New Year's Resolutions - how's your progress?

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I learned this week that by early March in a new year, about 88% of people have discontinued their New Year's resolutions. (Fun fact: the most common day to give up your New Year's resolutions is January 10th).

Did anyone make fitness-related New Year's resolutions and keep them? Or is anyone committing themselves to healthier living/eating for the rest of 2013 from this point on?

Change is hard for us as human beings - self-discipline isn't easy to come by, but the best way to stick to our goals is with accountability!

(Here's an interesting article from HowStuffWorks on forming habits:
 
If I had any sort of resolution this year, it was to compete in powerlifting. I've now got my membership with Powerlifting Australia (IPF). My first meet is in April, and I'm receiving coaching leading up to it.
 
Good for you, Ryan! You work so hard, I bet you will do well.

Me, I'm doing OK on the goals I set - most were along the lines of 'maintenance of effort' although I had hoped to do a snowshoe race and missed out on my best opportunity for that in January because I took the easy and really fun out of going skiing that day instead (it was raining where the race was but there was fresh powder on the ski slopes - I went with the fun option!).

Other goals were keep my weight within 2 lbs of 139 - shouldn't be a problem to maintain that, so far so good... no more than 8 softdrinks all year (I'm a bit on the high side at 3 considering it is March...)
 
Awesome, Goldfish! Exciting things ahead for you with the powerlifting competition!

Sure, maintenance is always a good goal in and of itself. Nice work with limiting the soft drinks.

I'm committing to less sugar - after Valentine's Day passed, it has been a little easier. Also committed to regular workouts and keeping track of calories - staying within my daily limit.
 
I think I've definitely had more than 8 soft drinks this year. The only way you could argue that I haven't gone significantly over that amount is if you consider it the one does if it all came from the same bottle, or if it was all served in the same cup at Hungry Jack's (where they have free refills, and I go through about half a gallon of coke with my little cup before I leave that place). I'm super healthy like that. In saying that, the amount of sugar I consume in a week is generally lower than it was this time last year, and the amount of complex carbs I consume is generally higher, and that seems to be doing good things by my body.

Good work on how each of you are going, Sure and BCA.
 
Glad to hear you are both thinking about the sugars - less is certainly better. I've been reading of late about how insulin (in excess) is really very bad for we humans in terms of problems of aging and health - inflammation, brain problems (dementia), heart/vascular problems, not to mention insulin resistance and all the associated ills there. How the point of view changes when one approaches 50...

Anyway, yep, I'm working at cutting back on the treats - soda is just one part of it, I have a bit of a candy habit that I'm always fighting!
 
Good facts on excess insulin. Right, and insulin blocks the burning of body fat. When our insulin secretion goes down, our fat burning can go up - and insulin triggers fat-storing. Not fair! I read that the average American's starch and sugar intake is about 43% of their diet. Yikes.

It's so hard to say no to those sugary drinks and candies. I find after I've exercised discipline for awhile, it's easier - but some weeks, I give in more frequently, and then I crave even more. A scary trap!
 
Yes, I completely agree with you. If I can get away from the sugars, I don't think about them so much and don't crave them any more. But it is breaking the dang habit to begin with! So so hard!

I have my annual health exam scheduled for this afternoon and I'll ask for lab tests to see how my blood values are doing. Part of my recent health-related reading reinforced that sugars are a major culprit in terms of cholesterol problems. I've been eating moderatly low carb since about August 2012 when I mostly eliminated wheat as I suspected a wheat allergy. The wheat elimination was good for me (it helped with a number of problems that I would put in the 'pesky' rather than serious category) and in general, I think my sugar/starch consumption is lower. Anyway, I'll be curious to get the blood test results to see. My cholesterol has always been good, but there is always room for improvement!

So, this thread caused me to look in my journal to see what did I actually write down as goals for the year aside from the max soda's at 8 and weight maintenance? There are some fairly specific items I'm working on (or supposed to be working on...):

* Toes to bar - I want to be able to do 20 continuous, I'm at 3 or 4 at the moment. I usually do 4 sets of 3 or 4 on a day when I'm working on this. I'll do more as the weather warms up and I can start using my tricky bars at home for this. The gym is tough - hard to get my turn on the bars.

* Pullups - 10 continuous is the goal. I'm able to do 4 most days, and usually do 3 or 4 sets of 4 when I'm working on this. Again, will be better when I can work on it at home. Actually, I love working on these at the gym because there are always other women who watch and usually comment that they would love to be able to do a pullup. It has taken a long time to get to where I am!

* Muscle ups - be able to do these from the low step (this is at home again) and do 4-8. Eventually, doing them without the step would be awesome!!

* Pushups with a clap - hmm, got a ways to go on this, but have been working just a little on pushing my hands off the surface for sets of 8.

Overall, working on balance, core, agility, flexibility, power, quickness, speed and overall strength. Nope, I don't want much!
 
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