How fit do you want to get in September 2016?

[popgreen]

I first typed in "How much weight do you want to lose" and then quickly realized that people need to get fit rather than losing weight. Just because you are thin and have a great body doesn't mean that you can eat all the junk food and still be healthy.

[snowangle]

I want to run 2k without stopping! I did 2k today, but I had to take one water break and two brief walking breaks.

I've been on a health kick for about a month and a half now. Running, some weight training, and calorie watching. Before, I could run maybe 30 seconds without stopping and now I can run 8 minutes (still isn't much, but hey it's an improvement lol). I've lost 5 pounds total, but I'm convinced I gained a bit in muscle since I'm noticeably thinner. And I use My Fitness Pal to log my calories - it allows me about 1300/day (more if I exercise). And I don't feel deprived because I allow myself something sweet almost every day -ice cream usually. I won't stick with it otherwise lol!

[popgreen]

Wow this is an inspiration for me :)

[Mydnite]

Just continuing to work on getting a bit more cut.
https://i.imgur.com/PfIUy2N.jpg

[snowangle]

Dang girl!

[Mydnite]

@snowangle ha! thanks :*

[FingerDancer]

OP, I totally agree with you but the problem is, we are headed into the last quarter of the year which traditionally in the USA is loaded with banquets, candies, and all sorts of junk food we do not normally partake upon the remainder of the year.

Keeping fit is the ideal solution rather than crash diets. How do we prepare to educate people? LOL

Just my opinion

[Decentguy]

i just had my cheat meal today, i ate 1 fried chicken breast and 1 chicken zinger burger with cheese and fries and 1 chicken steak with fries.
see what i did there? :D

[popgreen]

:D we all cheat with our meals once a while.

[Decentguy]

haha yeah :D

[BeerFarts]

I've been fit since I started working out hardcore in 2002. I plan on continuing that trend in September, 2016 and beyond :)

[popgreen]

I have just started working out and i feel so active and energetic all day long.

[babeeeone]

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This by the end of the month

[popgreen]

Me Too!

[Alex88F]

super fit! like never before. i swore to myself im gonna gain (yeah, gain in muscles) 20 kilos or so!
wish me luck

[popgreen]

go for it :) good luck

[Alex88F]

thaxya :D !

[Anonymous]

I'm someone who is trying to gain weight. I workout anyways so it's not like I'll make huge improvements in just one month.

[popgreen]

No you won't. Gaining or losing weight takes time. Are you going to the gym where the trainer can tell you which exercises and what to eat in order to gain muscle?

[Opinion Owner]

I don't use a trainer. But I have a good workout regiment and I've researched what someone with my body type and metabolism should eat. I eat like a mammoth.

[Opinion Owner]

I've already gained over at least 10lb of muscle though in the last year since I weigh more than 10lbs heavier than I did last year at working out but my waistline has shrunk so I know it's not fat.

[popgreen]

Thats awesome. You should also drink a protein+carb drink before, during, and after your training. It will help replenish the sugar stores and help restore your proteins (proteins are also broken down and rebuilt with every training session and after that).

[Anonymous]

I want to get healthy AF! I've been working out every other morning at 5:30am going for runs or doing HIIT or taking dance classes. Started in earnest Jan 1 with the goal to get as fit as I can by Dec 31.

[meatballs21]

Still in summer cardio mode, lots of outdoor walking and cycling and swimming. Next month will start going to the gym more often for weights again.

[MadeInAmerica]

I'm fine with how I look and how I eat even if it's described as healthy or not.

[Megabeauty]

I don't exercise other than just taking walks and going to actual doc prescribed physical therapy. I'm skinny but am not tone at all. I should try to tone up, I'm skinny-fat

[rgb008]

Just continue being healthy and exercising daily.
Always keeping my calves chiseled lmao

[Lyndsielee666]

I'd rather be 90 pounds and eat as much as I want lmfao

[popgreen]

This is all girls' dream but alas... some of us (including me) do not have that privilege.

[Anonymous]

so that I can easily do 30 push ups again (currently 25, at my best time I was far above 100)

[Lovegirls22]

Typically people in high school have one hour of gym each day. I'm gonna try and lose 30 pounds myself but asthma doesn't help :(

[Anonymous]

as fit as i was in August 2016.

[Anonymous]

Junk food still has nutrients. I think some starving kids in Africa wouldn't mind eating your Poptarts.

[KittieCat]

It also clogs your arteries and increases risk of stroke, cancer, heart attack, and diabetes.

[Opinion Owner]

@KittieCat you're such a naive child

[KittieCat]

Ikr fesh out of the womb.

[KittieCat]

fresh**

[popgreen]

@KittieCat You are right

[KittieCat]

@asker Thanks lol

[Opinion Owner]

Obviously eating chicken and fish is healthier. But when you have to fit 3k calories into your diet, its hard to do that with clean food. Junk isn't necessarily bad, unless you're a couch potato. We can place a lot of our health problems from not getting enough physical activity.

[KittieCat]

3k healthy calories is not that difficult, avocados and nuts become your best friend. (Of course in moderation)

[Opinion Owner]

@KittieCat 3k calories is probably x3 what you eat.

[KittieCat]

More like 1.7 or 2

[Opinion Owner]

@KittieCat yeah so shut up

[KittieCat]

What lol

[Opinion Owner]

@KittieCat eat 3k calories a day and tell me its easy. Some dudes eat up to 4k a day.

[KittieCat]

It wouldn't be easy initially since I'm not used to it, but after awhile I'd be fine

[Opinion Owner]

@KittieCat then go do it.

[KittieCat]

Don't wanna gain weight

[Opinion Owner]

@KittieCat then be quiet

[KittieCat]

... lol?

[Opinion Owner]

Put up or shut up

[KittieCat]

Because proving that I can eat 3k healthy calories is totally difficult and will change the world

[Opinion Owner]

@KittieCat no but it will prove you're not a bullshiter

[KittieCat]

Because I would totally lie about whether I could eat that many. What would I gain from that lol

[Opinion Owner]

@KittieCat my respect

[Zanecyber]

i want to get stronger bruh

[Anonymous]

actually if you have a fast metabolism, you can

[ProbablyTooMature]

Not even close to true. You can be tiny and have crap health. A high metabolism doesn't mean healthy.

[Opinion Owner]

a high metabolism means you don't gain weight easily. you should be in good health at least stomach wise. i dont know whatever the hell else you have, and thats your own problem

[ProbablyTooMature]

You just have shit reading comprehension, right? That's what it is? Because you're arguing a point no one is trying to make. It is possible to be unhealthy regardless of your size, despite your assertion to the contrary.

[Opinion Owner]

when is being "ideal shape", unhealthy?

[ProbablyTooMature]

"In" ideal shape? Is that what you mean?

You're right, no athletes or marathon runners have ever had heart attacks or anything.

[Opinion Owner]

maybe they over did it, but it wasn't from how they are, physically

[ProbablyTooMature]

... I'm done with you. You can't even coherently argue a point.

[Opinion Owner]

just sayin'