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Jeanine
United States
39 Posts |
 Posted - 07/19/2010 : 6:12:12 PM
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My short Term goal is to be more healthy and active, My long term goal is to have very little body fat, be toned, defined. strong, fit and healthy. How I plan to achieve this, workout 4-5 times a week, staying active, eating right/healthy, always researching and trying to exercises to make sure I break out of any comfort zone in order to burn the fat and get that much closer to meeting my goals. Incentive:New workout clothes :) Tattoo. I know kind of silly but it's little things like that give me incentive. Oh and possibly Hawaii next year :)
I once read it is better to set short term goals as they are more reachable along with long term goals. IE: bikini ready body in a month, I would say that is more of a long term goal and realistically achievable in more than just one month, so setting short term goals helps keep us from disappointment and yet keeps us motivated to achieve the long term goals :)
What are your short/long term goals and how do you plan on achieving these goals? Do you have any incentives? |
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Marcia
Great Britain
51 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2010 : 09:33:28 AM
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To be honest, I don't really have any short term goals. I just want to stay healthy and fit through my old age.
I will be starting menopause in the next ten years or so (I'll be 45 next month), and I don't want to become a frail old woman who needs help getting around.
I want to continue to be able to run up stairs without having to catch my breath and to able to trip and fall without haviing to worry about breaking a bone.
Like most people, I like being physically attractive, but I really don't care about my dress size or whether I look good in the latest fashions. I just try to dress so that I make the most of what I've already got.
I also want to remain at a weight and body fat percentage that is healthy for me - too low is just as bad as too high - so that I don't have to deal with things like osteoporosis or diabetes (both of which run in my family).
I just try to do a variety of exercises and eat as well as I can, while enjoying life at the same time.
I don't see the point in taking on a diet or exercise regimen that I won't be able to commit to my entire life. That includes allowing myself the occasional drink and the occasional dessert, and skipping my exercises one day if I have something incredibly fun and exciting to do instead (which doesn't happen very often, actually).
I want to enjoy my life to the fullest for as long as I can, and staying strong and healthy will help me to do that.
I guess my incentive is seeing people who are old and weak and unable to do things by themselves, and thinking that I never want to be like that.
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Edited by - Marcia on 07/20/2010 09:40:25 AM |
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Jeanine
United States
39 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2010 : 11:27:49 AM
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Thanks for sharing Marcie. Well Said. Those are good goals and incentive. For me Diabetes runs in my family too. I lost my grandfather from it, my father died 2 years ago from it and my Mother has it. I have seen what she has gone through with having it and also struggling with her weight pretty much since I was real young. I just knew at a young age I did not want to be like that so I avoid a lot of things, but sometimes I do splurge. As far as routine in exercise, I actually schedule it and if something comes up where I can't do it, I reschedule it. I figure if I can make time for other things in my life I can fit exercise too.
Menopause I do not look forward to that all and I understand how you feel.
My son Adam actually has brittle bones. He was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. All though this can be a genetic thing, it can also be a one in a million thing too. As far as I know it is not in our family other than him having it. It was a long drawn out ordeal having him diagnosed. There really is nothing to take to prevent the brittle bones. As for us though, there can be preventatives in just staying strong and healthy so later on and life we are not so easy to brake.
Oh and as far as clothes and fashion, keeping up on the latest, that for me is important and looking good as I am in the beauty industry and sometimes I am my own advertisement :) Horrible to tell someone I do hair when I go out and my hair is undone. LOL
Oh and I heard 45 is the new 21..hehe I just turned 35, but since I get told so often that they think I am 25 I'm going with that :) |
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Jeanine
United States
39 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2010 : 11:28:57 AM
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Sorry MARCIA I realized I spelled your name wrong  |
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Ben
Personal Trainer
Canada
2038 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2010 : 12:22:21 PM
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Short term goals:
Deadlift 375 lbs.
Perform 1 muscle up
Be able to do at least 10 handstand push-ups in a row
Learn and perfect the barbell clean and jerk and kettlebell snatch
Long term goals:
Be happy
Be healthy
Be a positive influence to others!
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sarabel
United States
6 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2010 : 2:11:37 PM
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| I am with Marcia. I am very healthy, and in very good shape. But, i am not stick thin. I am at a weight that i feel like i can maintain and live a reasonable life. I want to live a long, full life and remain active for a long time. |
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Monarchking
New Zealand
275 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2010 : 10:52:13 PM
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Short Term Goal:
100% recover from injury then
Squat 265lbx10
Longterm
Dead lift 440lb
have an insane V taper  |
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shoppingcart
Canada
17 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 01:46:57 AM
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great topic Marcia!
Reading this made me revisit and think of why I am doing what I am doing.
My long term goals are to change my body composition to look more muscular, but also be athletic. I want to be able to snowboard faster and stronger. I want to be able to play the sports that I was good at once more.
My short term goals are more like Ben's. 315lbs for deadlift. 270lbs for squat on the Smith machine. Increase all my current single joint exercises by 5 to 10lbs.
I'm currently doing crossfit, so I want to conquer that!!!! |
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Marcia
Great Britain
51 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2010 : 02:03:47 AM
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| It was Jeanine that started the topic :) |
Edited by - Marcia on 07/22/2010 02:04:13 AM |
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shoppingcart
Canada
17 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2010 : 02:53:01 AM
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| oops sorry! lol |
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Jeanine
United States
39 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2010 : 1:54:34 PM
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Thanks for the compliment. I just got to thinking that our goals are a key element in being healthy, eating right and exercise. I wanted to read about others goals.
It's so nice when people start to notice results, it encourages you to PUSH more... :) |
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On33y3dbunny
United States
17 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 3:12:42 PM
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I'm doing this for my health. As a diabetic I've noticed my blood sugar average (as measured by Glycohemoglobin A1c, or HbA1c) from 12.1 to 9.3 to 6.9. 12.1 puts me at risk for dialysis before I'm 35 and lower limb amputations before 50, which at 6.9 I am considered within a non-diabetic blood sugar limit.
So, short-term, to have a sexier physique.
Long-term, to keep myself healthy enough that I don't end up like one of the diabetics I see daily. I work in an Emergency Department and I don't want to be an amputee or a dialysis patient because of my own stupidity. |
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Jolie
United States
101 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 3:57:59 PM
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When were you diagnosed with diabetes? Have you been really careful with your diet ever since you found out you had it?
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12.1 puts me at risk for dialysis before I'm 35 and lower limb amputations before 50
And I didn't realize one of the risks of diabetes was lower limb amputations.. that's pretty scary stuff and would totally make me follow a stricter diet! |
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On33y3dbunny
United States
17 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 5:10:36 PM
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I've had Type I diabetes since I was 13 year olds. I was not very conscious of it until I began working in an Emergency Department and I saw the after effects of poor glucose management. So, it's been about 2 years since I've really kept a good eye on my numbers and made an effort to help myself.
Lower limb amputation typically happens to high blood glucose doing damage to capillary beds in the lower limbs (the furthest extremities from you heart) and progress further up the leg. As these capillary beds become damaged tissue around those capillaries no longer get the nutrients they need and die. Dead tissue harbors gangrenous decay which leads to amputation.
The progression is slow, but irreversible once you ruin a capillary bed. Often times your body will try to feed the tissue through other beds or vessels but non-compliant diabetics typically also have hypertension and cardiovascular disease which do not really help matters. |
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Jolie
United States
101 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 5:39:37 PM
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That does not sound fun at all! 
I can totally see why you'd want to start keeping a closer eye on your numbers... |
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Short Term & Long Term Health/Fitness GOAL
