I’m training for a half marathon starting tomorrow.
I’d also like to train for a triathlon with my husband.
I’m hoping to beat my 8K PR this spring, do at least one more half marathon, and maybe a second full (maybe early 2014). Lose 10-15 lbs. Complete the 100 pushup challenge. Most of all help keep my wife motivated to achieve her post-baby fitness goals.
I’m hoping to do 2,000 miles on my bicycle this summer, and drop 15 pounds.
Last year, my combined running/biking mileage for the year was about 850, so I set a goal of 1,000 for this year. That comes out to about 80 miles a month. So far, so good.
13 days, 257 miles, and I have lost…
…nothing. My scale reads just what it did when I started, down to one decimal place.
It’s somewhat discouraging.
Interesting, I posted this on December 1st, the same time I started a daily fitness regimen. It has now been 5+ months of daily exercise, and I feel amazing. I’m not totally fixed, but a lot of my chronic pain is just no longer an issue. My original stated goal was a noble one, but I think I am beyond such vagueness by now.
My primary fitness goal right now is to do a day hike, like a 9-5pm kinda deal. I have fallen in love with hiking. I don’t know how many miles that would be. The most I’ve done so far is 4 miles. I bought some hiking shoes and a Camelbak, I am in, man. I’ve been doing 1-2 hikes per week. In two Sundays I’ll be doing a 5 miler.
The other thing is to master the burpee. Burpees are the bane of my existence because they target every physical weakness I have. I’m going to get to the point where I can do them in one fluid motion.
Robot Arm - Repeating what has been said many times in these threads - exercise is a poor way to lose weight. Losing fat, especially “central fat”, it is very good at, improving your health, it is great at, but weight? Not so much so.
Almost 20 miles a day on average, including days off? Since you are starting this early at this rate you easily have the 100 days to hit your very ambitious mileage goal. You may be discouraged but I for one am impressed!
I’ve not made much progress on my ambitions towards a hand stand push up, true planche, or front lever. I won’t completely give up but I am beginning to resign myself to never getting there.
olivesmarch4th - your literal hitting your stride has been so cool to see. Thanks for keeping us all in the loop on your progress!
Well, three years ago I managed about 1,800 miles and lost 20 pounds, and I didn’t really get the bit between my teeth until mid-June. I’m not eating noticeably more than usual, and it seems like I’ve got to be burning a decent number of calories. I’ve seen those other people on the bike path; they look like somebody shaved a cheetah and coated it in spandex.
Actually, I’m not as discouraged as I made it sound. Tracking data is one of the things that keeps me going, so I record my mileage and weight every day. Since the day I started, it went up about 2 pounds, down about 4, then back up by 2 to be exactly where I started. I think I’m on a downward trend, but today was just one of those fluctuations.
olives, rock on you bad girl!
Late to the party, as so often happens.
I started 2013 with a goal of 90 minutes exercise 6 days a week. It should have been easy - I live alone at the moment (my wife is in NZ while I try to sell the house and join her) and I don’t do much socially. I was getting to the gym most days, but not for the full time, and I had stopped lunchtime exercises due to a change of work location and an injury that has restricted my running.
So last month I got a Turbotrainer and punchbag, and set up in the garage. I have a laptop with TV shows, and I get up every morning and spend ~45min on the bike before going to work. If I get home on time, I do the same (aiming for 3 times a week or more). If I’m a bit later, I do a 20 minute punchbag session (1min punching/kicking, 20seconds bouncing in lieu of skipping). Then I do a class or weights at the gym for a total of 1:45 - 2:30 hours per day 6 days a week. I go through a lot of gym gear, as I get really sweaty.
In the last month, I’ve moved from 36" tight to 36" loose, and am aiming for 34" loose by the end of May. That should put me back where I was two years ago at my fittest. I would like to consider re-training for a 10km, but I am still not sure of my leg (I was asked to do a one-legged L-sit the other day, and could hold on my right leg but not my left, which gave me a new goal to work to).
My goals are to get down to 200-210 and to break 1,000 for S/D/B
I’m not far off from these goals, but it’s going to take dedication.
I injured my back which set me back a bit, but I’m healed up now.
I am registered and currently training for my first attempt at a 100 mile race in September. The Fall Superior 100 (formerly known as the Sawtooth 100) in northern Minnesota on the Superior Hiking Trail.
I would also like to set a new marathon PR, but am only hoping that comes as a side effect of the training for the 100 miler.
Also, as many others in the thread have said, i’d like to conquer the ellusive pull-up.
29 days, 523 miles[sup]*[/sup] and lost 0.8 pounds.
It just don’t seem right.
- I have a strict rule that only the mileage I actually record from my odometer counts toward the goal. The other day I accidentally reset it about 23 miles into my ride. The unofficial total is closer to 545.
According to last nights Mythbusters you’d do better driving a race car for 3 hours. 
I’ve tried running both outdoors and on a treadmill, and I hate it so much I can’t maintain it. So this week I’ve started on the P90 “boot camp” exercise program which seems to have mainly good reviews on Amazon. After two days I’m incredibly sore, which means it’s probably doing its job. Anyway, my goal right now is just to finish the whole 90-day program and see where I am when I’m done. I’m extremely out of shape.
I saw that. Not sure how repeatable it is; seems like if you just sweat it out that you’re likely to gain most of it back as you replenish fluids. (Also, they weighed themselves in their racing suits. Any perspiration that left their bodies, but was still absorbed by the suit, wouldn’t count toward the weight loss.)
I’m just curious what the physiological/metabolic processes are that account for it. I know I’m burning calories and not pigging out; where does the energy balance go, how is it stored in my body, etc.
I don’t know about any of that, but Keri sure looked hot in that bathing suit. My guess is you would gain it back when you replenished the fluids you lost, however, as you said. Still, you could lose 5 lbs in 3 hours and feel like you accomplished something.
She was all skin and bones.
Got an Indy car I can borrow? I think the track should be available come Monday.
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Not normally my type, but damn she looks good. 
They actually lost more driving around in regular cars for 3 hours than Torry did in the Indy car…plus, I’m sure, it cost orders of magnitude less to do.
My fitness goal? At my age, just staying alive till the end of the year is my fitness goal.
The race is Sunday, wish me luck.