The Most Realistic Goals for Weight Loss
Personally, I hate to set goals for anything. But I think that we can’t avoid that in our lives. Some example: From the perspective of personal finance, bankers/consultants will usually ask what is your goals, how much do you want to save after 5 years, 10 years, 20 years or 30 years? How much can you afford your loan repayment each month, and how much do you want to borrow? From the perspective of business, what is the company’s goal in achieving certain amount of revenue/sales? Married couples, decide how many kids that they want to have within how many years…. There are more examples. But it all voice down to just one little thing, what is the thing they want to achieve at the end of the day.
Let’s move on, what’s the most realistic goals for weight loss.
Losing 1 pound a week is the answer. Yea, it is so little… but that is realistic and achievable. Healthy weight loss is 2lbs – 6lbs in a month. So, losing just 1 pound in a week is the average weight loss.
I would say that most people failed in achieving their goals are simply because they are too ambitious. The goals that they set for themselves are too high that is mission impossible. What I mean by mission impossible… Goals like “I want to lose 10lbs in a week”, “I want to lose 20lbs in a month”. If you are setting such goals you need to analyze, is this something achievable? And what are the things you going to do to lose those 10-20lbs in a week or in a month.
Most people know that they wanted and needed to lose weight. But when it comes to the planning part of what to do and how to lose weight, they are lost. They got no idea on how to start. Here’s some simple tips on how to start losing weight.
- Find a mentor that you like and trust. A mentor is someone who has successfully lose their own weight and keep the weight off for years. You need a mentor because you need someone to guide you on what to do and how to proceed with your losing weight journey if you have encounter challenges along the way.
- Find a lose weight buddy. Lose weight buddy is fun to have because both of you can compete with each other to see who got better results and also someone to talk to about weight loss stuffs. It is a win win situation for both of you. Not only both of you lose weight but also gain a long term friendship.
- You, yourself and the mindset. Losing weight is a long term commitment. You need to have patience, determination, consistency and discipline. You can lose weight successfully without a mentor, without a lose weight buddy if you do what it takes to achieve your goals. Remember, you are the only one that going to make your goals come true.
- Ask yourself this question, Are You Ready To Lose Weight?
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