What Are YOUR Goals?

16 week goals:
lose 2 pounds per week
increase my raw vegetable and nuts intake
step up my exercise tempo a few notches
try to do more compound lift exercises per w.o.
enjoy that green tea a few more times daily

Hi, Need to lose at least 25 pounds but can’t do it right now since I’m having a flare up with Reiters Syndrome Arthritis. Haven not been able to exercise for two weeks but after one more week should get back to normal and start exercising again.

Reiters Syndrome Arthritis is the opposite of Rheumotoid which occurs very severe overnight and gradually clears up in six to eight weeks. I originally had it eight weeks about 30 years ago. My doctors told me I would never get any other type of arthritis and would never have the Reiters again as bad as the original episode but could have flare ups over the years. So that’s what I’m having now.

I want to lose 10 pounds and go down 1 pants size

Hey Joel,

My goal is to get into single-digit bodyfat while maintaining a weight of 165-170lbs. Currently at 172.2 lbs at 16.7% bodyfat. So I guess my true goal is to gain 7-11lbs of muscle while losing 14lbs of fat. That’s my first goal!

My second goal (once that has been achieved) is to gain 20-30lbs of muscle and take my physique to a whole ‘nuther level! I know I can achieve this with the help of guys like you, Dr. Berardi, Vince Delmonte, Nick Nilsson, Jason Ferruggia… and all the other guys proving that ectomorphs can overcome their hardgainer genetics if they have the will and the determination!

Thanks for all the great info….
Brandon
http://www.hardgainermusclebuilding.com

I would like to lose 20 kgs by the end of August.

I want to lose fat and gain muscle. That’s always been my goal since I did the BFL transformation challenge 7 years ago. I do yoga, use my bowflex, ride bikes, walk, and try to eat healthy. I’d like to weigh between 190-200 lbs and have 10% body fat.

Want to lose fat and gain muscle. Basically, I want to stay my weight (113) but lose the fat weight for muscle. I’m doing this by going to the gym, but I also want to start dieting as well to lose the fat. :)

I’m about to turn 42 and start a power yoga teacher training class at the end of August (Ashtanga style of yoga practice).
I’d like to be as much in shape as possible to start the training and need to lose some body fat. My goal is to lose between 15 to 20 pounds in 16 weeks without losing the energy I need to keep up with my yoga training.

I want to loose 7 pounds of fat and maintain my bodyweight by increasing my muscle mass.

Hi Joel,

I’m trying to lose 25-30 lbs. I’m 48 years old and fighting the whole… “I’m getting older” thing. I’d love to feel my younger, sexy more confident self. My excuse up to this point, and I know its an excuse, is that I travel. I’ve never been in a routine and eating healthy has been a bit of a challenge.

My husband is cute and says he loves me no matter what, but when I don’t love myself, I know I create issues. So there are my reasons for finding fitness.

I also have a sore knee. Any thoughts about working out when a part of your body is hurt? Should I continue to lift arm weights? What kind of cardio is possible without straining my swollen, sore knee?

Thanks for the inspirational messeages. I read them all.

In the next 16 weeks I would like to lose 40 pounds. I currently weigh 228 and am 5 feet 8. I need to begin to eat correctly and exercise also. I am 53 years old and would love to look better for the family pics this Christmas! My first grandchild will be born this week. After 30 years of marriage, my husband deserves a more sexy, trim, healthy wife. Thanks Joel.

My goal in the next 16 weeks is to lose 8 kg, develop solid abs and ad some muscle to my upper body.

Joel; my 16 week goal is to loose 20 lbs of fat and gain 10 lbs. of muscle

my goal is to be stronger, bigger, and more explosive

I am working on a walk/jog interval program…I want to be able to increase my jogs until I can jog a full mile.

My goal is to lose 25 lbs over the sixteen weeks, target weight has been entered in my planner for Oct 10.

I have really been struggling to lose fat but the process seems not going because most of the exercises you talk of are not in our gyms in our town in cameroon. Are there no other exercises that could be done in remote areas? My weight is 76 and my height is 164. It is too much for me and i look very urgly in my out fits.
try do something to help me. thanks for your help. I am from a very poor family no money to afford the work outs you prescribe.

I started on your plan June 1st and have lost 7.2 lbs so far (WOOHOO) (by the way, I sent you an email with a question, but I never got a response). My ultimate goal is to have a body fat % in the 20s or teens, and weigh whatever I need to weigh, to look healthy. I’m shooting for a size 4 (currently a size 14). I figured I have a little less than 60 lbs to go. It’s probably not a 16 week goal, as I think it will take longer, but it is nonetheless a goal! One I WILL reach this time (although sometimes it seems so far away).

Hey Joel – thanks for the good info! My goal is to spend the summer (and beyond) sticking to your recommended CheatYourWayThin eating plan and performing muscle building exercises at least 3, if not 4 days a week. That combo should keep me on the right track. If agreed to one pound a week – that would be 16 lbs. by the end, right? That’s my goal!

I currently weigh 235 am 5’7″. I want to lose about 30lbs of fat and it would be nice to maintain the muscle I currently have.

My goal is to lose a total of 100 lbs of fat. I’m thinking that my goal for 16 weeks should be 30 lbs. 10 lbs per month.

My 16 week goal is to drop 25 pounds and keep all the muscle that I have. My goal is to drop this weight in a way to keep it off so that I am able to be exactly how I want to be for my wedding.

I currently am 6″1 and weigh 157. In the next 16 weeks my goal is to gain hopefully 20+ pounds of lean muscle and develop better abs.

Hi Joel,

As you know I have lost a LOT of weight atarting at 325lbs. only a year ago and now I’m 190lbs. just using the Cheat Your Way Thin system, so I already have faith in your methods and advice. I have a new set of goals now to get as muscular as possible, and with your help I know it is possible.

My goal is to burn 60 lbs of body fat in the next 16 weeks. Let’s turn up the heat!!