Let’s Set Goals
Are you ashamed that your New Year’s resolution to drop pounds failed? Become a timekeeper and get your head in the game. Think about a healthier YOU. Brainstorm with yourself. Write down why you want this? It’s not your fault if you failed. Tracking calories in/calories out (CICO) does not work. I’m pretty sure you have already discovered that.
Time to set your goals…….
Make The Goals Realistic
First, set a long-term goal. It’s super important to determine your “WHY.” “WHY” becomes the motivator every single day. Trust me on this one.
Here is my “WHY”:
To lead a healthy lifestyle by intermittently fasting, losing weight, and reducing my risk of weight-related conditions. Pretty lofty goal isn’t it? This goal which has been written on my pink post-it has been read daily as my reminder. I DESERVE a healthy lifestyle and you do also.
My ‘WHY” is the value I hold for myself and my family. Powerful words!!
Visualizing the “WHY” allows that chocolate cheesecake to no longer seem like I cannot survive without it. I can live without that ten minute hit of sugar and sweetness. I promise that you can too. My “WHY” fuels my ‘HOW.” Nothing on that fork has ever tasted better than healthier feels. Not even that chocolate cheesecake. The thing in intermittent fasting, however, is that when I plan a treat like cheesecake, I enjoy it with zero guilt or counting. And it’s a beautiful thing.
What is your “WHY?”
Is it a picture of yourself that shocked you? Is it poor mobility related to weight? Is it bloodwork that is out of whack? Is it that your big clothes are now too tight? Is it your fatigue that goes along with being fat? Are you not able to control your binge eating? Are you simply fed up with being fat?????? Set your long-term goal and do it today.
What Next?
Set yourself up with mini-goals. I suggest three. These are measurable milestones that youwork towards on your journey that make you feel accomplished and put wind behind your sail. These were mine:
1. I will lose fifteen pounds in three months.
2. I will lose 100 pounds at the conclusion of two years.
3. I will obtain baseline measurements and selfies to gauge my progress when my scale stalls.
For additional information on goal setting, please refer to Chapter 12, Goals, in
A Timekeeper’s Guide To Weight Loss, Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle.