Jamie & Morgan – work wives, gym-mates and The Gym LLC’s cheer squad:

Morgan’s 2018 goals:
Weight goals: Nothing specific but wants to be able to feel comfortable in a pair of shorts this summer
Nutrition goals: Eat better food in smaller portions
Other goals: get muscle mass up and more muscle definition

April Check-In:
1) Weight:
I haven't had a chance to get on the scale... but I will!
Goal shorts purchased?:
I did by some shorts.. they are a size 11/12.. I can get them on... barely and they look like undies instead of shorts! ha! so fingers crossed.. they will look decent in August!

2) Did you make your April goals?
Weight: I want it to go down.. since I haven't been weighing myself.. I can't give an exact number...
I would assume I have lost weight. I feel like my regular pants are looser.

Exercise: build up my jogging endurance. I would like to jog a 5k by the end of May, and I'm not a jogger... so this will be interesting! hahahahaha!!!
I am still working on my jogging endurance.. and I HATE jogging... so, that's still a struggle! hahaha!!

Nutrition: to continue to log my food every...single...day... and to not only meal prep for myself but also for my family. With baseball season getting into full swing this will be very helpful! It will keep us out of the drive-thru's!
My food logging did NOT go well, but my meal prepping did better than the month before!

3) What are your May goals:
Weight:
To continue to loose weight and gain muscles!

Exercise:
To continue to build my endurance

4) What outdoor sport/activity are you most looking forward to?
Baseball!! But I'm just a spectator. As far as activity for myself.. I would say swimming and mowing the lawn!

Jamie's 2018 Goals:
Weight goals: to get down to around 150 or to a weight that matches the image of she has in her mind (starting weight: 164)
Nutrition goals: “Make more healthy choices than bad ones”
Other goals: 2 minute plank, get more toned overall

April Check-In:
1) Weight: 162.
Food tracking: Only tracked my food 16 days in April. Really need to work on that!

2) Did you make your April goals?
Weight: Hoping to be at 150 (my “goal weight”)
Did not make my goal, but I’ve gained 3 lbs of muscle!!

Exercise: Jog a 5k without stopping.
I didn’t jog a 3k. My back/ hip has been bothering me so I stopped. It’s still a goal but not a short term one. I Started going on walks a lot more during my lunch break.

Nutrition: Try three new healthy recipes.
I tried 2 new recipes.

3) What are your May goals:
Be as active and eat as well during the weekends as I do Monday thru Friday.

4) What outdoor sport/activity are you looking forward to this season?
I’m looking forward to being outside more and going hiking.

Jorge & Daniella – brother & sister team extraordinaire from  Anytime Fitness:
Daniella’s 2018 Goals:
Weight loss: to get down to 140 (starting: 207)
Nutrition goals: To eat better
Other Goals: Not obsess over the scale number – look at the scale less

April Check-In:
1) Stats:
Weight: 179

2) Did you meet your April goals:
Weight: Keep losing
Yes, I met my goals to lose more!

Exercise: Do more outside activities! (Hiking, biking etc.)
I went bike riding! Still no hike yet but will soon!

Nutrition: Need to get more protein in my diet !
Doing my best to get more protein in my diet.

3) What are your May goals:
Weight: to see the numbers continue going down

Exercise: keep up with routine, show others how they can achieve their goals.

4) What outdoor sport/activity are you looking forward to this season?
Backpacking/hike up a mountain, camp for the night then wake up to watch a beautiful sunrise or sunset!

Melissa’s Goals:
Weight goals: lose 2-3 pounds a week (Starting Weight 216)
Nutrition goals: follow Ketogenic diet for 3 mos than re-evaluate
Other goals: get back into a consistent exercise/fitness routine 5 times/wk with at-home videos, start running again, run a half-marathon in the summer

April Check-In:
Worst month last month. I need to reassess!!! I need to have a chat with myself and figure out what's holding me back!

1) Weight:
Same weight as last month: 215

2) Did you make your April goals? Weight: Lose 3lbs
No.

3) What are your May goals:
This month is self reflect and create new goals for June!
Sign up for some runs and I may try weight watchers again for food tracking/accountability. Keto wasnt the "diet" for me. Tried it for 4 months!

4) What outdoor sport/activity are you looking forward to this season?

Jasmine Hutchinson – the bouldering beauty from Riverfront Rock Gym:
2018 Goals:
Weight goals: Nothing specific but wants to fit into a super small bikini this summer
Nutrition goals: Drink more water
Other goals: Improve overall hard sport climbing with a focus on: hard bouldering, campus board work, hang board work
Improve flexiblity (yoga once a week or more)
Gain strength

1) Stats: The only mentionable stat is that I turned 30 in April! I have also started a new trainer called sweet cakes. It’s all about building up the booty. It’s really hard! Tons of lunges and tons of squats. I think one day in the first week I did 700 lunges, and that wasn’t even the whole work out. It’s meant to be supplemental but I think it’s about all I can handle right now. I have a different and wonderful place to work out because we moved back to our Camas house its lovely to be in the woods again.

2) Did you make your April goals? Well I have gone on zero jogs, I still think my water intake is deplorable but I have gotten out and hiked few times. We finished building our house and have been unpacking and moving in, which is great, But between that and having a toddler I’m not sure I aced my goals! That being said I went on a climbing trip and felt really good, I have been up the canyon and made some really strong progress on some of my projects. And I feel really good so that’s a win!

3) What are your May goals? My may goals would be to do as many sweet cakes workouts as I can, maintain my sanity, and get outside with my friends as often as possible.

4) What outdoor sport/activity are you most looking forward to this season? Well climbing of course, but I’m also looking forward to getting on the river and getting up in the Alpine. I love the different things you can do in the upper valley. I would also like to go mountain biking at least once this month. I start to feel like I have activity ADD, I want to do all the things. I’m also elbows deep in getting my garden set up!

Debbie & Riley – realize their goals with Actualize Sports & Fitness:

Riley’s 2018 goals:
Weight goal: to be up to 230 by September and reevaluate from there (Starting weight: 195)
Nutrition goals: To eat 5000 calories a day of healthy food, particularly veggies and lean protein
Other goals: position himself to be selected for collegiate football upon graduation

April Check-In:
1) Stats:
Weight: still around 230, leaning out quite a bit but maintaining muscle.

2) Did you make your April goals?
Weight: Stay above 230 -Yes, barely.

Workout/maxes:
Heal up and get my shins healthy while still maintaining weight and strength -
Yes,  I'm staying strong and fit, waiting till summer to bulk up again.

Nutrition:
Eating big - I'm trying to eat big, like I said still pretty tough.

3) What are your May goals:
Maintain weight while getting stronger

Exercise: bench 270 soon

4) What outdoor sport/activity are you most looking forward to this season?
Football is coming up soon, so I’m getting pretty excited for that, lots of camps coming up.

Debbie’s 2018 goals:
Weight goals: to get down to 150 (starting weight 209)
Nutrition goals: nothing specific – simply to maintain current nutritional plan to eat with balance & moderation and better choices in mind
Other goals: to get more agile & build muscle and strength

April Check-In:
1) Stats: (Just can’t seem to break the 200 mark although 201 today )

2) Did you meet your April goals:
Weight: 195 which will include an increase in muscle.
Exercise: We are gone the last two weeks of the month so my goal during that time is a daily walk on the beach.
Nutrition: I will continue to work on getting my protein increases to help me build more muscle and my vacation goal is to try to not gain any weight. 

I am dealing with a knee injury so mobility has been limited. A 2 week vacation was not kind to my eating plan 😂. Too many margaritas... I gained 3 pounds on that little trip so needless to say no goals met for April. I’m sorry I am not showing better results, but hopefully since no more vacations for a while I can buckle down and get moving down again.

3) May goals:
Getting my knee/I T band issue looked at. Praying for no surgery and speedy recovery. I am keeping the same goal for May as I had in April:
Weight: 195 which will include an increase in muscle. 
Exercise: We are gone the last two weeks of the month so my goal during that time is a daily walk on the beach.
Nutrition: I will continue to work on getting my protein increases to help me build more muscle and my vacation goal is to try to not gain any weight. 

4) What outdoor sport/activity are you most looking forward to this season?

Lori & Kerin - Dance enthusiasts maintaining their fitness with Jazzercise at The Studio

Lori’s Goals:
Weight goals: lose about 20 pounds of “winter weight”
Nutrition goals: continue to prepare food and meals in advance so she doesn’t have to eat bad foods in a hurry
Other goals: continue to go to The Studio at least 3x/wk

April Check-in:
1) Stats:
Weight: I’ve lost over 10 pounds and my knee doesn’t hurt as bad and I’m feeling much better about myself.

2) Did you meet your April goals?
Weight: To lose 5+ pounds - Yes!

Exercise: Continue going to class two times a week, if my knee is feeling good, and walking the loop trail in our beautiful valley. Yes! I went to class 2 to 3 times a week and did low impact.

Nutrition: To continue with food prep
This is been a good month. I really focused on watching what I ate. The food prep on Sundays has helped. 

3) What are your May goals?
Weight: I would like to lose another 5 to 10 pounds
Exercise: Continue with my Jazzercise classes and hopefully get in some biking on the loop.

4) What outdoor sport/activity do you look forward to most this season?
The activity I look forward to the most this season is just being able to be outdoors enjoying the sunshine. I like to go camping with my family and I enjoy photography and working in the yard.

Kerin’s Goals:
Weight goals: Get to and remain at ideal weight of 125-130
Nutrition goals: Eat better, with a focus on consuming fewer refined carbs
Other goals: Fit into the pants that she has now,
Remain fit and active to reduce back pain from scoliosis as much as possible
Maintain core strength to counter issues associated with her V-back labor & delivery in 2012

April Check-In:
1)  Weight:  134!!

2) Did you make your April goals?
Weight:  lose 3-4 pounds.  
I lost 3-4 pounds (maybe more -- hard to tell with fluctuations and hormones!)

Exercise:  Go to gym 4 times per week.  
I have been to the gym 3 times per week.  Still trying for 4.

Nutrition: Continue to reduce carbs by: making sure everything I eat either needs to be low calorie (200 or less) or no carbs (except veggies!).  So when faced with a decision, it has to be low calorie or no carbs.
I reduced carbs. 

3)  May goals: 
Weight:  lose 3 pounds 
Exercise:  go to gym 3-4 times per week, also start my training to become a Jazzercise instructor!
Nutrition:  Keep reducing carbs. 

4)  I don't do outdoor sports, but I love outdoor recreation:  swimming in lakes and rivers, camping

Jamie & Morgan – work wives, gym-mates and The Gym LLC’s cheer squad:
Morgan’s 2018 goals:
Weight goals: Nothing specific but wants to be able to feel comfortable in a pair of shorts this summer
Nutrition goals: Eat better food in smaller portions
Other goals: get muscle mass up and more muscle definition

March Check-In:
1) Stats: How many days did you track your food/nutrition 100%?
So about the tracking... it went okay... definitely not as good as I wanted it to... I struggled to start... did fairly well in the middle and fell off the wagon the last week... BUT I'm back on track.. (no pun intended) lol!!!

2) Did you meet your March goals?:
Weight loss: To obviously lose weight and see it in more ways than on the scale! I don't have a particular number in mind.
Yes, I feel like I have lost some weight.

Work out: To be able to do a 5 min plank variation
Yes! I can do a 5 min plank variation!

Nutrition: To log my food into the my fitness pal app
Yes and no (see 1 above)

3. What are your April goals?
Weight: I want it to go down.. since I haven't been weighing myself.. I can't give an exact number...

Exercise: build up my jogging endurance. I would like to jog a 5k by the end of May, and I'm not a jogger... so this will be interesting! hahahahaha!!!

Nutrition: to continue to log my food every...single...day... and to not only meal prep for myself but also for my family. With baseball season getting into full swing this will be very helpful! It will keep us out of the drive-thru's!!!

4. Who is your favorite trainer and why? There are so so so many amazing things about Andrea... but I would have to say that one of the most awesome things is that she is a real person. She's a no b.s, don't make excuses, and do what needs to done kinda gal!

Jamie's 2018 Goals:
Weight goals: to get down to around 150 or to a weight that matches the image of she has in her mind (starting weight: 164)
Nutrition goals: “Make more healthy choices than bad ones”
Other goals: 2 minute plank, get more toned overall

March Check-In:
1) Stats: I didn’t track my food 100%, but I have been fitting into pant sizes I haven’t been in 20 years. And been buying size mediums instead of larges/extra larges!

2)Did you meet your goals for March?:
Body/weight: To continue to have to buy smaller clothes and have my clothes continue to get looser.
Yes, I have been buying smaller sized clothes!

Workout goal: To attend 3 different fitness classes.
No I didn’t attend 3 classes. I didn’t even attend one.

Nutrition goal: To track daily food intake every day.
And I didn’t track my food everyday.
March was a horrible month as far as goals went.

3) What are your April goals?
Weight: I'm getting weighed at the end of April. Hoping to be at 150 (my “goal weight”)

Exercise: Jog a 5k without stopping.

Nutrition: Try three new healthy recipes.

4) Who is your favorite trainer and why?
Something awesome about my trainer, Andrea, is that she’s a great friend who shares her love of fitness and nutrition with us. She shares yummy and healthy recipes and gives us ideas for easy meal preps.

Debbie & Riley – realize their goals with Actualize Sports & Fitness:

Riley’s 2018 goals:
Weight goal: to be up to 230 by September and reevaluate from there (Starting weight: 195)
Nutrition goals: To eat 5000 calories a day of healthy food, particularly veggies and lean protein
Other goals: position himself to be selected for collegiate football upon graduation


March Check-In:
Bench max:260
Deadlift:420
Hex deadlift:455
Weight:235

2) Did you meet your March goals?:
Weight: to maintain this weight & strength through track season
(I’ve been slowly losing weight as track season continues, my goal is to stay above 230)

Workout/maxes: basically just working on speed and moving my body
I’ve met all my goals, I’ve been battling shin splints so I’ve been trying to get my legs healthy and get back to being 100%

Nutrition: Keep my caloric intake up and stay above 230.

3) what are your April goals?
Weight: Stay above 230

Workout/maxes:
Heal up and get my shins healthy while still maintaining weight and strength

Nutrition:
Eating big has been a little harder because of a more restrictive schedule but I’ve been doing ok

4) Who is your favorite trainer and what is something awesome about the?
Something awesome about one of my instructors is how welcome Blaine makes me feel at all times, he’s texted me checking in on my track season and we’ve caught up at the gym while I’m not working out there. With Blaine we’re more than just trainer and trainee, we’re both focused on what my end goal as an athlete is while cultivating and growing our relationship along the way. It’s really quite amazing.

Debbie’s 2018 goals:
Weight goals: to get down to 150 (starting weight 209)
Nutrition goals: nothing specific – simply to maintain current nutritional plan to eat with balance & moderation and better choices in mind
Other goals: to get more agile & build muscle and strength

March Check-In:
1) Stats:
Weight: 202 (today 201)

2) Did you meet your March goals?:
Weight: My goal for March was to get the vacation pounds off and lose a few more,  as well as gain a pound of muscle.
I will see myself in the 190’s this month! I am focused and determined to get there!

Yes and no. Yes the extra vacation pounds are gone, yippee! My body comp results from last Thursday
Down a pound of fat but, ugh! also down 1pound muscle. It was decided this just may be part of my journey, up and down with the muscle for awhile. I feel great and my body shape is changing, clothing sizes are going down.

3) What are your goals for April?
Weight: 195 which will include an increase in muscle. 

Exercise: We are gone the last two weeks of the month so my goal during that time is a daily walk on the beach.

Nutrition: I will continue to work on getting my protein increases to help me build more muscle and my vacation goal is to try to not gain any weight. 

4) Who is your favorite trainer and what is something awesome about them?
Coach Jenny is the sweetest! She is always encouraging. She often believes in me more than I do. She has a heart for the work she does and she loves people. Here was something I read today that exemplifies what the coaches at Actualize do for me Any true adventurer will tell you that any adventure is always richer with a guide, someone who has gone before you and knows how to make every trip even more exciting and rewarding.”

Melissa’s Goals:
Weight goals: lose 2-3 pounds a week (Starting Weight 216)
Nutrition goals: follow Ketogenic diet for 3 mos than re-evaluate
Other goals: get back into a consistent exercise/fitness routine 5 times/wk with at-home videos, start running again, run a half-marathon in the summer

1) Stats:
Weight 215.1 gained from last month.

2) Did you meet your March goals?:
Weight: to loose 3 lbs
No, up 2.3 lbs unfortunately.

Workout goal: work out 4 days a week
No, workout was slim....roughly once a week. Very rough month.....lately it's been the choice of squeezing in a nap or exercise. My schedule is all over the place and I'm not getting much sleep at all!! Sometimes only 4 hrs a night May is looking to be better as I have resigned from Starbucks....no more 4am shifts!!

Nutrition: continue keto, alcohol consumption only 3 days a week
Yes and no; followed keto diet plan and I feel good on it....not losing tho. May need to look into a different eating plan.
Alcohol was closer to 4 times a week.

3)What are your April goals?
Keeping my goals the same as last month.
Weight: Loose 3 lbs 
Exercise: workout 4 times a week
Nutrition: Limit alcohol to 3 times a week, stick with keto.

4) What was your favorite trainer/video for the month?
Favorite exercise last month....yoga.

Lori & Kerin - Dance enthusiasts maintaining their fitness with Jazzercise at The Studio

Lori’s Goals:
Weight goals: lose about 20 pounds of “winter weight”
Nutrition goals: continue to prepare food and meals in advance so she doesn’t have to eat bad foods in a hurry
Other goals: continue to go to The Studio at least 3x/wk

March check-in:
1) Stats:
I maintained my weight in March, maybe lost a couple of pounds.

2) Did you meet your March goals?
March goals:
Weight: to lose 5 pounds
I maybe lost a couple of pounds

Exercise: To add some outdoor activities to my routine. 
I continued to go to Jazzercise as much as my knee would allow. I finally went to the orthopedic doctor and was told that IF I go to Jazzercise, I should only do low impact. So, I am totally bummed that my knee is not allowing me to do what I normally do without pain. I have made some adjustments and go to class two times a week and go on more walks than I did before. 

Nutrition: To make better choices and watch my portions.
I am doing my food prep for the week on Sundays and watching my calories, which seems to help with the choices that I am making. 
 
3) My goals for April
Weight: To lose 5+ pounds

Exercise: Continue going to class two times a week, if my knee is feeling good, and walking the loop trail in our beautiful valley. 

Nutrition: To continue with food prep

4) Who is your favorite instructor and why? I can’t really single out one instructor, because they’re all awesome!!! I primarily attend with Amy and Christine, they are the 5:25 PM class instructors and that is the only time of day during the week that I can go.

Kerin’s Goals:
Weight goals: Get to and remain at ideal weight of 125-130
Nutrition goals: Eat better, with a focus on consuming fewer refined carbs
Other goals: Fit into the pants that she has now,
Remain fit and active to reduce back pain from scoliosis as much as possible
Maintain core strength to counter issues associated with her V-back labor & delivery in 2012

March Check-In:
1) Stats:  8 lb hand weights  Weight:  141 lbs.
March was much better.  I am feeling a lot less tired and have not been sick again.  I am taking some medication that my doctor prescribed for the Fibromyalgia, and it is definitely helping with sleep, and some with pain. I plan to see my doc next month and explore the role hormones may play in all this....)

2) Did you meet your March goals:
Exercise:  to increase hand weights by a pound.
Yes, I increased my hand weights by a pound!!!  I did not attend class 4 times per week (that was a goal)  but I did go at least 3 times each week!  

Nutrition:To reduce carbs, I have decided that everything I eat either needs to be low calorie (200 or less) or no carbs (except veggies!).  So when faced with a decision, it has to be low calorie or no carbs.

3)  April Goals:  
Weight:  lose 3-4 pounds.  
Exercise:  Go to gym 4 times per week.  
Nutrition:  Follow my rule set above.

4)  Who is your favorite instructor and why?
One of my favorite instructors is Christine.  She pushes me very hard giving me tips on how to increase my intensity and form.