• Walk or Hike 5 miles
• Celebrate my 2 year weight loss anniversary
• Have a calculated and reliable TDEE by my 2 year anniversary

Regular Long Term Goals

• Be below 200 - not sure where I am stopping but that was the number I was fighting with when I was a teen
• Buy a bike
• Ride a bike again
• Lose my main 3 prescription medications Lose last half of diuretic and cholesterol med
• Reach a weight and level of fitness that meets the criteria of appropriately healthy.
  

Perpetual Goals

• Be Happy
• Be a better uncle now that my niece and nephew lost their father
• Watch my fellow LLers change their lives
• Have more active and social activities outside the house.

Completed

• Participate in a charity 5k next month (walking not running)
• Travel with my wife without feeling like an anchor - almost there
• Wear off-the-rack clothes <- just need to go to a shop now DONE
• Be comfortable again on an airplane
• Get 20k steps in a single day
• Do a full 30 minutes of elliptical with no pauses
  

.: Shop in "regular" clothing stores again (XL or smaller)
.: Be under 200 pounds
.: Become stronger
.: Become more confident

I'd like to have at least 50 lbs off this year, or be in the 220's come December. After that, my pipe dream is to get to 180 lbs. I'm also working on getting my activity up; right now, I'm working on consistently getting 5,000 steps in a day and trying to have at least one 30 minute walking or elliptical session. I think I'm going to continue with the Jiu-Jitsu as well. Long term would be increasing those steps until I can be considered lightly active instead of sedentary, even on work days (I've got a desk job).