How to Set Weight Loss Goals

When you are trying to lose weight, there will be many obstacles in your way. Fast food, dinners out at restaurants, or snack foods in the house can all have a way of doing in whatever motivation you may have in losing weight. Fortunately there is a way to set goals that can break through these temptations and keep you on track with what you are really going after. Let's get started.

The number 1 weapon in your arsenal is to have a strong desire. What is the reason why you want to lose weight and how good will it feel when you do? Feeling is a key word here as feelings are what really drive us in either direction, good or bad. Now that you have that feeling, allow yourself to enjoy it for a few moments.

Next, you have to get specific on what you are trying to achieve. Do you want to lose 10 pounds or twenty or more? You have to set a specific number down. Just saying to yourself, I want to lose weight is not enough. Write that number down in large print on a 3x5 index card. Carry that around you wherever you go. Look at it in the morning and at night. Look at it when you feel tempted.

Third, you have to take action. Are you going to exercise and cut down on unwanted junk food? Are you going to add a larger portion of high quality protein that's low in fat to your diet? Are you going to go out to the grocery store right now and purchase fresh fruit and vegetables to replace the unhealthy snacks and processed foods you've been eating? You have to have a specific action (or more, preferably) to take in order to make sure you succeed.

Now that you have these three steps in place, make sure you stay on track. Use that index card as a constant reminder. Keep yourself going. Get up and exercise when you can. Eat the right foods. And remember that desire that is driving you there. You can do it.

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Bryan Appleton is an author of self-help motivational literature as well as an entrepreneuer and investor. He is a single father and has made it one of his life's goals to try and help other people live the lives they are dreaming of.

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