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Good luck with your goal!   With hard work and determination anything is possible, keep up your training and you should be in great shape!

One thing reading the forums here will teach you is that anything is possible.

Welcome. Sounds like a fairly reasonable goal. You'll be there before you know it especially if your working up a good base over the winter.

For me....Following a nutrition plan 85% gives me about 10% of the results.  Following a nutrition plan 100% is everything.  That extra 15%, going from mostly following a plan to full on, no cheating, I am committed to my goals and will not sell myself short, is where it's at.  And hard exercise just motivated me to stick even more to my nutrition plan.  Biking, running, push-ups, and everything else I was doing was hard enough that I did not want to have to lug anymore than I had to.  Think about every 10 lbs, you lose you just ditched approx. the weight of a gallon of milk.

I'm a big believer in writing out goals.  Write them in the present tense and put the time parameter in there.  Tie some emotions to it.  Try to dig deep into why you want to lose the bodyfat and how you will feel when you do.  It will help you wake up for that morning workout or skip that bagel, whatever it is for you.

 You can so do this. 

 

Welcome to the madness.  Losing weight is a great goal.  Have you thought of joining one of the challenges?  They offer friendly support and accountability.  If you haven't been writing down what you eat,  Try it.  Just for a week and see what goes in your mouth,  It will amaze you.

Thank you all for the responses To answer some of the questions yes I have been keeping track of my nutrition starting this week using the site its a great option!!! I also joined the NY20 challenge. My next step is to start riding the bike on a trainer more with spinervals and getting into a masters swim program I cant wait!!! Any opinons on bikes to buy to start out? Departmetn store bike or try to find somthing used? I have a budget and dont want to buy a car!!!

Department store bike is so far NOT the way to go.  Fit is most important and a used bike can get you a long way with minimum investment.  Many others on here can give you bike choices since I am still riding my 1990 Scwinn crisscross hybrid.  It isn't sexy, but it keeps going.

If you buy a department store bike, you'll regret it. It will be wasted money because it won't shift right, it won't fit right, and it'll be so heavy you'll get discouraged.

Look in the newspaper/Craigslist/on this site's classifieds to try to find a used road bike. The most basic "fit" measurement is that when you are standing across the tube at the top of the bike, you should have 1-2" of clearance.

There should be a lot of sales right now, so try to get in the best bike you can afford.