Fill your life with goals.
Fill your life with goals.
When you get close to your weight goal, you become more focused on it. You think about it constantly. Will it be tomorrow? In three days? Next week? Every time you eat you may think, "Maybe if I eat a little less, I can get to my goal sooner," or, "What if I walk twice a day for just this week?" Or, maybe you think, "After I reach my goal I can relax, right?"
You may think that once you reach goal you are done. But you will need to remain ever- vigilant maintaining your goal weight, You also will need to see beyond weight loss to the other things in life that make it worth living. Learn something new. Set a goal to meet a different kind of challenge. Fill your life with more goals than just reaching your goal weight, and see how full your life can be.
Action for the day: In your journal, write down three non-weight-related goals.
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When you get close to your weight goal, you become more focused on it. You think about it constantly. Will it be tomorrow? In three days? Next week? Every time you eat you may think, "Maybe if I eat a little less, I can get to my goal sooner," or, "What if I walk twice a day for just this week?" Or, maybe you think, "After I reach my goal I can relax, right?"
You may think that once you reach goal you are done. But you will need to remain ever- vigilant maintaining your goal weight, You also will need to see beyond weight loss to the other things in life that make it worth living. Learn something new. Set a goal to meet a different kind of challenge. Fill your life with more goals than just reaching your goal weight, and see how full your life can be.
Action for the day: In your journal, write down three non-weight-related goals.
© 2007, National Association for Weight Loss Surgery. All rights reserved. Daily Inspirations are provided by the National Association for Weight Loss Surgery. Get our free report, How to Regain-Proof Your Weight Loss Surgery at .www.nawls.com
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on 7/6/10 9:58 am
on 7/6/10 9:58 am
LOL, Mollie - that paragraph about getting close to your goal describes how I'm feeling now. It's like waiting and watching for a pot of water to boil - it seems the more closely you study tha****er the longer it takes.
I think the real trick is to figure out what you will do as part of maintaining for the rest of your life and new goals can be part of that - but developing new habits that help you maintain is important too. That's what I'm busy planning for - planning to maintain success.
I think the real trick is to figure out what you will do as part of maintaining for the rest of your life and new goals can be part of that - but developing new habits that help you maintain is important too. That's what I'm busy planning for - planning to maintain success.
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