My goals are to exercise each weekday, a combination of weight training and cardio; no alcohol during the week; avoid processed sugar and dairy (terrors for my skin); eat an array of plants each week

Anonymous wrote:My goals are to continue my workout regimen, which is 5x a week strength workouts. I’d like to add in some cardio 1-2x a week as well. And recommitting to healthy eating after being lax about it between thanksgiving and new year’s. I’m going to try a new veggie soup recipe each week of January and February to make it fun!

I’d love to hear more about your strength training. I’d read one should rest every 2 days.

Anonymous wrote:I quit drinking 25 days ago. I was a life long heavy drinker, so this is big for me. I’ve been focusing on only that, but now I’d like also focus on losing 20 pounds (already lost 10 of the 30 I gained in the past two years). So gonna keep chugging.

Well done! My ride was a little bumpy and I occasionally drink wine or beer, but nowhere near the volume I used to. My substitute was/is exercise and it started with walking.

Anonymous wrote:I quit drinking 25 days ago. I was a life long heavy drinker, so this is big for me. I’ve been focusing on only that, but now I’d like also focus on losing 20 pounds (already lost 10 of the 30 I gained in the past two years). So gonna keep chugging.

Congratulations to you! Did you go cold turkey?

I quit drinking 25 days ago. I was a life long heavy drinker, so this is big for me. I’ve been focusing on only that, but now I’d like also focus on losing 20 pounds (already lost 10 of the 30 I gained in the past two years). So gonna keep chugging.

I’ve lost 30 and want to lose 20 more and get fitter:

1. Use the structure of WW but personalize it to focus on fueling and recovering from workouts. I’m working with a sports nutritionist to do this. Diet is mostly low/no sugar, white flour and processed food. High on healthy fats, fish, eggs, yogurt

2. Following fitness advice of Dr Stacy Simms - lifting heavy weight, plyometrics, sprint interval training

3. Sleep and hydration

Good luck to everyone

Definitely going back to normal. Cutting out sugar and alcohol. I tend to cycle-train, do an event, and then drink and eat poorly and not move for a few days. Always a bad idea. I’m done with that for 2023.

I’m also going to incorporate just more walking. Like maybe a quick 30 minute walk first thing in the morning just to get rolling. It’s easy to not have low impact movement when working from home.

Continue masking. Continue boosters.

Even before I had a catastrophic health event, I noticed that the main thing that derailed exercise and healthy eating for me was catching a virus. I have two conditions that flare horribly if I catch a common cold. I would get so weakened and have such stiff joints that it would take 60-90 days to recover from the virus and return to regular energy levels and mobility. All that time, I would push through the work day and errands with sugar and put on extra weight.

I lost 80 lbs due to cancer. My stamina still sucks a year later, but I’ve kept the weight off. Even mild covid would make me sedentary and start packing on the lbs afterwards.

Eat less sugar. Stretch more, especially before and after runs.

Initiating strength training at home using body weight exercises and light weights, with a goal of resuming slow running after a 3-year hiatus (once the leg / hip muscles are reconditioned).

I'm 55 and at a critical juncture where you lose it sorta forever if you don't use it. Balance, muscle mass, flexibility. So hard to claw back anything as a middle age+ adult.

I bought a juicer and I’m going to use it more regularly.

I am going to keep reminding myself that exercise should be enjoyable and it’s good even if it’s not intense.

I’m going to feel my feelings instead of eating them.

+1 on labs!

Hitting the gym more ( I was on a great schedule but spent all of November sick)

Dry January to cut back alcohol/wine

Getting labs done to ensure everything is fine medically

Continue with my system that is working for me - strength training, core training, yoga, and meditation. New Years Resolution is Balance. Balance and moderation of life.

My goals are to continue my workout regimen, which is 5x a week strength workouts. I’d like to add in some cardio 1-2x a week as well. And recommitting to healthy eating after being lax about it between thanksgiving and new year’s. I’m going to try a new veggie soup recipe each week of January and February to make it fun!

Some of you are already super healthy; some are committed to starting or restarting. I'm a restarter. I've been off the exercise wagon and I've had two much sugar since October.

I'm finally joining a gym again (plan to go 3 days a week to start) and going to cut added sugar for all of January because I'm feeling addicted. I'll see how it goes from there.