Now, we all know that it is important to make sure that our goals (fitness or otherwise) are challenging but attainable, measureable, and that they have a time frame. I had wanted to make a fitness inspiration board, similar to the wedding inspiration boards, but I had a hard time finding pictures of abs, legs, butts and arms that I liked without actually getting porn to come up on google! I might be able to come up with an inspiration board from some old Self magazines that I have lying around the house, but as for the internet search...that was a no-go. Anywho, here is a brief overview of my goals, in order of most important to least:
Lose 3-5% body fat
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This is somewhat hard to measure since I don’t have a caliper, but I found an online calculator that allows you to use body measurements.
- I would like to lose at least 0.5% percent per month.
- This I plan to measure with pictures. I will take pictures monthly and compare them for progress along with taking measurements.
- (I know I said this isn’t about losing weight, but for my body frame, I don’t think I need those extra kilos)
- Since it is only healthy to lose 0.5-1 kilo per week, ideally I would like to lose 0.5 kilos per week. I do know, however, that this will be extremely hard to measure considering that body weight can fluctuate like up to 2 kilos per day depending on what you eat, drink, etc. So, at the end of each month, I would like to see a change of -2 kilos.
Get my calves back to the bad-asses that they previously were, like when I was dancing 20+ hours per week
- This will be similar to the upper-body goal, except that I don’t plan on taking pictures of my calves. I will simply know how my progress is coming along in comparison with how they used to look..
How do I plan on achieving this all? Not with some miracle diet I can tell you that. I plan on achieving my goals by eating healthy (ie. consuming hardly any sugar, white bread, saturated and trans fat, etc. and trying to eat mostly healthy vitamin-packed veggies, lean meat and healthy fats), and working out (doing both cardio and lifting weights). In order to lose 0.5 kilos per week, I must consume 3500 calories less than what I actually expend, or 500 calories per day—of which half I plan to take out of my diet, and the other half I plan to burn in the gym.
3 comments:
Damn girl, good luck! For me I've learned that working out just for myself (whether to be healthy or to look good) doesn't work...I'll just sit on my butt at home thinking about how I am going to become and unhealthy blob rather than going to the gym and doing something about it. Team sports were always my thing, but since I don't have a team here I decided to do a 10k to at least have a goal to work toward, and it's been really helpful for me. Good job posting everything here so you can hold yourself accountable - and enjoy all those extra endorphins!
I am losing weight before I go to the U.S. so if you wanted to do like a group weekly weigh in here every Friday or something I'd totally be in!
Do you by chance go to the Pacific Gym on Manuel Montt, because I saw someone at the pilates class who looked like your pictures.
Good luck! I'm not really looking to lose weight, but I could use some toning!
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