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5 Years ago I managed to give up smoking for new years, but that6 was my last major success. Been promising to drink less, exercise more, save money and get thinner every year since and am fatter and poorer every year.
But this year might be different, want to cut down the drinking, give up the take aways, from there the money and weight should look after themselves
Ushering in the Kingdom of God, and losing some weight.
My resolution is to not make any resolutions.
Go camping a bit more.
Get back into playing in a band.
Get rich or die tryin'
To eat less rubbish.
I do plenty of exercise and we usually eat healthy meals. Its the snacks that are the problem.
My resolution is to give up making promises that I can't keep
Just simply to cut dead wood from my life, people you've always been there for but get nothing in return..
Apart from that nothing but enjoy life and ride the same amount, just enough to stop the wifey from bobbeting me in my sleep
To pick up at least one piece of litter every day.
I made this resolution on the way into 2018 and completely failed to achieve it. The sentiment is good though, so I'm going to try again in 2019.
I quit my caffeine (diet coke) habit in 2018. Some of the residual low level anxiety/anxious thoughts that I had completely disappeared after around 6 weeks. So very chuffed with that.
1) In 2019 I’m going to try the 16:8 intermittent fasting plan. Hopefully this will stop me snacking in the evening and I will loose some weight.
2) Get fit. Do more sports, running, cycling, gym and hiking.
Op - why don't you give yourself days where you can have a takeaway or drink as it just seems like you'll set yourself up for failure. If you eat take away twice a week and drink 3 times why not promise yourself a curry and beer after you've had a good ride at the weekend. There's an adnams ghost ship 0.5% is good if you like the taste of beer without the after effects.
I was going to complete my plan for a global tyranny and wreak havoc on an unsuspecting world, but to be honest after this year that all seems a bit passé, so I may just try and cut down on the cheese
Already joined a gym, which I'll be attending on my lunch breaks. So this time next year I'll be ripped, bro.
so I may just try and cut down on the cheese
Is that really gonna be more feasible? I've seen your Instagram.
Mine is to annoy less grammar pedants.
(ok it was someone else's first)
Eat less meat. Partially health based but mainly because I'm increasingly aware of concerns about the environmental impact and I probably eat too much red meat anyway so I'm going to give it a go. Not sure I could go full veggie but I'm certainly going to give more thought about it.
* Have fun!
* Continue with 2018 goals- find breeding partner and get a home together
* Ride the ~185km from London to parents in one go.
* Outdoors weekends away from London hiking and biking.
* Do some mtb racing.
* <1hr20m in London Triathlon (sprint distance)
* Bench press body weight (75kg), dead lift 2x body weight, 2 min plank.
* Only 1 coffee per day.
* Cut down on internet (online chess, news and porn LOL) and TV.
* >8 hours sleep per night.
* Take nephew to Cannock Chase trails [scheduled for late Feb]
* @edd - great! when I see River and Canals Trust volunteers picking up litter on the canal towpaths I always stop to say thanks and always think I should be doing that too.
Not a resolution as such but my key word from tomorrow is "Focus" of my time broken into family/work/bike and focusing on that element mindfully when in that zone.
More of a focus on being a "cleaner" athlete also.
Get my (lack of) sleep situation sorted.
The usual cut back on booze, get fitter, ride more, and eat betterer.
My new year's resolution is 1920x1200.
I really ought to get back on my bike(s) after a few years off. My brain has started to think in terms of places to go, trips I’d planned (but never got around too) and long distance over night routes.
Ive been waiting for this moment 🥳
I will also surf more, I had a great early 2018, but this time I’m going to travel with my boards as well.
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Make more progress on overcoming my eating issues - explore more fruit, and try some salad.
2018s wasn't so much a resolution as a commitment to turn my life around.
Working a 5on 5off rotation in africa was not conducive to a stable life in either relationships nor fitness.i was feeling like a ticking timebomb following in my dad's footsteps in terms of working my self into a young heart attacks.
Got my self a job back in the UK with my cycle commute back. Still go offshore but much less often and much shorter trips -to much nicer places.
Dropped 12kg and 4 inches off the waist
Pb'd in my 5k and 10k running times.
Started racing bikes competitively again after 10 years away from the pointy end and getting positive results.
2019 already has big news and further life changes that some folk I now well on here already know about but I also want to capitalise on the progress/changes I've made this year.
Same as every years. Don't bother with them.
My new year’s resolution is 1920×1200
4K is where the smart kids are now!
Spend less time on forums.
Ah...
The whole Gym / Diet / quitting thing is a bit too chiched for me, but there’s nothing like a new calendar and a bit off time off work to help you think is there?
Last few years have been graft to be honest, but the hard work really paid off last year, my head is right 95% of the time now, work is going places again and home life is good but could be better.
For me 2019 is dual purpose, I’ve got loads I want to achieve in work and I finally feel I’ve got the minerals to do it, that’ll probably mean I won’t be spending hours a day on STW, which is fair.
Homelife is going to be less servitude and more fun for me, Youngest is much less work and my little buddy now and I’m going to stop spending my evenings staring at my phone whilst intermittently looking up at crap TV because the kids are in bed, I’m not needing to dive into nappy changes at a moments notice nor help with bedtime, I’m going to get out of the house a bit more.
Managed to lose the post broken spine weight in 2018, put a bit on over Xmas, but it's not fat. Planning riding more again now my back is getting better (3 years since breaking it). Planning on not working my ass off and taking more 'half days' off to get in a quick circuit of Llandegla on the way to our caravan for weekends.
Doing a mainly dry January (except my birthday and later this week as we have a night away) as it's a good way to shed the Xmas weight.
Is vowing to take an early morning ride once a week when the sun comes back a bit too ‘obviously forgotten within a week’ New Years thing?
I really fancy it, I used to get up early once a week for a swim but had to stop when Baby came, but I fancy a 6am start and get an hour in before the school run sounds like a great way to start the day.
I'm currently recovering from heart surgery so my resolutions are easy.
1. Ride my bike off road again (prob a few months away once my chest has healed)
2. Exercise. Nothing major, just build up to walks and then hikes in The Lakes etc. (again prob a while away)
I made a resolution years ago not to make new year resolutions, and I’ve managed to stick with it.
My new years resolution is to give up sexual innuendos, it's going to be extremely hard. . . .
I never bother with them either but this time last year I sort of decided that I was just going to go out and enjoy all my rides. I'd got into the mindset that I had to do 20+ miles every ride and completely trash myself trying to beat all my Strava times, I did less miles last year but enjoyed myself a lot more.
I normally have half a dozen gym / fitness related goals each year, don't always achieve them as injuries often mean I have to slack off on some of them for too long.
Not quite worked out the set for 2019, but so far:
Perfect 30 sec L-sit on rings (I can do it now but form is mediocre). Rings Turned out Hold would be nice, but will probably take over a year to get that part alone.
Strict muscle up on rings, had a year off bent arm pulling due to tendonitis, so starting from a low base pulling wise. Main challenge will be increasing load without re-agrivating my elbows.
Chongo mount on the slackline and walking backwards on the slack line.
1. fart fewer farts
2. drink less, except when somebody else is paying
3. use the tyres I have instead of buying more
4. ignore the weather
5. face tatt
6. stop posting insincere responses on stw.
3. use the tyres I have instead of buying more
Word!
I've now kind-of hit on options that work for me in all conditions, so can I make it through 2019 without buying a single new tyre?
Waiting to move into my first house so fix that up without getting into debt.
16:8 intermittent fasting plan
More exercise (going to try that p90x)
I resolved to become a fervent Brexiter and cut down my Internet time. On the basis of my efforts on here today I've already failed on both counts.
fart fewer farts
Why? Farting is one of life's essential treats.
Fart fewer farts, but make those I do produce really count.
I have three new year resolutions:
1) Eat more varieties of cheese than just cheddar and stilton.
2) Drink stout more often (easy - I had my first stout in ages on Christmas eve eve and had forgotton how tasty it was)
3) Get back to pre-fatherhood fitness (I worry that resolutions 1 & 2 may be incompatible with this)
Not a resolution as such but this year we'll have more free time so will be out on the bike more, kitesurf more and get away in the van more (so we can kite and bike in different places). Probably walk up a few more hills too.
Mine is to do more than 1 XC race this year, i set out with all the best intentions and then seem to just end up doing 1...
I've got a few weight/fitness goals and targets, but they're general ones, not NYResolutions.
I am aiming to challenge myself more this year. Doing the Jennride on Sunday which is right out of my comfort zone (the riding isn't although the climbing and distance may be a challenge) but actually attending an event and pushing myself to do stuff rather than making up excuses. Aim is to do the Jennride up in the Lakes in the summer. So everything else is about having the right level of fitness!
- Get back on 16:8. It worked well a couple of years ago so need to get back on it.
- Less beer
- More running. Lots of it.
- Complete the Great North Run (ideally under 2hrs). Ballot entries just opened...