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What are your goals

Jesse62

Now I know we are all on our own journey and I’m not playing the comparison game. This is me from a few years ago not in my best condition but good enough to be sustainable, this is what I’m looking to accomplish over the next 6 months with tracking intake and putting effort into my output. At 60 years old I thing this would be a good reasonable goal for me. What are y’all’s goals?

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springlering62

Handstands.

Full wheel.

Ekapadas without an elbow drilled into my hip.

Bird of Paradise.

Feathered Peacock.

Bigger bench.

Lower squats.

Using the 35s as a set of regular “heavy” weights in Muscle Madness classes

25,000 steps a day.

I got a million more……and in case you think I’m joking, I’m not. 😇

penguinmama87

Besides my weight goal (right now 135 lbs, which is the midpoint of the healthy BMI range so seems as good a place to be as not, might revise it later), I'd like to be fit enough that I could pass the US Army fitness test for females 32-36 (my sex and age bracket). I'd like to work back up to an average 15k steps per day, too, and maybe even more (25k is inspiring, @springlering62 ! )

AnnPT77

Be a reasonably happy, functional, independent, active, healthy li'l ol' lady, to the extent feasible, in context of an overall balanced life - fitness, health, social connections, creative expression . . . etc. (I'm 67. I don't have an appearance goal.)

m71157

I am 66 and started my fitness pal on January 1… My first goal was to lose 15 pounds by our cruise which we leave next Saturday… I hit that goal today

My next goal is to have between 15 and 20 more pounds off by my birthday in July… I do better with little small goals

claireychn074

Compete at the national masters’ this year and not completely flunk it due to nerves. Sort out the mental issues which impact on heavier clean and jerks.

SuzanneC1l9zz

Muscle gain while maintaining. More in terms of strength than size/appearance. I've toyed with the idea of dabbling in competive powerlifting, but I'm a hypermobile 46 year old with a heart condition, so "competitive" might be reeeaaally relative lol. We'll see how things go....

Jesse62

penguinmama87 wrote: »

Besides my weight goal (right now 135 lbs, which is the midpoint of the healthy BMI range so seems as good a place to be as not, might revise it later), I'd like to be fit enough that I could pass the US Army fitness test for females 32-36 (my sex and age bracket). I'd like to work back up to an average 15k steps per day, too, and maybe even more (25k is inspiring, @springlering62 ! )

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Your doing fantastic, let’s keep that work consistent

csplatt

stay in a size six

Jesse62

Win the weekend y’all

nsk1951

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Be a reasonably happy, functional, independent, active, healthy li'l ol' lady, to the extent feasible, in context of an overall balanced life - fitness, health, social connections, creative expression . . . etc. (I'm 67. I don't have an appearance goal.)

Ditto, at age 78 ... I'm just trying to enjoy my life within the constraints I've developed because I DIDN'T get myself into the shape I wanted back when I was still in my 50's.(while still working on my plan) ... GOOD FOR YOU ALL who are on that track while you are young enough and healthy enough to work hard and reap the benefits. ...

qwert1225

Lose 10 pounds for my wedding at the end of May.

Jesse62

claireychn074 wrote: »

Compete at the national masters’ this year and not completely flunk it due to nerves. Sort out the mental issues which impact on heavier clean and jerks.

Goals are vital. Pulling for you to achieve yours

monkeynutser

I'm turning 40 soon and I need to lose 63lb. Long way to go but I am determined this time. I'm doing intermittent fasting 16:8 and it is working well for me so far. I have been doing it for 10days and I've lost 6lb so far. Best of luck to you all.

Remoth

My current goal is to have lost 60lbs by may 1st. Currently at 47 and am losing 2-3 lbs a week comfortably. I may not hit it without a little more of a deficit, but if I'm close, I'm happy with that too(I still have 200 to go). My medium goal is to walk 9 holes of golf 5 times this summer. My long term goal is to be able to travel without needing two plane tickets.

kshama2001

We talked about setting SMART goals in my CBT group today. I think goals are far more likely to be achieved when these elements are taken into consideration when setting goals:

More: https://foundcom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1.-SMART-Goal-Worksheet.pdf

springlering62

springlering62 wrote: »

Handstands.

Full wheel.

✔️Ekapadas without an elbow drilled into my hip.
(I actually meant parsva bakasana aka “side crow”. I remembered this goal post and popped right into it on both sides sans the extra elbow. Also got full grasshopper from a standing figure-4. It wasn’t pretty, but dammit, I tried, and I got it for a second or two on both sides.I love yoga and the feeling of trying, and of eventual accomplishment.)

Bird of Paradise.

Feathered Peacock.

Bigger bench.

Lower squats.

Using the 35s as a set of regular “heavy” weights in Muscle Madness classes

25,000 steps a day.

I got a million more……and in case you think I’m joking, I’m not. 😇

AnnPT77

kshama2001 wrote: »

We talked about setting SMART goals in my CBT group today. I think goals are far more likely to be achieved when these elements are taken into consideration when setting goals:

More: https://foundcom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1.-SMART-Goal-Worksheet.pdf

For weight loss (or fitness), to the standard SMART goal idea I'd advocate this: Process goals are better, because we completely control the process.

What's a process goal? Log all foods every day, work out three times this week, eat at least 5 veggie servings at least 5 days this week, stay within +/- 50 calories of my daily goal, try one new veggie recipe per week . . . etc. These may not be completely SMART-ized in this stated form, but they can be pinned down SMARTly. We do them, or we don't: Very clear.

What I think are not as helpful for either weight loss or fitness are outcome goals. Those would be things like lose X pounds by Y date, run a mile in Z minutes by the end of this month, etc.

In weight loss and fitness, outcome goals are not fully in our control. Yes, if we do the right process, we'll be likely to reach them. But the process is the part we control, not the outcome.

Yeah, this is a pretty bold and arrogant addition by someone who basically said her big goal was to be happy. Weight loss already happened, fitness is pretty OK for my demographic . . . those things make me happy, but I don't have specific big-deal goals there now. There are processes to my "be happy" concept, but right now they aren't health/fitness focused.

herringboxes

Wonderful goals, I loved reading them all (and the pic is also a great goal).

I wanted to tell this little anecdote for the older people. When I was in my early 30s, I was into local farms for veggies and the like. I remember one day I was in a group of folks discussing local eating, and one attendee was a lady who I estimated to be in her mid to upper 70s. When the discussion was over, she stood up from her chair so easily and gracefully that my 32 yo self was wowed. I know it sounds dumb maybe, but I had a lot of admiration for the way an older person just popped out of her chair like it was nothing, when usually I see people that age having to make an effort.

So you can be an inspiration to younger folks just by any level of fitness and vitality you may be.

Jesse62

it’s been awhile. This is my current fitness level @ 63 yo

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