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@IslandGirl_Becks Thanks for the advice! I'll definitely be checking those links out. I get what you mean by this. I wouldn't say that my body confidence is through the roof but when I compare it today to what it was a few months ago, I can see that it's been improving. I've never taken much care of my fitness before so at the moment, the confidence thing is more about knowing that I'm doing my best than it is about what I look like (if that makes sense?). At the moment I do a quick workout once in a while. I found this poster by Popsugar and did it once or twice (I could only ever do one circuit though), then I started taking that idea and adding in my own exercises. Now I've got a list of exercises (about 14 or 15) that I do for 30 seconds each (with resting in between). So I think I'm doing HIIT workouts, but I'm not 100% sure I know what they are so I can't say for certain. I'm trying to do this circuit once every second day but I only came up with this idea yesterday so I'll have to see how it goes. Other than that I don't really do much. My eating habits are also pretty bad. I want to make a meal plan but I just haven't gotten to it yet. I live with three other family members so I have to make one big one for the four of us, which feels like a lot of planning. I've been looking into meal prepping but I haven't had much time to figure it all out and work up a schedule. We recently moved to a new country so everything is still a bit chaotic. @Harriet I think that sounds like a great idea! Like I mentioned earlier, I only recently moved to where I live now, so I don't really know about all the activities going on around me but I'll work on finding out more. I try to stay away from sports though, as I'm pretty easily sunburnt. At the moment I don't have my own transport either so that might complicate things, but I'll try to work around it. It sounds like strength training could be what I need, but I'm not completely sure how to do it? I want to see how I can try to afford a gym membership soon but at the moment that's not an option yet. I don't have any equipment at home either because I don't know what would be worthwhile buying. Would strength training and stretching also be the best option to improve my posture? I don't really know what types of training there are to choose from.

Hey everyone! So I’ve recently decided that I would like to improve my fitness but I have no idea what I'm doing and need some help. I’ve done some of research on exercise and diet but the more I read, the less I feel like I understand. I know there’s still a lot I could learn from other people so I've decided to ask some of my questions here. I have so many of them, but for the sake of everyone’s sanity I’ll just do one at a time, so here is my first question for now: How do I set realistic fitness goals? Here are some of the major reasons I would like to become fit: -Improve my terrible posture from spending years in front of computer screens -Build body confidence and slim down -Improve my standard of life overall I am a female, 170cm and roughly 69,1kg (although my weight seems to fluctuate). I know I'm not necessarily dangerously overweight just yet, but it's been slowly rising so I want to get my fitness under control before it's too late. I'm not sure what type of goals to set when it comes to fitness, or how to measure them and how long it should take before I can expect to see results. I've tried getting into exercise without a clear goal before, but usually give up within the first week or two when I don't already see changes. I know that's probably unrealistic, but I just don't know what to look for. I have read that weight isn’t a good indication of fitness, as muscle weighs more than fat, so if I burn fat but build muscle I won’t necessarily lose weight...? I've never really been in shape before either so I don't know what I'm capable of and what I should be expecting from myself. Anyways, feel free to ask for any additional info you may need, and thanks for all the help!