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Goal Setting for Weight Loss
Wendy Hearn
What goals are you setting for your weight loss and health?
The setting of goals can really help you achieve weight
loss or become healthier and fitter. Knowing how to set
these goals is the first step in the process.
Goals which are set effectively are more likely to be
achieved. The process of setting the goal plays a very
important part. The reason many people don't achieve their
goals is often due to how they set them.
What are well set goals? One method is known as setting
SMART goals. SMART stands for:
S Specific
M Measurable
A Achievable
R Realistic
T Time-bound
Specific - Ensure the goal you set is very specific, clear
and easy. Instead of setting a goal to lose weight or be
healthier, set a specific goal to lose 2cm off your
waistline or to walk 5 miles at an aerobically challenging
pace.
Keep the goal simple so it's easy to understand what you
want to achieve. The goal needs to be important to you and
exciting enough to prompt you to do what's necessary to
achieve it. If the goal isn't important to you, I encourage
you to drop it because you're not likely to achieve it and
often end up feeling as if you've failed.
There are many goals you can set. Just choose one you really
want to have as the end result.
Measurable - The goal needs to have a specific, quantifiable
result or else it ends up just as "wishing". For instance,
it isn't measurable to say you want to be healthier or feel
fitter.
But it is measurable to say you want to be fit enough to
swim 20 lengths of the swimming pool.
Achievable - Goals you set which are too far out of your
reach, you probably won't commit to doing. Although you may
start with the best of intentions, the knowledge that it's
too much for you means your subconscious will keep reminding
you of this fact and will stop you from even giving it your
best.
A goal needs to stretch you slightly so you feel you can do
it and it will need a real commitment from you. For
instance, if you aim to lose 20lbs in one week, we all know
that isn't achievable. But setting a goal to loose 1lb and
when you've achieved that, aiming to lose a further 1lb,
will keep it achievable for you.
The feeling of success which this brings helps you to remain
motivated.
Realistic - Devise a plan or a way of getting there which
makes the goal realistic. The goal needs to be realistic
for you and where you are at the moment. A goal of never
again eating sweets, cakes, crisps and chocolate may not be
realistic for someone who really enjoys these foods.
For instance, it may be more realistic to set a goal of
eating a piece of fruit each day instead of one sweet item.
You can then choose to work towards reducing the amount of
sweet products gradually as and when this feels realistic
for you.
Time-bound - The goal should have a set time. If you don't
set a time, the commitment is too vague. It tends not to
happen because you feel you can start at any time. Without
a time limit, there's no urgency to start taking action now.
Set goals with a definite time limit. For instance, aim to
build up to 3 sessions of exercising a week, by the end of
next month.
I encourage you to pick up a pen and a piece of paper and
jot down the goals you want to reach on your journey to
weight loss and health. Look at each goal and evaluate it.
Make any changes necessary to ensure it meets the criteria
for a SMART goal.
What I want is for you to set goals which work for you and
are achievable.
Wendy Hearn
Weight Loss Success Coach
Author of "What's Eating You? - The Top 10 Things That Stop YOU
From Losing Weight" http://www.PositiveWeightLoss.com
Free sample chapters, send a blank email to:
mailto:whateatart@...
Wendy works with people who want to successfully lose weight.
http://www.WeightLossCoaching.com
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