Weight Loss: Goal-Setting for Success!

If you were going to travel to the other side of the world,you'd need to plan it. I mean, you're not going to just book aseat on a plane, take off and just take it all as it comes. Youneed to plan your finances, organize time off from work, get avisa, book accommodation, the list goes on.

Well, the same detail needs to be applied when you're trying tochange your life.

The best way to do this is to set goals.

Goal-setting is used by all successful people. It gives them aplan of attack. It keeps them focused on the small things thatmust be done to achieve big dreams. It tells them precisely whatthey must do each day in order to succeed.

I bet when you've tried to rid yourself of excess fat in thepast you've just said "I'm going to lose 10kg's.....I'm going toexercise....and I'm not going to eat fat", and that is your plan.

This is why many people fail. They forget the details.

To get the details, you must answer these questions:

We'll start with the first statement: "I'm going to lose 10kg".In what time frame? If you don't have much time then that willaffect how much exercise you have to do. It will also affect howstrict your diet must be.

Q1. How much body fat do you need to lose?Q2. What is thetime frame? (a realistic level is 0.5-1kg per week)

Next, is the exercise. What type of exercise are you going todo? When are you going to do it? You can't achieve long-termsuccess if you don't plan your exercise.

Q3. What type of exercise are you going to do?

Q4. What days will you do it?

Q5. What time will you do it?

Q6. Who will you do it with?

Q7. Do you need to buy any equipment?

Finally, your eating plan. You need to plan every single mealand snack. I know it's takes time but you can't succeed withoutit. Remember, you not only have to avoid foods high in fat, butalso foods high in sugar.

Q8. What will you have for breakfast each morning?

Q9. What will you have for lunch? Do you need to prepare it thenight before?

Q10. What will you have for dinner?

Q11. Do you snack? What will you snack on?

Each of these questions need to be answered if you wish tosucceed. Sit down right now and do your list. Then you will haveyour detailed plan for successful fat loss!