JCC 2019 Fitness Goals

I got 20 pounds to lose, at least 15 to join the army. But I've got to work more in running, still weak. My brother joined the gym so that's extra help in motivation to push more

 

My goal for now is not to burn out of swimming. Due to injury it's the only form of cardio I can do. I hope to buy a waterproof mp3 player in February, but this month my bank account needs a break.

 

Just did the gym. 25 min on elipitcal 3.64 miles. Did 2.5 in 16 min which is my goal of reaching two miles in 16 min. Tried doing treadmill but had to stop running after 7 min. Did exercise machines. Now on way home but i may come back tonight if not I'll just walk.

 

Greetings, thread! I'm happy to be able to make the first page here, so that if I feel myself start to slack off, I can easily go back and find my first post for motivational purposes!

The arrival of 2019 means that I'm going to be 50 this year (yikes!), and I'm hoping that that cold dose of reality will help me to re-establish some better exercise habits that I've had in the past but have let slide for the last several years.

My most important goal is just better overall fitness for health, but I'm really hoping that even if I just go the "slow and steady" path, that I can end up losing about 10 pounds overall.

More specific objectives (at least initially) include (at minimum):

--doing the recommended 150 minutes/week of at least moderate cardio

--adding back at least some weight/resistance training into my routine to promote bone health and regain some of my lost muscle tone

--doing a better job with my diet (my habits are not terrible, but could definitely use improvement). may try to restrict any consumption of desserts/sweets to weekends only (I have a terrible sweet tooth!)

At first, my main exercise will consist of using my home treadmill (walking briskly on increasing inclines) and at-home resistance/strength exercises (I'll probably be looking for any good suggestions for those as I go along). I'm also planning on buying a spin bike this month. I would prefer to take group classes, but I feel I'll have a better chance of actually sticking to it (at least at first) if I can do spinning at home.

So, we're off! Best of luck to all participants (and lurkers!) in this thread and I look forward to keeping up with everyone!

 

Let's See how I did against last year's goals.

My Median Week had 4 workouts and my most common weekly total was actually five. That one gets a big checkmark
I found myself under-consuming some of my must eats (oily fish, avocados) as the year progressed and the time crunch got real. Might need to reevaluate the dietary lifestyle for the new reality of life and where I am now vs. where I used to be. No checkmark here.
Exceeded my goal - went 100% soda-free in 2018.
365 days out 365 days tracked on Daylio, and a review of my commonly linked items and keywords to identify what makes a bad day and what makes a great day
Big ****ing checkmark here. Didn't do the reading I wanted to do (unless you count umpteen readings of "Little Blue Truck Leads the Way", "Sheep go to Sleep" and other similar works), but spent a good chunk of time on me and my family. Can't remember a single time I truly was upset over sports. Television consumption way down. Now, to reduce my mobile phone addiction ...
Nope
Yep. Doctor took me off of that after I lost a chunk of weight
Bringing us to yup and yup. I'm lighter now than I was in college (at least my weight was there before the Holidays LOL) and my pants are actually a smaller size than I wore in high school.

Going to reflect on those a bit longer before I set any goals for 2019.

 

@DarthIntegral : huge congrats on meeting most of your goals for last year! That is really awesome (and rather inspirational to me as I am just starting out on my goals)!

 

I thought of one more goal I have. Keep doing ab work and free weights. I did abs today and yesterday plus a few push ups.

I want to change up my diet, but I have no willpower. I even use my fitness pal to track every single thing I eat and I still don't care. I go over the suggested calories every single day. If I'm hungry I eat. If I buy fresh fruit it often goes to waste cause I just can't get hungry for stuff I don't like I do eat vegetables, I never drink soda, my weakness is chocolate and processed food. How people make time to spend in the kitchen is beyond me. I hate cooking with a passion. I make dinner almost every night for the family, but lunch is a lean cuisine, breakfast is a peanut butter sandwich, for snacks I eat almonds, almond milk yogurt and those not so good for me but ever convenient and tasty luna bars, zone bars or lara bars (whatever is available).

 

Mine:
I am still here and grateful for it.

2019:
Walking and stretching more.

Getting back to eating the way I did prior to the summer (and better than that. More greens and protein, less bad carbs).

And most importantly, not stressing myself out to where I weaken my immune system so bad, I set myself up for nearly going kaput from food poisoning last July. To that end, I’ve been fighting getting a BA for years and with that stress from 2015-2018 which nearly did me in, I decided no degree I have to settle for is worth my life.

Everyone has wonderful goals here and I know you will reach them.

Thanks for being there for me, I hope to be there for everyone here too.

 

I definitely understand that, afs (I'm in Florida, and we have a pretty small time window here of temperatures that I consider conducive to outdoor exercise).

 

^This is definitely an important part of overall health, and something I need to work on as well. My husband has been saying for a while that we should try meditating together for at least 10-20 minutes/day, so hopefully we can get that going as well. Glad you have been able to make a decision that you think will help with your stress situation.

I'm hoping getting back into exercise will also help with my stress levels (I have a fairly demanding job and often have significant bouts of work-related anxiety). Maybe it's my imagination, but I already feel like i just overall "feel better" yesterday and today, only three days into my new plan! (I started on Dec 31)

 

I’ve seen two peers nearly die from pushing themselves too hard with getting their degrees, and now I know what that feels like. Last summer made me realize if I do not have my health, nothing else matters. So that is the primary fitness goal for me.

I am very glad to hear you’re feeling better three days in. I am sure exercise will help you deal with that stress. Good luck with the meditation. I try to do positive affirmations.

Teaching myself to draw has become a great de-stresser. I find myself more focused and happy heading into work or going to sleep at night. Not expecting perfection, having fun and losing myself in whatever I am sketching is a sort of meditation for me. I do not force it. I understand sometimes it takes a few tries and that is fun too. I’ve always wanted to draw, so this is helping my mental fitness.

 

Since there's not going to be a Celebrity Deadpool 2019 thread, does it make sense to just report them here?

 

I’m hoping to get out the cross country skis soon, waiting for more snow to fall. We had some a couple days ago, but it was the wet slushy kind, and it melted away the next day. So hopefully we get some nice fluffy snow that sticks around soon.

I also want to look for a cheap pair of ice skates this winter. I haven’t been skating in forever and theirs plenty of ice rinks and frozen ponds around here to skate on.

 

That sounds fabulous, starfish. Having grown up in Florida, I've never attempted either snow skiing or ice skating, but it seems like it would be a really fun way to get some winter exercise!

 

I had a nice 1.5 mile treadmill walk and 1 mile swim this AM at the gym. Planning to do some abs and arms when I sign out of work later, working from home today. I have a new deal this year where I can work from home one day a week and starting next week it will be Tuesday. I can already tell just this one day of no commuting is going to be good for me.

 

I've no proper goals for this year other than to keep running, and to get back to regular push-ups (which I used to do regularly, but slacked-off considerably last year) and chin-ups/pull-ups (of which I now can only do a couple of at a time).