2023 Fitness Goals

[RedneckHillbilly]

Just jumping in here, but been doing internment fasting. Eat heavy dinner and sometimes dessert, kinda watch what I eat but not really. Then morning nothing but coffee, occasional something very light. Lunch an apple or low calories, like around 200 at most. No cokes or sugars, occasional cookie, but try to skip lunches. Black coffee. I have been floating around 225. Got as low as 215 when I still could workout, goal is 200 even maybe 210 if it’s more muscle mass.

 

[vmax]

Just jumping in here, but been doing internment fasting. Eat heavy dinner and sometimes dessert, kinda watch what I eat but not really. Then morning nothing but coffee, occasional something very light. Lunch an apple or low calories, like around 200 at most. No cokes or sugars, occasional cookie, but try to skip lunches. Black coffee. I have been floating around 225. Got as low as 215 when I still could workout, goal is 200 even maybe 210 if it’s more muscle mass.

You can still workout..whatever your excuse is , you can do something I bet

 

[RedneckHillbilly]

You can still workout..whatever your excuse is , you can do something I bet

You can still workout..whatever your excuse is , you can do something I bet

You can still workout..whatever your excuse is , you can do something I bet

Motivation and time, i would need to do a rocky 4? Type thing to do it and i just need to get my act together on that.

 

[vmax]

Motivation and time, i would need to do a rocky 4? Type thing to do it and i just need to get my act together on that.

We have no greater enemy than our own mind sometimes.
Motivation is trash..we need discipline
The ability to make yourself do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done is one of the best skills a person can master.

 

[Havok1]

Motivation and time, i would need to do a rocky 4? Type thing to do it and i just need to get my act together on that.

working out helps motivate people to workout.

 

[benenglish]

goal is 200 even maybe 210 if it’s more muscle mass.

That used to be my goal when I was younger and 2 inches taller. Now that I'm old, I know I'll never pack that much muscle on to my frame again.

My goal is sub 20% body fat. I know that's theoretically the goal for women and that men should shoot for 15%, but I've been so fat for so long that even that scaled-back goal would be a huge improvement.

I don't care, at all, what I weigh when I reach that level of body fat.

 

[benenglish]

Motivation is trash..we need discipline

Hard, painful experience has taught me the truth of this. In my retirement, I find that the discipline of a daily routine is the key to success in many, many things. Maintaining the discipline of a routine is so important to me that even if I feel awful and have decided not to work out, I still go to the gym every single day, even if it's just to shit, shower, shave, and walk right back out the door. For me, at least, that's the only way I can maintain the habit.

 

[vmax]

"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.”
Thomas Huxley

I printed this out and put in in my gym 4 years ago.

Discipline is greater than motivation.
In fact practicing discipline can create internal motivation

 

[striker55]

When I first started riding my bicycle I rode every day for a year, didn't matter what the weather was. I rode in 30° temps, it was discipline. Then for some reason I missed a day, that made it easier to skip a day. I haven't missed many days although if it gets below 55° I'll ride a stationary bike at the Y.

 

[Ozzman]

I am tracking mine in excel:

 

[ZX9RCAM]

What are you tracking exactly?

 

[Ozzman]

Weight loss

I have learned that once the line stops being "consistently negative", the plateau is officially hit and it is time to change the eating and workout routine. So far, so good. My plan is to go through Apr 1 and lose at least 40 lbs.

But, if it does work I will push through to June 2023

It's a learning process, to find out what is working and what is not.
Sometimes I mess up, and it shows. Doing this forces me to get back on track ASAP.

 

[vmax]

I am tracking mine in excel:
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Trendline looks good man.

 

[vmax]

What are you tracking exactly?

Body weight
.look on the left side
Bottom looks like days

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Body weight
.look on the left side
Bottom looks like days

It appears that during the "carb cycle" he gained and lost 10lbs in 6 days then.
Is that the case?

 

[Ozzman]

It appears that during the "carb cycle" he gained and lost 10lbs in 6 days then.
Is that the case?

That is correct...
At the start, you can/will lose A LOT of weight on that scale... especially if you are militant in what you eat.
ABSOLUTELY NO CHEATING...

I read online that carb cycling will help, but I can attest that it was the worst thing I ever attempted.
I lost a whole week of gains with just 2 days of introducing bread, and corn back onto my plate.

Salty foods, carbs, and a few beers during the Super Bowl will kill everything... it will take a few days to drop the water again and get back to where you were.

 

[striker55]

South Beach diet worked well for me about 20 years ago. Doctor said I was doing good, I told her I felt miserable, yep cutting out carbs could do that.

 

[datguy0997]

Put on slightly more muscle mass. Got my body fat to a percentage I wanted and now would like to lean bulk if possible.

 

[Ozzman]

.....now would like to lean bulk if possible.

This is a good tool/resource:

TDEE Calculator: Learn Your Total Daily Energy Expenditure

Use the TDEE calculator to learn your Total Daily Energy Expenditure, a measure of how many calories you burn per day. This calculator displays MUCH more!

tdeecalculator.net

 

[datguy0997]

Weight loss

I have learned that once the line stops being "consistently negative", the plateau is officially hit and it is time to change the eating and workout routine. So far, so good. My plan is to go through Apr 1 and lose at least 40 lbs.

But, if it does work I will push through to June 2023

It's a learning process, to find out what is working and what is not.
Sometimes I mess up, and it shows. Doing this forces me to get back on track ASAP.

Exactly, it's all a learning process. It's all about finding what works best for your lifestyle and sticking to it.