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Setting Realistic Goals for Weight Loss Success

05-16-2009

Fast weight loss is not only unhealthy but an unachievable dream. But the fad diet promoters won't tell you this. These promoters have all sorts of weight loss breakthrough claims complete with before and after pictures as testimonials to weight loss success. These promoters are skilled in getting you quickly motivated for weight loss success and maintaining that euphoria just long enough to get your money for their products. But it is not long afterward that you find out that the goals they set for you were too high and for the most part unachievable. You have to accept that lasting weight loss success is the result of setting small goals. Let's see some ways others have achieved weight loss success through small but realistic goals.

Those with weight loss success don't give too much attention to the critics. This will help you keep your weight loss goals in check. You are never going to make everyone happy and some people just live to criticize you about your weight. Ignore them. Don't be surprised that when you set out to achieve weight loss success that some of your skeptical friends and family will actually try to put more fattening food in front of you.

Start with a small goal of just feeling better. Consider that if you lose 10% of your body weight that you will feel much better and be much more mobile. When you feel better, it will help you maintain your weight loss program. So if you just start with this goal, you can then move on to the next milestone towards success in your weight loss program.

Keep your goals small when it comes to changing food habits. Don't try to cut out foods wrong for you all at once. Don't underestimate the boredom factor and its negative influence on weight loss success. Few can go long without any carbohydrates. Eating only meat gets really dull in a short time. Salads for every meal can leave you feeling unfulfilled. Diet boredom also leaves you susceptible to falling for the next latest fad that promises overnight weight loss success. You know the foods that affect your weight. Cut one or two out at one time and try to replace them with something else.

The longer it takes to achieve weight loss success, the better. Both good and bad habits are formed by a combination of practice and time. People pick up a smoking habit not because of nicotine but because they practice it every day for a significant duration of time such as a month. For example, if you set your goal to lose 2 pounds per week then it will take you 25 weeks to lose 50 pounds. That's roughly half a year but during that time you will develop and practice new behaviors in the areas of eating and exercise.

Realistic goals should also be applied to your exercise routine. Take it easy when you begin exercising otherwise you risk injury. This is even more important if you have had an inactive lifestyle for quite some time. The important thing is to expose your body to some activity and this is as simple as walking 20-30 minutes each day. You can get some beginner dumbbells in order to start simple resistance exercises. And a bicycle is great for doing what is known as interval training where you alter the intensity of your activity.