Short term goals = Long term success
Why do we give up on our goals? Why do we put aside all of our hard work because the end results just seems too far away? Sometimes the gratification we are looking for only comes when the final product is established. Wouldn’t it feel great to have that gratification all the time? How do we get that when it comes to our fitness goals? The answer is setting short term goals for long term success!
If you want to lose 20 pounds, make that your semi-long term goal. Your long term goal should be to keep it off. Make losing 5 pounds your short term goal. After you lose that, make 5 more pounds your next goal. You will feel the gratification of reaching each goal giving you the determination to keep going. Losing all 20 pounds will come with your continuous hard work and persistence. You will also not have the feeling that the 20 pounds is too far away and it is taking too long.
Another great tool for your fitness goals is to keep a log of everything you are doing towards your goal. Whether it’s losing weight, gaining muscle, or just maintaining your already achieved success, log it. If your goal is to lose weight, write down what you are eating, drinking, your cardio, and your resistance workouts. That way you can go back and see what has been working for you or against you. If you put on a few pounds and you don’t know how, you can go back into your log and see what you were doing. This will keep you accountable for your results. This will also make you want to do more towards your goals so you can write it down.
When I ask a client how many calories they think they take in per day, the answer they give me is usually far less than the actual number. I ask them to write down everything they put into their mouth for a few days and then I count the calories. They actually are taking in almost 500 more calories than they thought. Their nutrition changes immediately. You can make fewer calories a day your short term goal. The long term goal will come with it automatically.
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April 20th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
I have to say that where I fail most of the time is exercise. IF I could stick to a routine than I might have success.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:39 am
If you are not keeping to a routine then you are not interested in what you are doing. Try finding exercises you enjoy doing so you will stick with it. Also try mixing it up so you don’t get bored and your body doesn’t adapt.
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