Most fat reduction advice is not worth much.
Maybe some of the advice you have received is good, but the odds of you losing weight this way is pretty slim.
Why is this so? In the first place, the goals were unrealistic, and not able to be realized.
What you did, before you even got started, was to set yourself up for failure, and there was no chance for attaining the goal.
Following are some of the most important ways that you can set goals that are easily achievable.
Action driven goals: When you are losing weight in order to have better health, the beginning step is to have specific goals, that will cause you to take positive acting steps.
From the very beginning, you need to know what it is that you want to accomplish, and what activities are necessary to be doing starting the first day.
The specific objectives for losing weight can each be in their own column.
one for diet, and the other for exercise.
Every objective that you have must be written down in each step you plan to take.
What you need written down is the beginning goal, and the final objective, and the incremental increases each week, and your plan is set.
To make up your total exercise time, you might prefer to do it in mini-workouts throughout the day.
Great benefits will be realized as you regularly do incidental exercising.
Sit ups can be done at a certain time for 10 minutes or so, and then the same with walking, are examples of incidental exercises.
Parking your car farther away when shopping is a good way to get incidental exercise, as well as taking the stairs as an alternative.
There are many weight loss websites that can give you tips on getting achievable goals by breaking down unreachable targets.
You never go on to the next step until you tick off each success.
Find a reduction mate: Two people working together can achieve great results.
This will give you encouragement through your journey, knowing there is someone who can relate to how you are feeling.
It is always better when you can relate your thoughts with someone who understands where you are coming from and can impart some of their ideas to you as well.
Being able to communicate with a person that is experiencing the same trials and tribulations can give you the support you need to continue on to a victorious outcome is very helpful.
There are some that welcome the challenge to see who can lose the most and the fastest.
Your weight loss pal could be just about anyone, hopefully someone that has gone through the process or is going through it with you.
It is probably not a good idea to associate with people who do not support your weight reduction aspirations.
Incentives for reaching goals: Whenever you reach a goal it is good to have an incentive to keep going.
Starting as an infant, being human, people are better at achieving when having positive reinforcement.
We appreciate the rewards, be it in a physical or a psychological form, because we are more motivated to aim higher and to do better.
With setting goals for weight loss this can be especially true.
When you first start, your aim should be on easily reachable goals.
Make your goal to be easy, like losing 2 pounds this week.
Positive motivation can keep you going, so reward yourself each time you pass another mini-goal.
The smarter you are in formulation of your weight loss goals the better chance you have of losing weight.
What do you want to accomplish, is it realistic, can you achieve it, then write your goals down on paper and get started.
Maybe some of the advice you have received is good, but the odds of you losing weight this way is pretty slim.
Why is this so? In the first place, the goals were unrealistic, and not able to be realized.
What you did, before you even got started, was to set yourself up for failure, and there was no chance for attaining the goal.
Following are some of the most important ways that you can set goals that are easily achievable.
Action driven goals: When you are losing weight in order to have better health, the beginning step is to have specific goals, that will cause you to take positive acting steps.
From the very beginning, you need to know what it is that you want to accomplish, and what activities are necessary to be doing starting the first day.
The specific objectives for losing weight can each be in their own column.
one for diet, and the other for exercise.
Every objective that you have must be written down in each step you plan to take.
What you need written down is the beginning goal, and the final objective, and the incremental increases each week, and your plan is set.
To make up your total exercise time, you might prefer to do it in mini-workouts throughout the day.
Great benefits will be realized as you regularly do incidental exercising.
Sit ups can be done at a certain time for 10 minutes or so, and then the same with walking, are examples of incidental exercises.
Parking your car farther away when shopping is a good way to get incidental exercise, as well as taking the stairs as an alternative.
There are many weight loss websites that can give you tips on getting achievable goals by breaking down unreachable targets.
You never go on to the next step until you tick off each success.
Find a reduction mate: Two people working together can achieve great results.
This will give you encouragement through your journey, knowing there is someone who can relate to how you are feeling.
It is always better when you can relate your thoughts with someone who understands where you are coming from and can impart some of their ideas to you as well.
Being able to communicate with a person that is experiencing the same trials and tribulations can give you the support you need to continue on to a victorious outcome is very helpful.
There are some that welcome the challenge to see who can lose the most and the fastest.
Your weight loss pal could be just about anyone, hopefully someone that has gone through the process or is going through it with you.
It is probably not a good idea to associate with people who do not support your weight reduction aspirations.
Incentives for reaching goals: Whenever you reach a goal it is good to have an incentive to keep going.
Starting as an infant, being human, people are better at achieving when having positive reinforcement.
We appreciate the rewards, be it in a physical or a psychological form, because we are more motivated to aim higher and to do better.
With setting goals for weight loss this can be especially true.
When you first start, your aim should be on easily reachable goals.
Make your goal to be easy, like losing 2 pounds this week.
Positive motivation can keep you going, so reward yourself each time you pass another mini-goal.
The smarter you are in formulation of your weight loss goals the better chance you have of losing weight.
What do you want to accomplish, is it realistic, can you achieve it, then write your goals down on paper and get started.