Make Your Weight Loss Goals Achievable

There is a lot of common sense in the idea of setting achievable goals for yourself when you are trying to lose weight and get a slimmer physique. It stems from our perception of how things are in life.

When we see what looks like a great obstacle to tackle, we shy away from it because we think it is more than we can handle and it must be really hard to do.

But when we see a series of smaller obstacles, we feel we can tackle them all one by one because they seem less threatening and easier to overcome.

Getting Rid of the Excess Fat

Losing the excess baggage in the form of all the fat you don't want from your body is the same. When we set huge, seemingly impossible goals, we will naturally shy away from attempting them.

That's because deep down inside we fear that we will undoubtedly fail. But when we set ourselves goals that we know we can easily achieve, we are more likely to take them on with real enthusiasm because we feel we really can achieve them.

Break Targets Up Into Smaller Bits

Like many great tips designed to help you lose weight, setting out our goals in a series of smaller targets makes the process work much better. One very good way to do this is to start the month with a target that you believe you can reach by the end of the month.

This may be something like just 4-8 pounds. It may seem small and almost laughable at first glance, but it is very achievable.

Experts tend to agree that the ideal amount of weight to lose over time is between 1-2 pounds per week. So now 4-8 pounds in a month doesn't seem so small! In fact, this is an ideal amount of body mass reduction to aim for as it is perfectly healthy and very easily achievable.

A Boost to Confidence

When you get to the end of the month and find you have met your target, or even exceeded it, it will fill you with confidence and spur you on to greater things. Your motivation to go another month with the same target will be much higher than it was before.

You can work on this over a series of months and at the end of it will have the body you want at the size you want it to be at and it will have seemed easy to achieve even though it took longer than you may have expected at the outset.

You should aim to lose weight slowly and steadily, because this way you are less likely to put the unwanted extra pounds back on again once you stop dieting or working with your chosen winning dieting program.

In the end, you choose how fast you go, but remember that slow and steady wins this race!

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Posted on Mon, Jun 27 2011 in Weight Loss | 0 Comments



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