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2003/06/29, 05:43 AM
hi all,
I've been around for a while, haven't really posted anything recently but need help. I started off working out really well and watching what i eat then all of a sudden depression set in and motivation went out lol. I'm back on track now and even went so far as to join a gym and get a personal trainer and she's chucked me in the deep end and put me in a 12-wk challenge. I figure if i break the 12-wks down into 4/8/12 then i have some short term goals to aim for HOWEVER, in saying that i have no idea how to set short term goals or what goals to aim for. I have the longer term bigger picture in mind at the moment LOSE WEIGHT!! I use my personal trainer for cardio cause i need to be pushed however i use the weight program from freetrainers.com (and highly recommend ur site to others at my gym lol).
The biggest barrier of all for me was caring about what other people thought of me, appearance-wise, basically now i just don't care.
All i want is some short-term goal ideas please. Anything will help.
thx
baby
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2003/06/29, 10:32 AM
Hi and good luck reaching your goal.
For a short term goal what you may want to aceive is completing each workout and looking at that as your short term goal. Concentrate on your form while doing the weights, and that can be a real motivator.
Hope this helps.
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You can walk to anywhere you want, it only takes time.
Ivan Montreal Canada (aka SpongeBob Square Pants to some!)
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2003/06/29, 10:35 AM
Well, try uping your poundages on your workouts and/or get one or two more reps on each exercise. Don't become infatuated with the scale it will be misleading and may cause you panic. If you don't lose something off the scale it doesn't mean you didnt lose fat, it just means your putting muscle on in place of fat. For some short term goals
1. Try to put 5lbs. on every lift every week/ or get one more rep then you got the week before with the same weight.
2. Try to take out uneeded calories(soft drinks, little debbies,) Chocalate begates chocolate, sugar begates sugar
3. Try to drop times on cardio, or try to go further.
The little things are the things that made you fat in the first place, one doesn't get fat overnight, so you cant expect it to come off that way either.
If you keep track of the small things, then the bigger things will find their way home.
Good luck.
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Diet- Only take what you need...There is no fine line between want and need, there is the whole continent of South America.~Dick
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2003/06/30, 10:16 AM
I shared your pain.
As far as goals go, these are personal and specific to you. I'll share my approach and trust that you'll be able to tailor yours as a result.
Initially I accepted that I was overweight and that if I were to get close to being in shape that I'd need to shed the pounds as a kicker. I had the good sence to accept that getting in shape and lose wieght worked together.
FIRST Goal: Drop 50 pounds over seven months.
Some maths...I accepted that I needed to lose between 1.5 & 2 pounds a week.
SECOND Goal: Aggresively tackle my diet. Adopted the Atkins way of life as it appeared to be the one diet that I could get along with. I enjoy eggs, bacon, beef and all that other high protien stuff.
THIRD Goal: Initiate a work out routine, bare in mind that I had been quassi sedentary for around 15 years, so I felt that the limitations here were quite simply my endurance and form. I started slow, walking on the tread mill for twenty minutes three times a week. Working the machines three sets at a time with weights that I felt little or no discomfort.
FORTH Goal: Improve my overall efficiency at all excersizes and improve the weights, times and distances as my body allowed.
I am now quite a long way down the line. I have not waivered from my diet, I have got myself up to 4 -5 Miles running on the tread mill in around 40 -45 minutes. My weights are up and my sets are still 3, however am managing 15-20 reps per set AND most importantly to me, my weight is down 32 pounds..after 31/2 months. I am acutely aware that I'm fifty percent of the way there I.T.O my date target and that I'm 25% away from my end weight goal.
Well hope that helps...B.T.W, I stay away from the scale visiting it once a week. I keep a chart, as this keeps me motivated, and I now find myself glancing at my shape in virtually every reflective surface I pass....also keeps me motivated and definatley very proud of myself.
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2003/06/30, 12:18 PM
I understand where you're coming from but you need to focus on your opinion of yourself, and not other people. Easy to say. Harder to do.
Short term goals can be anything from completing your cardio or maintaining a health eating plan for a week.
Pushing yourself that little bit further with the weight you are using or even set yourself a test on a cardio machine. Cover a set distance and see what your time is - then try and beat it.
See what works for you. Good luck.
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2003/07/01, 08:01 PM
hi all,
thx for the help, the majority seems to be finishing my workouts...... which is great. Nerraw it's great what ur doing and good luck with reaching ur goals. As i am a kiwi we work in kgs, so 2lbs is 1kg??? Awesome, my personal trainer is a crack up. She wanted me to skip and i thought well u've obviously never been big before if u think that i'm gonna skip, I tried explaining that whilst half my body wants to go up the other half is still on it's way down and she just didn't get it lol.
One more question...... if i don't feel sore or tired the day after my weights does that mean i'm not doing it properly or that the weights aren't heavy enough???
FYI - My first goal is to drink more water. Currently drink around 2 glasses a day(straight water) but alot of tea. So cut down tea, drink more water.
cheers
baby
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