i know that we still have just under a week left of april, but i am so excited about may and my goals and exercise. i have revisited my exercise routine and am looking forward to it and have both my workout plan and my goals for the month pinned right next to the computer monitor.

what are your goals for may? whether they be fitness related or school - whatever!

here are mine.

• 1000 minutes exercise for May
• 100oz water per day
• Lose 10lbs
• Monitor (log in Calorie King) and stay under my calorie goal daily
• NO FOOD AFTER 8.00PM!
• Remember to take a multivitamin daily
• Take lunch to work 4 days per week
• Continue to be SMOKE FREE!
• Take the time to relax and reflect inwards

: feeling positive!

Im with you on the May goals!! May is a very busy month for me and I want to look the best I can! Here are my goals below:

-Have a great 22nd Birthday !! (May 11th)
-Lose 10 pounds to reach 135 pounds!!
-Don't eat after 7:30pm (I go to bed at 9:00pm)
-Drink more water while exercising
-Do at least 100 sit ups/day (I need to tone my stomach the most)
-Get into a size 6!!

May is going to bring huge changes... I'm moving to Washington DC, I'm moving back in with my dad for the summer, I'm starting a new job, and (worst of all) I'm saying goodbye to my fiance for what looks like 18 months. This is going to be tough.

-Now that I'm actually at 195 again, I want to make it to the 180's before the end of May
-Keep up with water -- have been slacking lately. At least 64oz/day
-Logging food on FitDay will get difficult because I'm about to have really sketchy internet access for three months, so I'll say I just need to keep a good eye out on what I'm eating and try as much as I can to stay under 1600 cals.
-Try running a few times
-Find a way to exercise in my new environment
-Not go crazy/not get depressed/try to stay positive

May Goals

This month I turn 25 (May 21) and I really feel like it is a turning point in my life. I am not in the shape I want to be. So this month I am going to kick it into high gear as far as the gym goes. I am going for

• 1300 minutes of exercise
• 64 oz of water per day
• Completing a whole month of my running program
• running outside at least one day a week
• logging all my food GOOD or BAD into fitday
• Taking care of myself and putting more pride into my appearance

I have had an amazing April as far as workouts go. But due to slacking in other areas I have not lost the weight I wanted. I shall perservere though...almost a new month, and today is a new day right?

My may goals

-Try to RUN as much as I can
-Exercise even when i dont want to
-Loose about 5lbs, give or take. WEll basically ill be happy if i loose ANYTHING.
-Keep my calorie intake around 1300 calories
-Drink MORE WATER
-Do 800 minutes this time!
-Start doing situps and trying to do pushups!

What a great thread! Hope you don't mind if I jump in here!

May Goals:

-Keep tv down to 1.5 hours a day max
-Drink lots of water
-Walk the dog EVERY day!
-Complete 3 gym workouts & 1 swim workout a week

Hoping everyone is successful!

i probably met April Goals, but I wasn't as good as I wanted to be with logging it.

My May Goals:

• Log in 1200 minutes of working out (60 minutes x 5 days x4 weeks)
• Track food in my Fitday AND my binder
• Get in 64 oz. of water
• Work on the transition to being a vegetarian
• Work on eating fruits and veggies instead of reaching for carbs
• Get serious about tracking my WW points (not just ballpark estimates).

2 litres H2O a day
Revise and pass exams
get down to 121lbs @end of May

This is a great thread! And the timing is great. It's time to start thinking about May!

May Goals:

• Break 160
• Increase long runs to 40 min
• Cover more miles during 30 min inverval workouts
• Start running outdoors
• Focus on portion control
• Add jumping rope to my cardio routine

Goals...Hmmmm

~ Weight wise, I don't even know, my weight loss is totally slow right now (I am weighing less than I ever have since before high school and my body is really fightint it), but I would love to see 139 by the end of May!!!

~ Exercise wise, I am not doing minute goals anymore, but I want to get 3 days of lifting in along with at least that many days of cardio and continue to do Pilates on my own even though class is ending.

~ Food wise, I don't even know where to start, seems lately it's been either too much or too little. Goals are to log food in fit day, not over eat and try not to starve myself either.

~ Water wise, just keep drinking at least 2 liters and up.

Just two big ones...

-- When my calorie count reaches 1500 STOP EATING (unless I am starving, of course!!)
-- Weigh in at 140 pounds

Yay for you! Let me know if you need any help or support with these.

I'm heading for Costa Rica June 4, so I am going to go balls to the wall in May to get myself in peak form! Also this will be the first time my sisters and cousin will see me since I've lost weight, so it will be a surprise

So specifically, my May goals:

• Get a stability ball (I’ve got a few on my watch list on eBay) and up my pilates/yoga to 3 days a week minimum. I need to whip those core muscles into shape.
• Get acquainted with my new rollerblades (I heart eBay)
• Do lower body strength training (squats/lunges/step ups) at least 1 x /week
• Try spinning class at least once
• Keep up the good eating and don’t slack so much on the weekends
• No more than 2 beers/glasses of wine a week. I mean it!

Hopefully I will get into that other pair of 14s I got at Old Navy a few weeks ago.

Good luck everyone!

I'll likely be seeing a bunch of my friends Memorial Day weekend, and I haven't seen most of these people since last May, and if I can lose 10 pounds this month it'll be 50 pounds lost since they last laid eyes on me!

But I've been slacking off on my eating so my real goal is to get back on track and make it happen again.

Chicagoposter - wow, we have a few of the same goals

*no red meat at all (I to am on my way to being a vegetarian).
*have 3 days a week being entirely meatless.
*I opened a fitday account, my goal is to USE it every single day.
*get to the gym (or workout) 4 days a week (at least).
*lose 2 pounds a week.

I haven't thought about my May goals yet, but I'll still post and just edit them in later.

I started an eating/diet plan on April 23, and I'd like to do it for two or three weeks, so that'll go well into May. Sticking with it for 3 weeks would be great, so I guess I should make that one of the goals.
After I'm done with that, I want to keep a detailed food log.

Exercise, especially running, and weight loss are important as well. And I think I'll be looking at fixing my sleep routine, right now I'm staying up later than I should and WANT.

I think I should aim to write in my diary more often, as a way of dealing with every day stresses and all the different feelings and emotions that accumulate. That would be a good way to avoid emotional eating.

And a very very VERY important goal: on May 17th, I want to wear a skirt and a top which I last wore on that day in 2004 (I have a dated picture). I was on my way up the scale already, having gone from 110s to 130 pounds. But at that point my clothes still fit, even though some were not very comfortable. So being able to wear the same clothes two years later is very symbolic to me.

Week 1 update (May 8): I am very happy with my eating and water intake, and happy with exercise, though I wish I had done more yoga. Sleep routine is improving as well.
Things to work on harder: journalling, more yoga, spend less time lazing about.