2013 Resolutions

[Space_Elf]

No excuses and no regrets.

I've been so bad about making excuses for my poor lifestyle choices (eating habits, lack of exercise,) and then I spend all this time regretting my choices rather than doing something constructive. the end. I'm fed up with myself and I'm not taking it. 13 is my lucky number and 2013 is going to be my lucky year and I'm going to shine.

[CrimsonTide2006]

mine is to lose 30 lbs of fat and be more fit, gain some muscle but not too much.

[rbudding]

I plan on giving doing some interesting work/reward for when I drink soda. I don't want to give it up completely, but I will run a mile for each soda I drink. I will also run a mile for each beer I drink, and I want to limit myself to 2 drinks a week. No smoking whatsoever. I used to only have the occasional cigar but it has continued to creep up and I no longer find it acceptable. It is terrible for me and it is time to stop. Each time I eat fast food I will run 4 miles. I also resolve to follow weight watchers and lose 20 pounds. That is my goal. Get down to 185#. I also want to cook more at home. I don't know how to measure that quite but that is my goal. Also I actually resolve to follow these and follow through. Gotta go big and work hard. I wanna go big and go hard or not go at all.

[rbudding]

I make poor excuses for my lifestyle choices and I find that I just don't care as much as I should. I regret my choices like its my job.

[Rivanariko]

My resolution is to make my life more epic in the coming year. Since moving to North Dakota, we've let ourselves fall into a lame-spiral of doing nothing but working, watching movies, surfing the internet and occasionally (but not very regularly) working out. This next year is about redefining adventure and actively seeking it in my life.

Specifics of that will remain to be seen, and probably focused on in my 6-week challenges. But this is what I want the focus of the year to be.

[CrimsonTide2006]

To be a much healthier person and not only become fit but stay fit, which will make me happier.

[Mad Rocker]

The 'body as a temple' thing might be a go for me too.

I'd also like to build up a running habit and stay proactive on sorting out career choices, I've got started on that but I want to continue my work.

Resolutions never work for me, but there's always the first time. Here's to hoping.

[Brndy]

Last year I resolved to be more patient with and nice to my family, and I did it, and life has been better for it. Go 2012!

For 2013, I resolve to devote myself more to my projects: reading groups, boys' group, teacher training. And to meet more people in my community. I've been feeling like a shitty Volunteer recently, so it's time to turn that around and be the best I can be in the 1.5 years I have left here.

[agreenmess]

I tend to make way to many resolutions, though this year I've reached mostly all of them, for my fitness side my main resolution is to “let go” not quite what most people think of but my weight is stopping me from doing so much that I've decided not to use it as an excuse anymore, obviously I have other smaller resolutions but for now that is all. Really like the idea of having some “fitness” target to reach to have a treat hmmmm, ponders.

[manav95]

I'll probably continue to improve my fitness and personal living skills.

[trickjarrett]

Here are my goals for 2013:

 

1) Lose another 50 lbs, this will take me down to 235, I'm aiming to get my body fat < 20% this year (currently around 28.5%)

 

2) Run three obstacle races and three 5k races

 

3) Get into a martial art (Krav maga or maybe Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)

[Ghost]

This year's goals/resolutions for me are pretty simple.
Learn basic french, finally nail a few hard exercises, get A's.

Of course, they are more specific than that, but you get the gist.

[Siferiax]

My only very non-specific resolution would be to make it a kick ass year

I would join in giving up soda and/or alcohol, but that would require me to actually drink it.

(No I also didn't give it up in the past, thanks to... not actually drinking it. Ever!)

I learned in 2012 giving something up that I really want doesn't work.

Only by being allowed to consume it, will I not need it.

[Odyssey]

Good thread! Here's what I'm looking at:

1. Graduate all goddamn ready. If everything goes according to plan I can finish my BA at the end of the summer, and even if it doesn't I'd still have fall and winter to figure things out, so there is no excuse for me getting out of 2013 without it.

 

 

This is one of mine too. Between medical problems and bad semesters which I tried to offset with fluff semesters I have been in school forever! My debt is crazy, but I'll have to work on that after graduation. I'm due for a duel degree though because I changed my major half way though with only a few extra classes to take to get the first degee.

 

I didn't drink any soda this year, so I know I can handle moderation now. I want to lose a bit more fat so I can possibly enter a IFBB bikini competition this year. As it stands I would still need to lose 2-5% bf to be reasonable for getting on a stage. That's aside from learning how to pose.

 

Here's hoping we can all have a wonderful year!

[Arawlins]

I have a lot of goals for 2013 as a year in general, but fitness and diet goals are definitely better in the 6 week intervals. Some goals work better one way, some another.

 

One goal for 2012 was to pay of student loans, and as of today I submitted the last payment. That was definitely more suited to a year goal. 

 

My goals for 2013 are things like; read a book a month, design a vector image once a month, and finish a certification for work.

[RisenPhoenix]

A handful of goals the not exactly the year, but more for the next 6 months:

 

1) By May when my college friends visit I want to be down to a size 38 waist (regardless of the pant cut, currently a hair below a size 40), and only an XL shirt size (Currently a XXL).  If the sizes corrolate to ~220 pounds, all the better.  If I can fit into size 36 pants, so much the better.

2) Start reading a bunch more, starting with the multitude of beer brewing texts I've picked up in the last few months.

3) Start cooking a wider variety of food.  I cook a lot more than most single guys my age, but it's almost always things with the same theme.  The best meals I had this past year were when I decided to go slightly off the wall (eggplant stuffed with a sausage and pepper stuffing FTW.  Topping made a great pizza, too).

4) I really should start getting out more often, a la the social life Steve talked about in his most recent post.  I just.... really hate dealing with humanity, especially since the social life I would end up having to deal with is likely the "Hey Party time" type that I really, really want to shove knives into.

5) I should probably aim to be less violent.

6) But go to the dojo more, where it's appropriate to be violent.

7) And to not make lists in a stream-of-consciousness format.

 

Think that covers it.

[emlily91]

I don't really set resolutions but this year I really want to work on getting myself back on track in terms of life and health. I am using NF to do this so my smaller resolution would be to be active on NF.

[jjhatch]

I have four main goals for this year.

 

Reach my goal weight. I'm at 210.8 lbs as of this morning. My goal weight is 198 lbs. I don't have that much left to lose, and I've been doing a good job so far (lost over 60 lbs in 2012).

 

Run one race every month. Mostly 5ks, but I'm doing a 10-mile run in April (the Austin 10/20) and I'm thinking about doing another longer run in the fall.

 

Focus on building muscle. 2012 was all about me losing weight. Once I reach my goal weight I'm going to focus on building muscle, since it's hard to build muscle and lose weight at the same time.

 

Work on my flexibility. I'm not very flexible and I want to change that. For my strength training I'm doing bodyweight exercises and you need some flexibility to do a lot of exercises.

[leadchipmunk]

7) And to not make lists in a stream-of-consciousness format.

 

Please don't do this one. I love your goals.

[moknitro]

1) Get down to 200lbs. Currently 260lbs.

2) Travel overseas (or alternatively save enough money to make this possible). The goal is more about the money and travel is secondary.

3) Get out of debt

4) Start participating in Six Week Challenges!

[joedog]

I'm trying to stay away from making any resolutions this year, although last year's turned out ok. I'm making mindfulness my overarching theme for the year. Most of my woes would be solved if I just work on being mindful of what I'm doing, saying, eating, spending, etc.

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[blindasutsutsu]

I have mine. I thought about doing no/limited drinking but I can do  that anyway. So my NYR will be to get better and contacting all of my friends. I am terrible terrible terrible at calling people and so I want to get better about doing that. 

[Unit562]

1.  Have a small adverture every month :

 

December I killed zombies in Patient Zero in Melbourne.  http://irlshooter.com/

January is a Ropes course at http://www.treesadventure.com.au/who-can/

 

ect. ect

 

2. Keep Working out min 3 times per week.