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New Year's Resolutions?

WhyGo91WhyGo91 Posts: 639
edited January 2014 in All Encompassing Trip
I lost quite a bit of weight over the past couple of years: went from 220 to 150. But that was more of a "I'm sick of being fat" than a "I'm setting a New Year's goal"...

Anyways, this year is all about getting in fit shape, not just keeping my weight down. Building a little bit of muscle, maintain a healthy diet, and pushing myself. I'm not one of those guys who desires to be big and bulky, just enough so that I don't like like a pole.

Does anyone else have a New Years resolution?
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  • AnnafalkAnnafalk Posts: 4,004
    edited December 2013
    Seems like a great plan :) good luck!

    I will start jogging again!
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  • appieappie Posts: 1,441
    keep calm and listen to Pearl jam :mrgreen:
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    don't take no shit from no one!
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,280
    Drink more.
    Care less.




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  • -Emma--Emma- Posts: 2,864
    WhyGo91, well done on losing so much weight :).

    I'm not normally the type to set a new years resolution for myself, but one thing I really need to do is lose weight and eat healthier. I'm lazy, lack motivation and have a sweet tooth, not a good combination! :oops:

    I took my dog on a good walk tonight, walking about 4.7km (with quite a lot of hills), it was so humid and there was a bit of thunder at one point.

    I think I've got to use my dog to motivate me...we both need to go walking!
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  • whispering handswhispering hands Posts: 13,527
    To be prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.. All I can do right now.. I've learned to quit fighting life.. It simply happens as it does.. Nothing we can do about it, except accept it.. So that's what I'm working on this year..
  • blenderman69blenderman69 Posts: 2,104
    listen to more pearl jam....smoke as much weed as possible :mrgreen: cuddle more with my dog Quinton 'AS IF THATS POSSIBLE"!!!lol
  • shortstackshortstack Posts: 2,339
    i'm going to start being a selfish bitch
    did you see me? i saw you.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,144
    Be less fat :)
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,074
    i had a list, but i am settling on:

    DON'T BE A DICK

    even when you feel like it or if someone pisses you off...

    it is short, simple, and best of all i can remember it in any state of inebriation haha..
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,631
    On the way home from Medford, C. asked what my New Years Resolutions are and I told her that at 62 I no longer make them because to me resolutions are thoughts or ideas and I'm more interested in actions (and then we got into a discussion about whether or not planning is an action or a thought). Well, it helped the long miles pass.

    Gimme's thought- DON'T BE A DICK- crossed my mind while we were talking but I don't like to admit that I might be a dick sometimes. HEY! I said MIGHT be. :lol: In any case, I'll work on that one. ;)

    Happy New Year, PJ friends! :)
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,074
    brianlux wrote:
    On the way home from Medford, C. asked what my New Years Resolutions are and I told her that at 62 I no longer make them because to me resolutions are thoughts or ideas and I'm more interested in actions (and then we got into a discussion about whether or not planning is an action or a thought). Well, it helped the long miles pass.

    Gimme's thought- DON'T BE A DICK- crossed my mind while we were talking but I don't like to admit that I might be a dick sometimes. HEY! I said MIGHT be. :lol: In any case, I'll work on that one. ;)

    Happy New Year, PJ friends! :)
    i am interested in actions too. but i think actions are inspired by thoughts or ideas sometimes. "planning" is a verb, so that must mean it is an action. :ugeek: :lol:

    i need to start the don't be a dick campaign. its a nice idea. the way i see it though, if i stop being a dick, there is one less dick in the world that everybody else has to deal with.

    and brian, you can admit that you are a dick sometimes. i just did it in front of the whole forum :lol:

    happy new year, buddy.
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    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,631
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    On the way home from Medford, C. asked what my New Years Resolutions are and I told her that at 62 I no longer make them because to me resolutions are thoughts or ideas and I'm more interested in actions (and then we got into a discussion about whether or not planning is an action or a thought). Well, it helped the long miles pass.

    Gimme's thought- DON'T BE A DICK- crossed my mind while we were talking but I don't like to admit that I might be a dick sometimes. HEY! I said MIGHT be. :lol: In any case, I'll work on that one. ;)

    Happy New Year, PJ friends! :)
    i am interested in actions too. but i think actions are inspired by thoughts or ideas sometimes. "planning" is a verb, so that must mean it is an action. :ugeek: :lol:

    i need to start the don't be a dick campaign. its a nice idea. the way i see it though, if i stop being a dick, there is one less dick in the world that everybody else has to deal with.

    and brian, you can admit that you are a dick sometimes. i just did it in front of the whole forum :lol:

    happy new year, buddy.

    Maybe we need an "I'm a dick" thread. :lol:

    Hey man, Happy New Year!
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  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Keep it simple.
    ELITIST FUK
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I set out to lose 20 lbs in 2013 and I lost 30. I also picked up running as a habit.

    So this year's goals are:

    1. Lose the last 6 or 7 pounds to get to 170.
    2. Run 1000 miles in 2014
    3. Run a 5K below 22:00
    4. Run a 10K (no pace goal)
    5. Drink less
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Posts: 10,217
    See if I can manage this whole procreation debacle. :P
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  • FrankieGFrankieG Posts: 9,100
    know1 wrote:
    I set out to lose 20 lbs in 2013 and I lost 30. I also picked up running as a habit.

    So this year's goals are:

    1. Lose the last 6 or 7 pounds to get to 170.
    2. Run 1000 miles in 2014
    3. Run a 5K below 22:00
    4. Run a 10K (no pace goal)
    5. Drink less

    I love how quantifiable you made these. The 1000 miles in 2014 would really impress me.
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    FrankieG wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    I set out to lose 20 lbs in 2013 and I lost 30. I also picked up running as a habit.

    So this year's goals are:

    1. Lose the last 6 or 7 pounds to get to 170.
    2. Run 1000 miles in 2014
    3. Run a 5K below 22:00
    4. Run a 10K (no pace goal)
    5. Drink less

    I love how quantifiable you made these. The 1000 miles in 2014 would really impress me.


    Yep - the key to goals is to make them less ambiguous.

    I figure I can run 20 miles per week, but it is aggressive. I did cheat just a bit and started counting the miles during the very last part of December. That will give me just a bit of a cushion.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • FrankieGFrankieG Posts: 9,100
    know1 wrote:
    FrankieG wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    I set out to lose 20 lbs in 2013 and I lost 30. I also picked up running as a habit.

    So this year's goals are:

    1. Lose the last 6 or 7 pounds to get to 170.
    2. Run 1000 miles in 2014
    3. Run a 5K below 22:00
    4. Run a 10K (no pace goal)
    5. Drink less

    I love how quantifiable you made these. The 1000 miles in 2014 would really impress me.


    Yep - the key to goals is to make them less ambiguous.

    I figure I can run 20 miles per week, but it is aggressive. I did cheat just a bit and started counting the miles during the very last part of December. That will give me just a bit of a cushion.

    What date did you start to cheat? Just get to 1000 by that date in 2014 :lol: Easier said than done..

    For some reason my goal of 'go to the gym everyday after work' seems lesser of a good idea now. :lol:
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,835
    1. Have more sex.

    2. Don't have any more kids.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,144
    I am going to dunk in 2014 :)

    Last time I did it was high school :oops:
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,835
    dankind wrote:
    1. Have more sex.

    2. Don't have any more kids.
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I am going to dunk in 2014 :)

    Last time I did it was high school :oops:

    3. Block SVRDhand13's dunk.

    Last time I did it was freshman year of college. Vs. had just come out.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • NamiNami Posts: 5,995
    dankind wrote:
    1. Have more sex.

    2. Don't have any more kids.

    :lol:

    Mine
    1) eat healthier
    2) drink less
    3) stop smoking cigars
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,144
    dankind wrote:
    dankind wrote:
    1. Have more sex.

    2. Don't have any more kids.
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I am going to dunk in 2014 :)

    Last time I did it was high school :oops:

    3. Block SVRDhand13's dunk.

    Last time I did it was freshman year of college. Vs. had just come out.

    I see you live in Brooklyn. My dunk will most likely occur in Queens :lol:.
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,835
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    dankind wrote:
    dankind wrote:
    1. Have more sex.

    2. Don't have any more kids.
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I am going to dunk in 2014 :)

    Last time I did it was high school :oops:

    3. Block SVRDhand13's dunk.

    Last time I did it was freshman year of college. Vs. had just come out.

    I see you live in Brooklyn. My dunk will most likely occur in Queens :lol:.

    Oh, it's on!
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    To not go blind trying to use the new forum...
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  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Loss weight, make / save money...and move to a bigger better home.
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,144
    Anyone give up already? :))
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    To stop peeing in the coffee pot at work.
  • FrankieGFrankieG Posts: 9,100
    FrankieG wrote: »
    For some reason my goal of 'go to the gym everyday after work' seems lesser of a good idea now. :lol:

    Well I did do a couple weeks of the Insanity workout in January 2013, but that ended quickly...

    For next year's bump, I want to have written a couple decent songs on guitar, and be able to cover alot more.
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