13 weeks left! Let's go! (Reviewing and revising goals?)
GrammaBonnie
Posts: 232 Member
How's everyone doing? It appears that our group size has diminished.
When I joined this group, I knew 30 pounds was a long shot, but wanted to try anyway. After 4 weeks, and a loss of 1.8 pounds, I have come to the realization that, with the recent changes in my life, there is no way that I'll be able to lose the 30 pounds, and stay healthy. I have revised my goal weight to a more realistic goal, albeit still a challenge.
Today, after careful thought, I've decided that I'm going to try to lose TEN more pounds before this challenge is over. 10 pounds/13 weeks. At my present almost .5 pound per week, this is still going to be pushing myself. But it is reasonable and, I think/hope/believe that it is doable.
Do I care that I won't have lost 30 pounds? Yes, a little. Do I feel like a failure? Not at all. Am I giving up? Ab-so-lutely NOT! I'll get there, just not as soon as I would like. For me, and hopefully all of you, this is a lifestyle change. I didn't' wake up one morning and find I was fat. It took years to get this way. I can't expect it to come off overnight, either.
How's everyone else doing? If you set the bar too high, don't be afraid to lower it, for now. I find the expression, "Life by the yard is hard. Life by the inch is a cinch" to be very true and very helpful to remember.
Keep taking those baby steps ... inch by inch ... and you will eventually reach your goal. I know I will!
When I joined this group, I knew 30 pounds was a long shot, but wanted to try anyway. After 4 weeks, and a loss of 1.8 pounds, I have come to the realization that, with the recent changes in my life, there is no way that I'll be able to lose the 30 pounds, and stay healthy. I have revised my goal weight to a more realistic goal, albeit still a challenge.
Today, after careful thought, I've decided that I'm going to try to lose TEN more pounds before this challenge is over. 10 pounds/13 weeks. At my present almost .5 pound per week, this is still going to be pushing myself. But it is reasonable and, I think/hope/believe that it is doable.
Do I care that I won't have lost 30 pounds? Yes, a little. Do I feel like a failure? Not at all. Am I giving up? Ab-so-lutely NOT! I'll get there, just not as soon as I would like. For me, and hopefully all of you, this is a lifestyle change. I didn't' wake up one morning and find I was fat. It took years to get this way. I can't expect it to come off overnight, either.
How's everyone else doing? If you set the bar too high, don't be afraid to lower it, for now. I find the expression, "Life by the yard is hard. Life by the inch is a cinch" to be very true and very helpful to remember.
Keep taking those baby steps ... inch by inch ... and you will eventually reach your goal. I know I will!
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I haven't lost more than about 2-3 pounds since I began this challenge and it does have my concerned, that I won't be able to drop the 30 pounds by Oct. 7th. So I have also revised my goals from losing 30 pounds, to continuing to better my body and to get in better shape.
I am seeing a lot more in terms of losing inches, than in losing pounds; so I am happy with this. I am hoping that as I continue to lose inches, I will begin to see changes in my weight as I continue to build muscle during the Insanity program and as I move on to doing the TapouTXT program that it will help me lean down and shed more pounds. I know that above everything, this journey is about how I feel overall and how I look, not what the scale shows.
By October I would like to lose another 10 pounds if possible. I know that it didn't take me a few weeks to gain 30 pounds, so it's not going to take a few weeks for me to drop the weight either.
Just keep positive everyone! :-) And enjoy all the victories, big and small!0 -
I'm still aiming for 30 by October 27, even though I stumbled a bit for a week or so. I figure if I aim for 30 and lose 20, that's still a great accomplishment (and will put me at my GW for my wedding which is October 27!)0
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I'm hanging in and am going to keep a steady pace doing what I have been doing. I'm shooting for 30 lbs but will be (am) grateful for any weight loss. I truly believe if we do the foot work, change is bound to happen....one meal at a time! :flowerforyou:0
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I'm leaving my goal as is. It helps to keep me motivated. Losing 22 more (I've lost 8 in the challenge) will put me at exactly my goal weight. I'm excited that I "only" have 22.5 more to lose. That seemed almost impossible four months ago. This challenge is just what I needed! I am a deadline and structure kind of girl. If I come up short, I will set a new date but I'm really aiming for October 7. It is ambitious for sure!
Now, if I could just get this horrible crick out of my neck/shoulder so I could turn my head to the left and get my sweat on today.....0 -
My main goal is to loose whatever weight I can as well as inches and to just be healthier in general. I have been in a slump now. exercising motivation has gone down hill. School is getting ready to start in a little over a month and I feel like I have a ton of stuff to do as well as all the workshops I am attending. The kids make fun of me when i workout with my DVD's and I refuse to workout where my husband can see me doing exercises. (I have very low self-confidence and self-esteem because of the weight).0
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I kind of became a 30 pound drop out as I have not been meeting the targets that I had set out on. I also knew it was a long shot- but was psyched to do it. I think my revision is going to be 10-15 pounds total loss by october. I would have liked it to be more but realistically i think that goal is much more attainable and realistic given that every pound completely loves staying with me
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Its been a struggle but I am still trying for 30lbs. Although I will be happy with any weight lost. Seeing as how I was at 40lbs down, and then gained 10 of that back over the past few months, even if I just loss that 10lbs I would be happy.0
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It has been a stuggle...I can seem to break past this plateau...however I don't feel terrible because I am seeing changes in my body and in my over all fitness...I just can't seem to get the darn scale to move! I'm still at it though...I will wear a bikini on my cruise!0
