Short-term goals?

[Guest guest]

I'll give you an example of a few short-term, one-week goals.

My goals this week are:

-to follow my nutritional plan each day as outlined the night before

-to complete all workouts each day as planned the night before

-to study for my Tuesday exam on Monday night.

-to remember to take my Betagen after each workout

-to wake up on time on Wednesday, which is a 1/2 hour earlier than usual, for my morning cardio workout. (this presumes a desire to try out doing a morning cardio workout which is usually done at night. But the results will be so much better if done in the morning)

Try that out. What do you think?

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[Guest guest]

I have seen on the Body for LIFE Success Stories 1 that

and Brunner mention setting short-term goals (like every

week).

I have set good long-term goals for my 12 weeks but I am having

a hard time trying to picture what a one-week goal would look

like.

Today is W4D1 and I think I am doing great. I am sticking to my

daily plans and am pushing my workouts pretty hard (I am just

getting over the lingering pain in my upper body from my UBWO

on Friday) so I am happy with the intensity. I am not weighing

and the last time I measured some of the measurements that

felt like they should have been less were more (kind of like how

my weighing went) so I am not too enthused to measure each

week, either. Food has been going well. I have been able to get

6 meals in each day and am really working to keep portions and

content in check (stacking with Phosphagen HP last week

pushed my calories higher for 5 days, but now I am on BetaGen,

so that should help).

So does anybody set short term goals? What are they for this

week? How do you feel that setting them has helped you?

As always, thanks in advance for your advice.

-Jeff

[Guest guest]

and Kit,

Thanks for your tips. Both of your perspectives are appreciated.

I think some combination of the two will work for me.

For me personally, I have gotten so caught up in reaching for the

end goal, it is hard to imagine anything closer. I guess I have

had some daily goals. Like today, I did my LBWO and it was

Monday, I wasn't quite 100% there, so although I hit at least

2-10s, I totally missed the second set 12 on my Hams. No

wonder I got done so early?! So I am intent on putting my all into

my next LBWO on Friday. Being sure I really push myself to the

limits has made a big difference for me so far and has been my

own almost daily mini-goal.

Thanks again, I will try to incorporate some weekly and

three-week goals.

-Jeff

[Guest guest]

See, I didn't assume that they ment that kind of

specific " results " kinds of goals, but life style

kinds of goals.

" Last week we had trouble getting enough water, so our

goal for this week is to drink a glass of water every

hour "

That kind of thing.

If you set your self weekly " results " goals I think

you will constantly be dissapointed. Fat loss and

muscle gain will not be a nice, consistent thing. One

week you might loose three pounds, the next two

nothing.

Barbara

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[Guest guest]

Barbara W [alysd38@...] wrote:

> See, I didn't assume that they ment that kind of

> specific " results " kinds of goals, but life style

> kinds of goals.

>

> " Last week we had trouble getting enough water, so our

> goal for this week is to drink a glass of water every

> hour "

>

> That kind of thing.

>

> If you set your self weekly " results " goals I think

> you will constantly be dissapointed. Fat loss and

> muscle gain will not be a nice, consistent thing. One

> week you might loose three pounds, the next two

> nothing.

agree. muscle gain is even less consistent, and practically non existant

if you are on calory restriction.

Deus

[Guest guest]

Kit Keyes [kit.keyes@...] wrote:

>

>

> No offense, but I disagree with the lack of muscle gain on calorie

> restriction. there are literally thousands of BFL examples to the contrary,

> including many in this group and including me. Kit

take the creatine out then tell me what numbers you get for fat loss

and real LBM gain and any past training and Ill listen to you.

I havnt been able to make meaningfull LBM gains except

on creatine or high calories. I spent 6 months " tweaking " BFL to gain

LBM on calory restriction and failed miserably. I have looked at many

of the LBF examples and the excuses for minimal or negative LBM gains

run ripe along the lines of the original measurment must have been wrong.

I cant belive how many times I have seen this pass even this list.

muscles require calories, lots of them, Lyle Mc I think estimated

nearly 3000 calories per pound of muscle once you take into acount

all the systems involved. muscles require an anabolic state

which is trivialy destroyed by catabolic hormones coursing through

your body under calory restriction. again I am happy to listen if

you show me examples that dont involve truck loads of creatine. creatine

adds lots of water to your system, its nice, its useful but it aint meat.

Deus

[Guest guest]

Kit Keyes [kit.keyes@...] wrote:

>

>

> It ain't water lifting the increased iron. Creatine has been out for two

> weeks and strength continues to increase, slowly but steadily and calories

> are at 2800 to 3000. You do not have to get fat to add muscle. Period.

I never said you had to get fat to add muscle, what I said was you are not

going to make any significant muscle gains while loosing significant fat.

to claim otherwise involves chemicals or some mechanism I have not read

about any where else.

also creatine can take a good couple of months and even much longer

to leave your system.

there are other factors for strength increases that dont include

gain in lean tissue. one of which of course is intramuscular leverage from

water volumisation. while strength increase is likely to be your best guide

to increased muscle mass its not conclusive.

I was under the impression you were doing BFL, monitoring portions not calories?

Deus