Are my goals (or lack of) realistic?

[AliBaby]

You dont have to have weight or size goalsif you dont want to and you can still be successful.
If you are doing a specific type of exercise you may want to improve the amount of weights lifted or reps completed or improve your km/hour on the bike . With all this weight loss will come along and fitness as well.

Swimming would be great for your back and you can have a goal of increasing lap time or amount of laps completed

YOu may even just want to have the goal of exercising 4 times a week for 30minutes as a start.

HTH

[Mak]

I am kind of in the same boat - but cos I get put off by not super over acheiving and then give up so I am taking a different approach.
I have goals of healthy food during the week, careful of portions and mindful eating (rather than random hoovering). I am also walking for an hour 4 times a week and trying to move more with the kids.
Come kinder I will try to swim once a week. So the idea is a permanent shift rather than a weight one, so hopefully more permanent.

[toomanyshoes]

Thanks ladies, love the swimming idea, use to swim all the time! So will have to take that up again.

Yes, I want the weight loss to be a by product rather than the driving force, IYKWIM?

Think I'll be giving the gym a miss for awhile, can't get my head around the cost!

[Queen]

Good on you for making the decision! How about finding an item of clothing that you wish to fit in, or sit nicely, and aim for that?

Also for swimming sometimes you can get a 10 time pass, works out cheaper