Need some serious advice from fitness gurus

[mi75 1,235]

So, I am dealing with regain. I have truly refocused and ready to get started again. Seeing a new surgeon this week (changed insurance=changed docs). I am really out of shape (again) but have ordered the Beachbody program Slim in 6 to just get me started and motivated.

I have really gotten inspired in the past couple of weeks watching the American Ninja Warrior finals, and seeing a friend of mine compete in their first fitness/body building competition.

I have the personality that if I have a SPECIFIC goal I stay motivated. I am not a runner at ALL anymore (sustained a leg injury a few years back and have multiple rods in my leg) so couch-to-runner programs aren't for me, nor do any sort of walking marathons, etc. interest me.

I am looking for something that is going to give me a specific goal. Not sure what.

Any suggestions from the fitness world people?

THANKS!

[B-52 7,113]

I never really set specific goals in the classic sense....my goals build upon themselves, they progress.

For instance, if I go to the gym today and do 30 minutes at resistance 15 on the elliptical, then tomorrow there is no excuse why I can't do it again...I did it yesterday, I can do it again. When I first started I would not go past a setting of 3, and 20 minutes would kill me.

You can call that a goal I suppose...a week or two at a setting of 15, I find myself increasing that to say 16...now there is no reason I can't do a setting of 16, I did it yesterday, and the day before that, I can do it today...and every day...before you know it I am raising the bar again, until I find the elliptical boring and I move to the treadmill and the process starts all over again with walking......eventually, over time, building on goals set the day before, I find myself running...it wasn't a goal I set out to do, it just eventually happened because over time it built upon itself....

Then you feel good, awarded that you've accomplished something...and you can't help but want to go back for more of that rewarded feeling....THAT's MOTIVATION....you become addicted.

I don't know if that makes sense....but as people say, start small and build.

And that is what I am doing.

And I always tell myself I am there not to win competitions, but to BURN FAT.

FAT KILLS!!!!

"use it or lose it" and "Never go backwards"

You got to get out there and "Just Do It!" Start somewhere, anywhere, and don't go back.

The summer has been tough on me....too many family cook outs, ball games and lazy days at the beach...all with too much beer. But I did not gain any weight. Just out of shape.

I'm back on the elliptical, but it will build and eventually back on the treadmill, and then back to running.

[swimbikerun 1,039]

There is gym/machines free weights. Have you checked any of the classes to see if things can be modified for you? Swimming. Biking?

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I am not a fitness guru, but I am a huge fan of swimming: laps, Water aerobics classes, water weights, water walking, etc. There is something for all levels of fitness.