How to Achieve Your Ambitious Weight Loss Goals
Falling off the goal-setting wagon is a common event. People start off with the greatest of intentions and by the end of the week, they are back to their outdated habits. To increase your chances of weight loss success, follow these steps.
1. Identify what you really want, and not other’s expectations. This is an crucial step because if your heart isn’t in accomplishing a goal, you won’t complete it.
2. Believe in your ability to achieve your weight loss goal. Sometimes that is more than half the battle. The right mindset will get you where you need to go.
3. Make a list of your goals and place the list somewhere where you are usually reminded of your goals. For example, if you want to lose ten lbs, leave the list on the refrigerator door and with a yellow highlighter, highlight the sentence that reads “lose ten lbs.” Or if you want to spend less time on your computer and more time being active, leave the goal record on your computer and highlight the appropriate sentence.
4. Pinpoint the best way to achieve your goal. Having a definitive plan will increase the probabilities that you will meet your goal. For example, you may decide that the moment you get out of bed in the morning you will head to the fitness center. You won’t comb your hair. You won’t brush your teeth. You’ll just pass go so that you won’t have an opportunity to talk yourself out of going.
5. Pinpoint any obstacles you may come across, and create an action plan to overcome those hurdles. For example, if you love going out to eat, make a list of restaurants that have smaller, healthful portions. And when you’re ready to go out, all you have to do is refer to the list. This process takes the guessing game out of where you should eat. And that is crucial because you won’t throw your hands up in the air and say, “Oh, I’ll just go to the buffet down the corner.”
6. Surround yourself with people who will be supportive of your goals. Believe it or not, there are some people who will consciously or subconsciously try to sabotage your success.
7. When your exercising and you want to quit, picture yourself thinner and more healthy. That visual will give you the push you need to keep on going.
If you slip up that doesn’t mean your entire goal should be chucked for the day. For example, if you set a goal to go the gym at six in the morning, and by noon and you still haven’t made it, that doesn’t mean you should skip your workout. Rather, head to the gym and return to the preset schedule the following day.
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