Update your goals here!

[TigH]

It's great to see so many new members posting here! I know there was a thread about goals a while ago, but I've got a horrible memory. Hope it's ok to ask about goals again! Thought it would be a good way for us to get to know each other a bit better!

Have you changed your goals since you started WISH? Have you been rewarding yourself for mini goals? What kinds of rewards do you give yourself? Please feel free to go into lots of detail!

My goal is to wear a comfortable size 8. I'm not sure how possible this is. The smallest I've ever worn is a comfortable size 10. I think my frame is just too large for an 8, but I am going to try my best to make it!

I also want to have those "six pack" abs! I'd like a very flat tummy and a lean body in general.

I owe myself a nice pair of sandals for losing 10 pounds. My first goal is to get to 145 before our trip to England at the end of May. My second goal is to get to 140 and then I'll see how I feel. I would love to get down to 135, but it depends on what my body fat % is by the time I reach 140ish.

My biggest goal is to MAINTAIN a healthy lifestyle after I reach all those other goals. I am enjoying WW and I know I can continue to follow this plan (up my calories to maintain my weight) for the rest of my life. It's just a matter of REALLY sticking with it and continuing my exercise plan as well!

Looking forward to reading your goals!

 

[Kelsie]

I'm trying not to look long term (I'm afraid it will scare me to death). I am setting 'mini' goals mostly based on comfort. I'm not sure if I'll ever be happy with myself (I never have been lol)

My first goal is to lose 40 pounds by July 4th. I have a Mickey Mouse skort that I want to be able to wear again to the family picnic on the 4th. I'm 25% there and if I can stick to Atkins and start working on some type of exercise routine, I may just make it.

I am always busy and use it as an excuse NOT to work out I just can't seem to get motivated. I've always hated exercise. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I become discouraged easily, which has been my downfall on past diets. I am trying to work on that and found that the scale is my worst enemy. I decided to get it out of the bathroom (I put it in the garage lol) and only weigh once a week.

 

[glo]

Ok....I would love a waist size in the 20's(29.5 would be fine) and a weight in the 120's...Would love a six pack abs, and I can feel it under all the extra stuff. Would love to fit in a loose size 6...and be able to wear a sleeveless shirt without feeling self-conscious.

I would love to loose 5.5 pounds by end of May, but it looks doubtful.... maybe by my July trip.

 

[kdibattista]

My goal is to wear a comfortable size 8. I'm not sure how possible this is. The smallest I've ever worn is a comfortable size 10. I think my frame is just too large for an 8, but I am going to try my best to make it!

We must have the same body type!!! Size 10 was the lowest I have ever been at that was at 175 lbs. I honestly think I would start to look ematiated in a size 8 and below 165 lbs. Right now I am a size 14 but they are getting loose. I really want to get into a size 12 by June 13th (family wedding) and a size 10 by my Disney trip in December. I am going to try to get to an 8 but I don't know if that will happen. I'm not too worried about it.

 

[PartyofSix]

Since I hit onderland last sunday I have be concentrating on making my 2nd 10% goal which will put me at 190. I'm 8.75 away from that goal. My personal goal is to get to 180 by June 28th my birthday. I did the hair cut and color at my 30lbs loss and at my first 20 i got the WATP tapes. I want to workout at least 3-4 a week anything over that is gravy! So far i have two days in for the week even feeling yucky with TOM here. I am making myself do it and feeling better. I'm having a FAT week just feeling like i put on 10lbs you know the feeling. I know it'll go away. My ultimate goal is where i feel good about me again and how i look in my clothes. Hopefully that will come somewhere between 135-150 range just have to wait and see as the fat melts off more and more. I'm feeling much better without that HUGE stomach i once had. It's still there just not so HUGE at it was 35 lbs ago. I want to be in a size 10 or 12 again i think maybe that would make me happy. I'm guessing though it's been so long i really don't know where my GOAL is gonna be at yet I just know it's here somewhere within and when i get there i'll see it in the mirror and say okay this is it!

 

[kdibattista]

Oh yeah... I want the abs too. Don't know about a six pack but I'd settle for anything less than a keg

 

[tlgoblue]

My ultimate goal is to never have to feel like I'm cheating. I want to be able to eat what I want, when I want. I just want to WANT food that is good for me, and to be an active person, not a couch potato. I think I'm getting there.

Weight wise, I want to get to 124. That should put me into a comfy size 8. Maybe a 6, but I' haven't seen that number since before I had kids. My body shape may not ever accomodate that size again. It's OK though. I think exercise is the key there.

My short term goal is 140 by my birthday. Thats about 1.4 lbs/week according to my calculations. That is probably not going to happen, because I think I would have to go on a rather radical DIET, and I just don't do well in that situation. We'll see. I could do it through exercise, but I'm just going to take it one day at a time and make every day count for something. (Even if it is a failure, I'll try to take something positive out of it)

I will see what happens after my birthday, before I set another short term goal.

Kelsie,
All I can say is thanks for giving us a place to talk about our struggles. Some people call it vanity, but it's only people who don't seem to have any health isuues that say things like that. We know that it is not vanity, but health that counts. You have helped us all so much. I hope you get the support you need to keep your spirit up so you can reach your highest goals!

Keep the Faith!
Tracy

 

[becka]

Well I try not to focus on my long-term goals too much because they seem so far away but I have set a few short-term and mid-term goals.

My short term goal right now is to lose another 9 pounds to get me into the next WW points range.

My shorter mid-term goal is to be down 25 pounds by 4th of July.

My longer mid-term goal is to lost a total of 69 pounds by the end of the year to get me into the 100's for the first time in about 5-6 years. I am already down 10 so I have 59 more pounds to go.

My end goal is to fit comfortably in probably a size 8-10 (I don't know what that will be on a scale but my guess is around 145 or so). For my frame I am not sure that anything less than a 10 is even possible.

When I was first on WW before I got pregnant my end reward to myself with for DH and I to go on the Disney Cruise but since we now have DS I don't think that is going to work because I don't want to leave him behind and I don't think he will be old enough to really cruise.

 

[KathyTX]

I seem to define my goals 20 pounds at a time...

My first goal was to get back to "onederland". Having a weight that started with a 2 was so discouraging! I started at 219.5, and I got to 199.5 2 weeks ago (YAY!!!!), 20 pounds gone, and back in the 1's!! That felt great.

My next goal is to say bye-bye to the next 20 pounds by 6/14, when I'm taking a cruise (I'm looking at the cruise as my next reward, although of course I'm taking it whether I hit another 20 pound loss or not!) That would put me at 180, probably a size 14. Not goal weight, but able to buy clothes in normal misses departments again!! At that size, I am not nearly as self concious about how I look in my clothes. That would represent a total loss of 40 pounds since starting W.I.S.H. What a huge difference that would make in how I look and feel!

After that, I'm shooting to get back to my WW goal weight (165). I'm a WW lifetime member who fell off the wagon long ago. Getting my "lifetime member in good standing" status back will mean a lot to me, and meetings will be free again! It looks like I could be there the first week of August. That would be a total of 55 pounds lost.

My ultimate goal is to get to 150 pounds, a size 10. This is the weight where I feel really good, and am satisfied with how I look. Not Hollywood thin, not cut with 6 pack abs, but trim and healthy. At 5'10", this is a good weight for me. My poor old tired, sore knees should be happier, too.

My goal is to be at my ultimate goal weight of 150 (a total loss of 70 pounds ) in November. We'll have lots of family gatherings in November and December, and I'll see lots of relatives that I only see once a year then. Since they all saw me at my all-time high weight this past holiday season, I would LOVE to show up this next holiday season a physically transformed woman.

My reward then: an entirely new wardrobe! Merry Christmas to me!

 

[DiznEeyore]

Great thread, TigH! I really enjoy reading what everyone is aiming for.

My goal is to get back into the 120's, which would make me probably a size 10 (I think!). I was an 8 when I got married, but weighed about 115 then .... I know I'll always be curvy but I want to be "trim", you know?

For mini-rewards, boy, I've got it all planned out! LOL When we went on the Disney cruise last October (back when the pictures they took horrified me so much I cried!) they had one night when loose gems were featured in the gift shop. Dh bought me two heart-shaped garnets for earrings, two oval blue topazes for earrings, and a large heart-shaped blue topaz for a necklace. As I make each of my mini-goals (I've divided my goal into thirds) dh has promised to get one item set for me. The blue topaz heart I'm saving for last. Nothing like jewelry to motivate a girl!!

 

[kamgen]

This is a great thread! It is wonderful to read everyone's goals!

Well, when I started, I wanted to lose 50lbs and be a loose size 6. I keep re-evaluating this while I watch my body change. It seems i may only need to lose 40lbs to get there, so we will see.
I have already gone from a size 14 to a size 10 just losing 22lbs. But since I am only 5' tall, I carry my weight different...so we will see.

My short term goals are:
To lose 5-8 more lbs by my May trip (May 23)
To continue my morning workouts (including exercising on my trip)
To not gain more than 5lbs during my trip
To lose another 5-10 lbs between the time I return from FL and my 4th of July trip.
To reach ultimate goal by August 1
To have flatter abs and less flabby inner thighs! LOL!!!
To maintain!

MY MAIN GOAL: To feel comfortable enough with myself to wear sleeveless tops and dresses and a two piece bathing suit on my October DCL vacation!!! Oh, and to feel and look healthier!

I wish everyone luck reaching their goals! I know we all can do it...WISH helps me so much and all of you are a part of that! Thanks!!!!
Kamy

 

[kamgen]

Oh yeah, I forgot another short term goal...
I want a new clippie!!! LOL!! Only 3lbs and I get a new one!

Kamy

 

[Kelsie]

I like that goal Kamy I would love a platinum one!!

 

[TigH]

THANKS so much you guys!!!! I love reading all your goals! It's so exciting that we are all REALLY DOING IT!!! We will all reach our goals! I know I would not be so positive and enthusiastic about this right now if it wasn't for all the support here on the WISH board.

Kelsie, don't be so hard on yourself! I know you will be happy with yourself one day, sweetie. Do you ever look back and think, "If I only knew then what I know now?" Well imagine it's 30 years from now and you are looking back wishing you had been happier with who you are. You deserve to feel the best you can feel EVERY day, and hopefully while you are WISHing away the weight you will learn to love yourself more every day.

Keep those goals coming! I am enjoying this so much! We are a big mix of tall and short, large frame, medium frame and teeny framed people!!!!

 

[nativetxn]

My goals are pretty much the same now as when I started Atkins. To get healthier and to lose 100 pounds. Except, now, thanks to WISH, I only have 67.5 pounds remaining to lose. Actually, I probably had more than 100 pounds to lose when I began, but I will rethink that goal when I get closer to it.

Okay, that was depressing--67.5 pounds still sounds like a huge amount of weight to lose, better than 100 though

Now, if I was doing as well as glo and was seeing body fat being reduced and fitting into a size 6, I wouldn't care what I weighed anymore

 

[Beanie]

My main goal is to lose 100 pounds! Well, 89 now since I started WISH...I would like to lose that by next year at this time, but I don't know if that is possible...I will try though! That is the only goal I have right now!

 

[karebear1]

I have 3 goals set for myself until January.- My 1st goal is to lose 20 lbs by June 26- I have a wedding to go to in Wisconsin. My next goal is another 20 lbs. by August 17th. We are meeting some friends from MI. in Utah for a week. The 3rd goal is to lose another 25 lbs. by January 8, 2004- that's our trip to WDW- and home to BCV for the first time! After that, I need to lose another 50 lbs or so by October 2004 for our next trip to WDW. BUT for now, I am focusing on June 26th.
KathyTX- I want to go to "onederland" too! It's been so long!!
Beanie- Did you lose 10 lbs. last week?!?!?!? That is so fantastic!

 

[Beanie]

Karen, I had to edit that one...actually it is 11 pounds, but I always round things off to the highest number...guess I better stop that way of thinking now!! Every pound counts here!!

 

[CrzyforPiglet]

What a wonderful thread - thank you!

My first goal was to get back down to where I was when the year started - I've already made it there - yahoo!!

So my next short term goal is to get back down to my wedding weight from 2 years ago for when I see my family again in 6 weeks. I wasn't writing my weight down back then but I think I need to lose about 8 lbs. to make it to what I recall. So if I can keep up my 1.5 average loss per week I should be okay.

After that I would love to be in a size 12 by memorial day and a size 10 by my birthday at the end of October for a total loss of 42 lbs. A long time ago I used to be a size 10 in college and loved it. The feeling of being able to pull anything out of your closet and know it looks great on you is what I really want.

Bit by bit though!

 

[TCKK]

My original goal is to lose 56 lbs. to make WW goal weight. I've lost just over 30lbs, so just 26 to go. Hey, I'm over the halfway mark. That's encouraging.

When I reach that I should be in a size 12 I think. I haven't worn that since high school. I'm happy with a size 14 though.

I'm determined to reach WW goal and become a life time member this time. In the past I've always quit before I reached goal, because I became satisfied with where I was. However, this time I want to reach goal, because I need that extra accountability of weighing in once a month and staying at or below goal so I don't have to pay for a meeting. I think accountability is very important in my weight loss struggle.

I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired of going up and down, up and down. This time I want to go down and stay there.

Anyway, I sure enjoy reading about everyone here and how great everyone is doing. Reading about people's struggles can help too. At least I know I'm not alone.

Keep up the good work WISH'ers. We'll all make it one of these days.