How To Set Your Weight Goal

The first step in goal setting is writing it down- the “what” and “when”. Be specific. For example, “I will weigh 145 lbs by November 15th”.

The next step involves pushing through the negative emotion that will come up. As soon as you stretch yourself, your brain tries to protect with negative emotion- emotion that keeps you from moving out of your comfort zone. As you process these emotions you learn and gain mental and emotional strength. A useful practice you can try, is writing your thoughts down and addressing them from a perspective of completion- from a place of knowing. For example, if your thought is, “nothing works for me”….it might then look like, “nothing worked for me until I tried a different approach where I cooperated with myself, rather than trying to use willpower”.

Next comes the action plan. Pretend that you’re your future self (the person who has already accomplished the goal) is telling you exactly how to accomplish the goal. You’ll be blown away by how much wisdom you find within yourself. Break your goal down into small steps. For each step, design a time frame and deadline for completion.

Think about obstacles that might come up, and for each obstacle, write a specific strategy. An obstacle might be, “I don’t have time to prepare healthy food”. A strategy might be, “I schedule grocery shopping/ food prepping every Sunday from 12pm-4pm”. Or, “I hire a food prep service”. Or, “I ask the family to help, so it only takes an hour to prep”.

Through the process of goal setting, you’ll become a more clear, clean, in touch version of yourself as you push outside your comfort zone. There’s nothing you genuinely want that you can’t have. To receive help with goal setting during a FREE mini coaching session, email me: lparkes@lightenup4ever.com.