Set Goals to Successfully Lose Weight
Posted on November 17, 2008
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One of the biggest issues people face when it comes to weight loss is not knowing how to get started. In this article, I am going to let you in on a big secret that will get you off on the right foot to successful weight loss no matter how many pounds want to lose.
The first step to successful weight loss is to set some goals. Goals should be used in the same way as milestones are used on highways. Without any milestone, you will have no idea of where you are going. As such, you do not have any idea what you will need to do to lose those unwanted pounds if you do not have weight loss goals.
In setting goals, you should ask yourself some questions:
1. How many pounds you want to lose?
2. The date when you expect to lose all the weight?
Write the answers to these questions down on paper. This is important. Actually writing your goals is one of the surefire ways of making sure that you never forget them! So, write your weight loss goals on a piece of paper, make copies of that paper, and stick each paper on every place you can see them.
Place them on your refrigerator and elsewhere in your kitchen. These are important areas, since these places are the ones where you may be most tempted to stray from your diet and ruin your efforts to achieving successful weight loss.
Setting goals is just not enough though; in order to make the goals achievable, you must set REALISTIC goals. If you have a goal of losing sixty pounds within a couple of weeks or a month, that is not going to happen. Setting such unrealistic goals for yourself will nullify the very effect of goal setting.
Unrealistic goals will result in failure and you will just end up disappointed and frustrated with yourself and your weight loss efforts.
If you want to lose sixty pounds, it will take you at least six-seven months. Realistically, you should be able to lose 1-4 pounds per week. So create your goals with that in mind.
So, to for successful weight loss, be sure to set small and achievable goals for yourself so that when you achieve them, you will feel more confident to move forward and continue to achieve your ideal weight.
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