Fitness Goals

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Do you have any specific fitness goals?

I know that a lot of us want to lose weight, but sometimes it’s fun to focus on other aspects of fitness that we want to grow in.

There are a couple of yoga poses that I really want to be able to do. I know that yoga is about the journey and not the destination, but I’m allowing myself to work towards a couple challenging asanas for the sheer fun and freedom of it.

A 25 inch waistline and being able to do splits.

Lower my bad cholesterol & blood sugar, quit binge-eating, & gain a little more strength & stamina on top of losing weight

Besides losing weight? Stopping or reversing my arthritis and preventing other health problems. Having more strength and stamina. Being comfortable in my body (something I’ve never felt, thanks to my dyspraxia and my complicated relationship with food).

I want to get down to 120 pounds, be able to curl a 50 pound dumb bell, and bench press twice my weight.

Just from healing my gut and my chronic conditions I’ve lost 22 pounds so I’m happy with my current weight.

My new goal is to rebalance my body. I had an atlas subluxation for at leat 5 years, but likely in a milder form for my whole life. It put my body out of alignment and my joints and muscles compensated. Now that my body is symmetrical again I can feel my joints need to readjust and my muscles too are quite imbalanced. I don’t have a full plan yet, but it will involve yoga and maybe some resisitance training and some massage balls. I’m so thankful to have my energy back to actually be able to do more strenuous workouts again.

Great to hear you have your energy back!

Still working on splits but my waistline is now below 25 inches.

Thanks. Yeah my mom developed fibromyalgia when she was my age and it’s been a long, slow, painful decline in her health ever since. I started collecting autoimmune diagnoses and could feel the FM starting in my body and it became my special interest to fix myself. I just refused to accept that path for myself. Being active is so much a part of how I regulate myself I couldn’t imagine my life if I had to stop exercising because of pain. Sometimes our stubbornness and focus can pay off.