March 1st Check in.

[Outback Jess]

March 1st! Wow another month here, this starts my 8th month...I wanted to be here in March, it's my birthday month, and I just wanted to still be active, focused and establishing my lifestyle...and I am so glad I have been consistently here...It was one of those goals I said to myself most mornings, "I want to be here in a year. I want to be here working out my lifestyle with food and water and exercise"...

Goals for the month, anybody up for that topic? Scooter???

I am upping my daily milage on the treadmill this month, each week I will go up .25mi extra on the treadmill til I can go 3 miles consistently...
Then I want to run 20mi a week. 3 a day, 5 on Saturday, all month long in April...

[ValidRouge]

Re: March 1st Check in.

My goals this month are to
1) Begin running on time intervals again. I've been so stuck on 5K that I've been stopping at that. If I change my workouts to be say...45 minutes, no matter how far that is, then I'll get more distance in. I've got to get back to 1 hour. So, that's my goal for running this month, 1 hour runs.
2) Continue weight training and up my weights.
Both of these goals are in line with the Psychotic Exercise challenge that I'm participating in.
3) Watch portion size and control "grazing" behaviors. I've cut those out the last couple weeks and have FINALLY started losing again. The only thing I can figure is that I was eating way more than what I thought. Since I've been regularly bringing lunch (portion controlled) and not snacking/picking/grazing, I'm doing really well. Oh, and I've had NO coffee or wheat products and I'm losing again.

[julirama723]

Re: March 1st Check in.

Great topic, Jess!

My goals for the month:
1) Improve my 1 mile time to under 10 minutes.
2) Improve my 5k speed (and also time) to 5.5mph. I have to start running a 5k at ONE speed, rather than fluctuating. I think this is the only way I'll ever improve my endurance.
3) Be able to run 4 miles, one speed, no stops.
4) Watch my portions. This is something I'm STILL working on everyday. It's not that I'm eating more than I need--I'm putting more on my plate than I need! I need to remember that my eyes are bigger than my stomach.
5) Go on at least one long walk per week, weather-permitting. This is something that Geoff and I love to do, but haven't been able to because of yucky winter weather!
6) Try new foods. There are probably at least 15 veggies I haven't tried yet! I need to broaden my horizons a bit.

[PigsInSpace]

Re: March 1st Check in.

Ladies, Ladies, Ladies! Hello! Everyone's goals sound good. Me, I gotta go simple or else I do nothing. If I plan for less, I do more. Weird, but that's how I am! So here they are.

1) Time to build muscle. I am going to focus on my upper body, as I'm kind of hourglass figure, but rather apple shaped with skinny legs. Abs, arms, waist, and back will be worked on.

2) Water water water. I need to cut out 90% of all liquids except water for one month and just see what happens. Sounds good? All right, here it goes!

Good luck everyone!
2)

[Scooterjam]

Re: March 1st Check in.

Okay....

Goal 1 - I will loyally and faithfully, get out of bed and do my daily exercises every day. No excuses, no matter how warm and cuddly that blanket feels! Haha!

Goal 2 - Lower my meat portions, experiment with more veggies, oh yeah and start OWL next week! Woo Hoo!

Goal 3 - Sign up for the 5K run next week (my first ever) the run is in May which gives me plenty of time to prepare. I want to run the whole thing at the same speed without stopping. No race, just complete it the run.

Good luck on all your goals! I'll keep you posted on the 5K prep and run! It's a big deal here in Indiana, there are two, the little one is 5K and the other is 12K (35,000 Runners) The 500 Mini Marathon. I've always performed (they have 112 different bands at different locations for the runners) this would have been my 5th year, but this year as a gift to myself, I want to run the 5K. I want out of the size 40 jeans, I wanna be a 38 again! 32 pounds should be nothing after what I've lost! I can do it!

[Gem238]

Re: March 1st Check in.

Good to see everyone making goals. I've been on a day to day quest so for me to make a goal for the month is a little unnerving. So I too am going simple:

1. Faithfully do my ab work
2. Drink lots of water.

[I_Luv_Pugs]

Re: March 1st Check in.

March 1st already!! YIKES

My goals
1) EXERCISE!! 6 days a week get on treadmill each day and weight train 3 days/wk Getting out of bed first thing no matter, well Scooter said it well. Nice warm bed or nice fit bod?
2) Begin OWL successfully. Less red meat, more chicken and fish. Cook from the Atkins cookbook I bought this weekend. Maybe move up to 30 grams of carbs/day
3) Drink more water
4) 125 by end of month? We will see what the bod says about that....

Hey, we all have similar goals! Great, we can help keep each other on track!