HTer Goals '25 Edition

[MThuntr]

Time for '25 goals now that we're getting to the end of '24.

For me it was an absolute shitshow that ended in the worst of ways. All goals that I had early started out great but midyear family health issues took over and I lost all progress by living in hotels/hospitals and stress eating Casey's Breakfast Pizza. I also dabbled in WAY TOO MUCH beer which I've already reduced. So for 2025, I need to lose a solid 50lbs but will push for more into 2026. I also need to figure out what is going with my right knee. I'm pretty sure it's related to my fatassery but there could be something else that triggers absolutely excruciating pain. Now that the majority of the family health issues are over, I should be able to get back into the gym and focus on clean eating.

I accepted a promotion that I'm waiting for the official paperwork to finish (silly holidays are slowing it) so I'll have significantly less field time and much less time sleeping on the ground so I'll be more interested in doing that on the weekends and getting in more backpacking. I think another Spartan Race is on the docket as well.

 

[Nick87]

It's crazy how fast you can fall off. Going into the fall I was in the best physical shape I've been in years, possibly ever. Holidays came and I've rolled back down the hill. Need to get back after it after the first of the year. Unreal how much better I felt especially when eating healthier.

 

[Nameless Range]

Reading both my 2023 goals and 2024 goals, I didn't attain them, but continued to head in the right direction. At the beginning of Covid I was in my mid 30s - 5'8" and nearly 270 pounds. A real low of hating myself. Now at 40 I'm 225 and still a tub but less of one.

Last year I lost about 10 pounds on net, but gained muscle. Put 300 up on the bench for the first time since I was 20, did a 15 ft rope climb for the first time in my life, and had a hunting season where hikes that used to level me and take a day or two to recover from were something I could do multiple days in a row without issue.

Consistency accumulates and it's all about the longward trend, though if I weighed myself this morning there's probably about 10 pounds of lefse and beer retention from the last few days. In 2025 I want to be better at:

1. Getting to the gym 4 times a week.
2. Writing down the day's meals ahead of time and sticking to that plan (about 2600 cal/day - which is about a 500 cal deficit) Writing my meal plan out daily is the number one habit I can identify that keeps me in check in terms of nutrition.I've filled a couple notebooks in the last couple years doing so.
3. Cutting back on caffeine. I probably consume 300-400 mgs a day. Just an addict I guess. But would like that to be something closer to 200.
4. Wear sunscreen. I just rarely do. Love the feel of a sunburn and look of a tan, but it's stupid.

 

[Gellar]

2024 went well for me. Still lots to improve on. I felt good climbing and carrying weight. I started with a goal of 2000 pushups and body weight squats and hiking 50 miles per month around July I kicked it in gear and and did double those numbers for several months. I gained 2 pounds in 2024 from 210 up to 212 but I had to click the belt one notch tighter so I think that’s good. After I got back from AK I’ve been a bum, but now it’s time to get it going again.

Goals for 2025 are going to be:
-3000 push-ups and body weight squats per month
-hike 720 miles or average 60 per month or average 2 miles per day
-3 sets of 12 reps 2 times a week of general strength training like curls, press, extension, dumbbell rows
-mobility and flexibility

 

[Wildabeest]

2025 will be a rebuilding year for me. Was on the sidelines for anything physical for much of 2024 due to health issues. Got a new ankle a few weeks ago, and looking forward to getting back to a more active regiment, albeit the pace I can get there is still TBD. It’ll be nice just to be able to take the dog for a walk again. My goal is to simply be able to get into the woods in some capacity by fall.

 

[MThuntr]

1. Getting to the gym 4 times a week.
2. Writing down the day's meals ahead of time and sticking to that plan (about 2600 cal/day - which is about a 500 cal deficit) Writing my meal plan out daily is the number one habit I can identify that keeps me in check in terms of nutrition.I've filled a couple notebooks in the last couple years doing so.
3. Cutting back on caffeine. I probably consume 300-400 mgs a day. Just an addict I guess. But would like that to be something closer to 200.
4. Wear sunscreen. I just rarely do. Love the feel of a sunburn and look of a tan, but it's stupid.

These are solid, easy objectives. Meal Prep and consistency worked for me before and then I got to where I wanted to be and stopped. 5 years later, I'm almost back to where I was. I'm not a fan of the same thing too often. Example: today was Christmas leftovers for the 3rd time and I'm over it.

Any protein goals? At 2600 cal/day you could easily get the magical 200gr per day if you wanted.

 

[David58]

Goals for 2025...

1. Drop 50#. Know how to do it, just have to. My back problems are front-related. My metabolism, when I am fit, calls for less than 2000/day. Got to get back to clean eating, no sugar, less bread, and [cough-cough] a lot less beer.
2. Get moved. Idaho is calling, it is time. Just have to find that house.
3. Retire. I have failed retirement, but March 1 is basically the confluence of my Full Retirement Age and my crossing the eligibility finish line for retirement health care access. Need to get at it once 3/1 arrives.
4. Get the dogs and me fit again. Our girl Airedale was a full day runner, part of the tailing off is due to age but mostly to me not getting her out in the woods. The more woods running she does, the more hiking I do.
5. Fish, hunt, shoot, hike, play with grandkids - all those things that are opposite of work.

Not usually much of a goals guy, more of a survive-the-moment fella. That has to change so maybe my ticket out of here is postponed a while...

David
NM -> ID soon

 

[Nameless Range]

These are solid, easy objectives. Meal Prep and consistency worked for me before and then I got to where I wanted to be and stopped. 5 years later, I'm almost back to where I was. I'm not a fan of the same thing too often. Example: today was Christmas leftovers for the 3rd time and I'm over it.

Any protein goals? At 2600 cal/day you could easily get the magical 200gr per day if you wanted.

For many months, I shot for the 1 gr of protein per pound of your ideal body weight (lbs) per day, which was around 200. Somedays I pulled it off by pounding a premier protein before bed, but more often than not I was getting to about 180 gr protein/day.

Because part of my meal planning effort is really just eating one of 2 possible meals for breakfast, one of 3 possible meals for lunch, and one of 5 possible meals for dinner (if you're reading this and it sounds boring, it's really not and chances are you are doing it anyway), I kind of quit counting grams for simplicity's sake just knowing that I'll end up around 180 or so most days. Much as I want to maintain or build muscle, more than anything I want to lose body fat and that's the lifelong struggle.

 

[duckhunt]

Just signed in to mtn tough. Starting the workouts in the morning.

 

[johnp]

Lost about 50 lbs in 2024 , not real sure because I was too embarrassed to weigh myself at the start. My goal for 2025 is to not find it again.
Also to get another chance at the big buck I arrowed in the scapula.

 

[jryoung]

It's bad when you don't meet your expectations.....worse when your expectations are terribly low. Lots of good in 2024, my health wasn't one of them. My "old man shit" is really kicking in and that was a result of sitting at a desk too much.

The extra helping of crazy at the office is hopefully subsiding. I have access to all the things to be running tip top, and I just need to make time this year. Need to match exercise with treatments.

Goals:
Lower my RER
Lower my body fat to 15-16%
More weighted pack hikes and resistance training
Listen to my wife and take all the things I'm supposed to.

 

[Maverick1]

Goal: kill an elk with the bow. Anything less is a failure. Keep it simple.

 

[Shed God]

Find a huge set of elk sheds public land

 

[Irrelevant]

'24 goals were half assed. Turns out running a "fast" marathon is a lot harder than I thought. Also even mundane goals like 100 pushups a day are brutal. That much repetition is hard for my brain.

'25 goals:
3 - half marathons
Weighted rucking 1/week
Mountain biking 1/week
Break a sweat every day (totally not going to happen, but it's still a good goal)

 

[ismith]

My goal is to hunt at least one of the drainages I hunted when I was a kid and to kill the first buck, I see that my adolescent self would have pulled the trigger on.

 

[Shed God]

Go after it. Memories

 

[duckhunt]

I started with the first mtn tough video (entry level body weight on ramp) this morning. Holy crap am I out of shape. To be honest I caved before the end of the video. Tomorrow I'm going to do the same video and try to complete.

 

[Wild Bill]

I started with the first mtn tough video (entry level body weight on ramp) this morning. Holy crap am I out of shape. To be honest I caved before the end of the video. Tomorrow I'm going to do the same video and try to complete.

Showing up is half the battle!

 

[Wild Bill]

I don't have any specific goals besides just kinda maintain status quo.

I've been at a healthy and consistent weight for probably the last 5 or 6 years. I could definitely stand to lose 7-10 lbs, but I think that would take some major effort.
I get to the gym usually 3-4 days a week and usually get a couple 15 minute walks in at work during break. Gym is usually a mixture of weight lifting and cardio machines. I'm planning on getting a little heavier into the weights and hopefully put on a little muscle while cutting a little fat.

 

[Arcola]

I started with the first mtn tough video (entry level body weight on ramp) this morning. Holy crap am I out of shape. To be honest I caved before the end of the video. Tomorrow I'm going to do the same video and try to complete.

Did the same to prep for my ‘24 elk hunt. Similar results. I actually did the first one for five days before going to the second. Stick with it, you’ll enjoy it.