Believe In Yourself: Set Realistic Dieting & Fitness Goals
by It's very important to set realistic dieting and fitness goals for yourself. This way you avoid the frustration of having to "give-up" or feel like a "failure" because of overly ambitious goals. Instead, set achievable goals, and celebrate every milestone.
For example...
If you want to lose twenty pounds, set a starting goal for five. Once you reach your five pound goal, it will be much easier for you to get motivated to continue on to the next five. Before you know it, you will have lost all twenty.
Do the same with your fitness goals...
If you are someone who never exercises and you want to start - Set your fitness goal for five minutes a day, not thirty. After a week or so of successful five minute workouts, try for ten.
The idea here is to give yourself time to get into some healthy lifestyle habits, and begin to feel confident that you can succeed.
Don't forget to believe in yourself and celebrate all of your successes, no matter how small they may seem.
Also See:
Start Saying No To Empty Calories
Burn Off Extra Holiday Calories
Emotionally Prepare Yourself For Weight Loss
Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan
at Catherine-Morgan, Capessa Health, Women4Hope
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Wish I could get realistic
I don't really need to lose weight, but I have been trying to get healthier through exercise and eating better. These kind of realistic tips appeal to my practical nature, and I've tried them before. Somehow it never sticks. In the end I'm eating chocolate and angry that another week has passed and I didn't go to the gym.
I'm beginning to wonder if realistic for me means just accepting that I am not cut out for diet and exercise?
Oh well. Another year, another New Year's Resolution?
http://www.halflifecrisis.com
I don't think any of us are perfect at being
realistic...
Thanks for your comment, but you shouldn't feel bad about yourself for not being able to keep up with an exercise program. None of us are perfect, not even at being realistic (including me). I even managed to fall off the exercise for only five minutes a day wagon. And I can't even count the amount of times I've fallen off the eating healthy wagon. But I refuse to give up on myself, when I fall off, I just try to get back on as soon as I can.
:-)
Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan
at Catherine-Morgan, Capessa Health, Women4Hope
Realistic Goals
On September 29 I joined an 8 week fitness and nutrition challenge. I exercised (almost) every day for 8 weeks. I didn't think I could do it. I was a complete non-exerciser and because I have fibromyalgia, I thought I was too sick. I wasn't too sick and now I'm healthier than ever. I took baby steps and didn't push too hard in the beginning. I just made sure that for 30 minutes each day I did something. I called it "SMED" Some Movement Every Day. By the end of the 8 weeks I was exercising 60 minutes a day and had increased strength and stamina. The goal to just do something every day for even 15 minutes meant I did it. 15 always stretched into 30.
I think the Nike ad says it all, Just Do It.
Kath from http://3yrplan.typepad.com/soeursdujour/
Setting Realistic Goals
I couldn't agree with you more. I've tried numerous fad diets that takes the weight off quickly at first, but when I returned to "normal" eating the extra pounds would always return as well. It wasn't until I took "baby steps" and gradually changed my lifestlye and eating habits did the weight stay off. By gradually doing it the mind and body adapts better.
Lynn @ http://ln40a650.org