2015 Goals with Fitbit?

[HelenaFitbit]

Today is New Year's Eve and my mind is buzzing with ideas for the upcoming year! 

Having my lovely Fitbit on my side will certainly help me reach my goals for 2015. Some of them are weight and health related but a couple of them are to rest, make me step out of my comfort zone and try new things

So far I have:

1. Reach 100 pounds lost (41 pounds so far!) 
2. Get 10,000 steps at least 3 times per week
3. Complete the C25K
4. Run a 5k for my birthday and a 10k by the end of the year
5. Explore new places! Climb a volcano, run around a lake or a beach
6. Walk with friends and family 
7. Sleep 8 hours a day 
8. Improve my eating habits

How are you going to use your Fitbit towards your 2015 goals? 

[HelenaFitbit]

@SunsetRunner20 I need to get back to doing it again. 

@EmersonFitbit Wow! 18k steps before 9am  

@yldthng I know! You need to make room to rest, everything is paid off by the next morning. Also, bear in mind to not to skip fruits and veggies because of their sugar content! If you have a condition that is affected by sugar, consult your doctor and arrange a high-protein diet; if not, don't quit on your veggies and try getting your sugary intake from natural sources 

@alyss05 that is a lot of running! 

@ChaChiZ excellent goals! Thank you for being a part of the Fitbit Family 

@Saula The smoking goal is really good! I know it's hard to quit but try distracting yourself when you get the craving. Also, see you at Zumba! 

@Dominique Yes, I started to get ill from barely sleeping, now I am prioritizing. I've set an alarm on my Charge for 9:30, by that time I need to be in bed or finishing whatever I'm doing. 

@tigercrazy50 we can do this! Have you checked our Cooking Boards? 

[SilviaFitbit]

This is such a great thread, I got so excited that I want to share my goals 

1. Get 10.000 steps everyday (currently I got between 8 and 9)

2. Sleep at least 6 hours 

3. Eat healthier 

Wish you the best for everybody here 

[Mcore]

Oh man! Those are great new year goals! I definitely need to write and share mine to make them official.

Here they are:

1. Start with my pole dancing lessons again! It looks easy but let me tell you, it's not! This will help me lose those extra pounds (about 15), being more active and strong. I need it!

2. Eating healthy. I'm with you on this one @SilviaFitbit. 

3. Stop taking medicine for my high blood pressure, enough is enough!

4. Instead of using the elevator to get to my office, which is on the 9th floor, I will use the stairs.

5. I will borrow @HelenaFitbit's idea and award me for every goal achieved. I already have my eyes on a pair of shoes, yeah! 

Happy 2015 everybody!  

[EdgarFitbit]

@Mcore @SilviaFitbit Good luck! 

[divedragon]

Hey Krissy,

An admirable goal.  I, too, had set a goal to loose 45 by that date (birthday).  For me, the math works at 2 lbs a week average, it would take me 22.5 weeks.  While admirable, loosing too fast will result in muscle loss as well which will in turn slow your metabolism and impact your ability to maintain following the loss.  That's one of the reasons people who do loose a lot of weight quickly gain it back is their metabolism has slowed so when they go back to eating 'normally', that intake is now greater than their burn rate.

Just something to think about as you set your goals.  Best of luck.

[Mcore]

Thanks @EdgarFitbit! 

[copernicus]

This is a cool thread.

My goal is to hit 10,000 steps each day. I am also trying some lifestyle changes to drink less alcohol and eat healthier food in general. 

So far, I have hit my 10,000 steps almost every day, and I have eaten healthy. But I am having a motivation problem and I am not confident I will be able to keep this up. 

1) The idea of eating junk food is exciting and more fun than the idea of eating healthy. I haven't found a way to get excited about the idea of eating healthy yet. Maybe a change of recipes and mind set is needed?

2) I have been working out (almost every day) in the evenings this month so far. But I have been really struggling to force myself to get into the gym. Does anyone really like going to the gym? If you do, what about it? Do you stick to a schedule of the morning or night? Is it a group workout or are you a lone wolf warrior?

Thank you all!

[lonerchick]

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@Lazychick wrote:

 My goal this year is to be happy and healthy!

I have done a Spartan Sprint last year. My time was 2 hrs 10 mins. I was the 10th worse woman that day, that's okay though because I finished!!!! I had to do a lot of burpees. I  mean a lot of burpees because punishment for not doing an obstacle is 30 burpees.  My husband who is very lean but not athletic did the Spartan with me. He had no problem lifting his body weight. He did break his heel at the 3km mark scaling the 8ft wall. He also finished the race with me. I got to carry him the last 2kms. He wouldn't give up because he didn't want me too. Either way what do you do when you know what a Spartan Race consists of and you know you can finish on? You sign up for another one! So August this year I am signed up again. I would have a way easier time if I could lift my body weight. It would be a lot easier if my BMI wasn't 38 too! So between gaining the physical strength and trimming down my already but needs to be a bit stronger body, I would really like to beat my time by at least 45 minutes this year.

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@Lazychick you need a new name!

[Lazychick]

Hahaha thanks. I made the name probably 15 years ago. It just kind of stuck. I like to laugh at the irony of it all.

[Mcore]

Hi @copernicus! What has worked for me is to stick to a schedule. That way you can organize your day better and focus on your workout routine. 

Another way you can motivate yourself to eat healthy is to see how much you spend on junk food and the gym. Put it this way, if you are going to the gym to lose weight and feel and be healthier, your eating habits should be in the same tune as your main goal, otherwise, it will take twice the time and effort.

I wish you the best with your goals for this year! 

[copernicus]

Thanks   @Mcore !

I like your idea of weighing my junk food against my hard work. Definitely going to use that to motivate myself into eating healthy. 

[Mcore]

I'm glad you like the idea @copernicus! It helps me to stay focus on what I want to achieve. Also, when I see how much money I have spent on junk food, Oh man! 

You will do great!

[feistymomma]

A little late, but I'll jump in, as I have 2 big goals for 2015, as they are set in place to get me ready for 2016!

1. Lose 80 lbs!

2. Run my first half marathon in the fall (marathon in spring 2016 and ultra 30 miler in Aug 2016)

My running goals are lofty but I plan on achieving them. My husband and I are planning on doing the Fat Dog 30 mile race in August of 2016. Eventually we are hoping to do the full 120 mile run, but 'baby' steps.Training hard! 

[Jackafunk]

Hey all, 

Just started my fitbit journey on the 1st of the year!

1. I have already lost 1lb since, I would like to loose 19 more pounds. As I am just getting the hang of the fitbit app, its become easier to track calories consumed to calories burned.
2. Stay under my recommended caloric intake for my weight loss plan. I have been keeping my calories under 1000/per day for the past two weeks, just by eating healtier foods and making better choices, the best part is I graze on food all day and am never full.
3. Work out 5 days a week at the gym now that I have a memebership, for at least an hour a day.
4. Hitting 10,000 steps / per day

[Dominique]

@Jackafunk: you appear to be a young chap with an athletic build. How can you possibly survive on less than 1000 calories a day if you are working out five times a week and getting more than 10k steps?! Even an old fart like me burns 2500 calories in average, and I'm neither tall, nor heavy. Or is 1000 calories your deficit?

[Jackafunk]

Nope I eat about 800 Calories per day.

I am 5'11 and 219 lbs, when a "healthy weight" is 172-179 ( which is low in  my opinion) 

Remember that body only burns your stored fat when it finishes burning the food you ate first (that day, week, month) So in order for your body to start burning your stored fat, you have to burn the calories you already ate. So that fat I have on myself already (which is too much) will be burned off as Calories/Fuel to get me thru workouts and such.

Another way that I have cut out that many Calories, while still eating a breakfeast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack and a dinner, is to stop eating carbs, I have a Granola Bar once in the morning that gives me the carbs I need, but don't want. For Lunch, Snacks and Dinner, I avoid carbs and fatty dairy such as cheeses as a whole, I will only eat fat free string cheese here and there and I still drink a glass of milk everyday, while this won't be permanant, it will help me in the beggining of my Fat Loosing/Burning Stage of my weightloss. For now I just eat my Veggies and alot of protein. I do throw fruits in the mix or yogurt here and there.

But if you want to see what my workweek meal plan looks like you can see it here, my post is on the third page of Work-Friendly Lunches (but I also include info on my dinners);  https://community.fitbit.com/t5/What-s-Cooking/Work-friendly-lunch-ideas/td-p/423732/page/3

Also, in order for me to survive, I DO have to eat all day, I need my morning and afternoon snack, breakfast,lunch and dinner. So I do "graze" on food all day and I feel full, even now after my breakfast, morning snack and lunch. ALSO! LOTS OF LEMON WATER HELPS!

[gebobs]

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@feistymomma wrote:

A little late, but I'll jump in, as I have 2 big goals for 2015, as they are set in place to get me ready for 2016!

1. Lose 80 lbs!

2. Run my first half marathon in the fall (marathon in spring 2016 and ultra 30 miler in Aug 2016)

My running goals are lofty but I plan on achieving them. My husband and I are planning on doing the Fat Dog 30 mile race in August of 2016. Eventually we are hoping to do the full 120 mile run, but 'baby' steps.Training hard! 

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Awesome. There's a gal down the street from me who was packing a lot of extra pounds and, by her own admission, a couch potato. She finally got sick of it, did C25K, dropped maybe 80 lbs too over the course of a year or so, and now regularly runs 9+ miles.

I like to think my own C25K just prior to hers was a bit of inspiration. She has proven to have the better discipline though and since then I have had to rejump from C25K two more times while she is still chugging along. But she has definitely inspired me to keep my discipline up and I'm back again.

So you can do it feisty and you seem to be on the right track. I don't think there are any big secrets to weight loss despite what Dr. Oz would have us all think. You could teach him a thing or two.

[Mcore]

@feistymomma @Jackafunk @gebobs congratulations to all of you for having set your goals for this new year!

I'm sure you will do fantastic and achieve all that you set yourself to do and accomplish. Everyone has a different trigger for motivation, so whatever it is, do not lose sight of it and just keep on going.

Happy stepping everyone!

[Dominique]

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@Jackafunk wrote:

Nope I eat about 800 Calories per day.

I am 5'11 and 219 lbs, when a "healthy weight" is 172-179 ( which is low in  my opinion) 

 

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@Jackafunk: I think 800 calories is way too low for a guy your size (no matter you have 40 lbs to lose) and with your activity level. I'm tagging @Heybales, who knows a lot about this stuff. Let's see if he can explain better why you would want to have a smaller deficit.

[Heybales]

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@Dominique wrote:

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@Jackafunk wrote:

Nope I eat about 800 Calories per day.

I am 5'11 and 219 lbs, when a "healthy weight" is 172-179 ( which is low in  my opinion) 

 

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@Jackafunk: I think 800 calories is way too low for a guy your size (no matter you have 40 lbs to lose) and with your activity level. I'm tagging @Heybales, who knows a lot about this stuff. Let's see if he can explain better why you would want to have a smaller deficit.

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Actually, this is exactly the experiment I've given to many before, but no one was willing to take me up on it.

Or they did and failed so never reported results, or they couldn't for other reasons.

It's the way to obtain the max body slowdown and max muscle burn.

The only addition to it really would be to keep carbs at 50 g or less daily, and all exercise is intense cardio that is high carb burning.

That combined with massive undereating is great recipe for muscle mass loss and beyond the body slowdown related to that effect, just a general slowing down.

Especially with so little to lose. I look forward to the ending here.

The only thing that could foul it up is there is really so little to lose, so there may not be enough time for the body to rebel on itself.

I'm sure the diet should result in 4 lbs weekly fat loss thinking about likely TDEE, but really throw in some muscle mass and it should be more than that.

If it's not, the body already slowed down the likely max 20-25% studies have shown occur.

At least in studies though, folks are tested and measured out the wahzoo to confirm general body health, I'm doubting that is happening here.

So I'm guessing my reply here has tagged this now, so I can here about the progress and when it stops.

Since this experiment will likely be over quickly, it'll be interesting how well maintenance goes.

Just a correction on when the body burns fat after eating.

You still burn fat from the food you eat.

Perhaps you are thinking of the fact that an increase of insulin causes a stop to fat being released from fat cells - but your body still burns the fat in the food you eat, and whatever was floating around.

And the insulin sends the carbs you eat to muscle and liver storage - it most certainely doesn't have to be burned first. That's the issues with diabetics - increased blood sugar way too high for way too long - very bad thing. So that's not what normally happens with healthy body.

But as soon as carbs have been stored away (and there is always plenty of storage in a diet), blood sugar drops, insulin drops, fat release from cells starts up again.

That's where the extra fat burning comes from, your post meal insulin increase is shorter than it would be eating at maintenance. And much less carbs to burn since they all got stored away basically.

You eating constantly is always pushing you out of that state actually, if it's like every 2-3 hrs anyway.