It has been a whole week since my last post–so sorry to those who were looking for updates this week! Life has been a little crazy, and very busy. One of the things I have been thinking about a lot during this fast-paced week is the importance of setting health concious goals. Long-term goals, short-term goals, etc. help me to stay focused. This week I decided to set a realistic goal for myself to maintain my current weight loss until life settles down a bit–hopefully in a few weeks. Too often I think “dieters” set unrealistic, unattainable goals. When we don’t attain these goals we are quick to feel frustrated, disappointed, and to we inevitably sabotage ourselves and return to old habits.
For right now a weight-maintenance goal is the plan. Typically during very stressful times in my life I turn to food for support and end up gaining weight. So continuing to stay the same for the next few weeks would be a huge success for me.
Some examples of setting non-weight related goals are below:
*increasing fitness a specific # of times per week
*increasing water intake
*developing a meal plan for the week and sticking to it
*keeping a complete food journal
Here’s an article about Setting Realistic Weightloss Goals
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