Goal Setting - The Key to Successful Weight Loss

If you were to talk to some of the most successful people in the world you will more than likely find that goal setting is one of the keys to the success they have achieved. This applies to just about everything in life, including your ability to claim victory in your battle against weight loss.

What you must realize though is that your goals have to be realistic and you must 100% believe that you can achieve them or you will be starting off on the wrong foot and you will be destined to fail. (kind of like trying to go 100 miles per hour with one foot slammed on the brake.)

To make your goal attainable and realistic you need to look at it over a 3, 6, 9 or even 12 month period rather than believing that you can lose 20 pounds in 3 days. (we've all seen those ridiculous ads right?)

While this might be possible, though I seriously doubt it, it is certainly a lot harder to achieve than to expect to take the weight off slowly and over a longer period of time.

Keeping a weight loss journal is extremely important as it will help keep you focused on your goals. It will also help to enforce the actions that are required to meet those goals on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

In your journal you can record your body weight, body fat percentage, foods you are eating and how much of each, and any supplements you have been taking and it is a great way to track and monitor your results.

This also helps you to make changes and reassess your goals in regards to your weight loss program.

I highly recommend that as you start your weight loss plan that you have one major goal and several short term goals.

So if you have a goal of losing 60 pounds than start with a short term goal of losing 10 pounds. So if you have six short term goals of ten pounds it's only a matter of time before you hit that major goal of sixty pounds. But once again, both your long and short term goals have to be realistic to help keep you motivated.

And the most important thing of all when it comes to weight loss and goal setting is that you NEVER GIVE UP!

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