Goal to Firm Up

I'm guessing that goals and progress goes here.

I have quite a few goals for the next 6 months.

Goal one is to eat healthier. Over the last couple of years I have had serious insomnia, tiredness, and mild depression. From tracking what I eat, we've figured out it was my poor diet. This goal is one that I am doing ok on. A little over a year ago, I drank about a glass of water a year, as I hate water. I ate lots of sugar and lots of bread. I would eat 2 to 3 candy bars a day with a bag of chips. Over the last year, I have been drinking water on an almost daily basis. Sometimes I forget to fill my water bottle up at work. I've also been eating more salads instead of fast food. I have been working my way towards cutting out fast food all together and I'm now down to one meal a week. I've also reduced candy bar intake to one every week or two. So, my diet is a definite improvement.

Goal two is to firm up. I'm doing terrible on this goal. I stick to a workout plan for about 3 workouts and then I try something new. I know that you have t stick to a routine for a while to see if it will work for you. Today I bought a workout log and it has a spot for goals each week. Since I've noticed that my diet was a gradual process, I intend on gradually increasing workouts each week.

Goal three is to build some stamina. I get tired really easy and am ready to sit after about 5 minutes of cardio exercises. I'd like to be able to play a game of tennis without taking more breaks than I actually play for. As with my strength building goal, I am going to gradually build up the exercises each week. I hope to be at 2 hours a week of cardio activity a week or be able to do 30 minutes or more of medium intensity cardio 3 times a week. This goal I am unsure of if it is too easy or not. I've never had much stamina.

I'll let you know how my progress goes. Tomorrow is supposed to be a strength training day.
 
Sounds great, I hope you can stick with it..seems you've come a good way already, so just keep at it and don't give up if some days are harder than others. It's also a big help if you know other people are doing the same thing. Working right along side you is the best, in my opinion, but also people on here, which I'm sure you'll find. This might sound funny, but just reading what your goals are and how hard your trying, invigorates me to try harder too! Diet isn't something I struggle with, and I *love* the flavor of water...but I can always work on firming up and having more stamina that running for 20 minutes then having to stop...oh and I love to experiment with my training, so if you like I'd be happy to share things with you that help build stamina, strength etc. And starting easy is good...you'll build it up over time. :)

ps - congratulations on the eating healthier - I think you've improved a lot already :D

pps - yes! do let me know how things go for you, if you don't mind. It might help if you have someone to report to, hehe. ;) But like I said, it's also encouraging to have someone else doing it with you...so any help I can give, it's yours.
 
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Thanks for the encouragement! I am glad I was able to motivate you. I've hit a wall on my progress. My fiance came home and it seems that every night his mother is bringing home unhealthy foods or someone is inviting us out to dinner to celebrate our engagement.
Tomorrow I have a baby shower to go to and it's my mother's birthday. I hope that I will get time to go grocery shopping and working out.
 
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