12 Jan

Ready… Set… Plan!

Posted by John T in Fatblogging, Issues in Weight Loss.

In one way or another all of us have posted our goals for 2008, and my mantra has been to make it work, you gotta have a plan.2008.jpg

  1. Pick your battles. 1 or 2 attainable goals are better than several impossible resolutions. Go for quality, not quantity. When you look back at the past year, what would you have done differently? Regret going back for 2nds at every social function? Make a resolution to limit yourself to one serving of your favorites.
  2. Keep your goal ‘top of mind’. Despite the computer revolution, wall calendars aren’t going away anytime soon. Put yours to good use. Every month, write your goal below the picture. As each month passes, mark your milestones on the way to reaching your goal. You’ll not only keep your goal top of mind, but also reaffirm it every month.
  3. Be prepared. A goal without a plan is guaranteed to fail. How will you go about losing those extra pounds you gained over the holidays? Exercise? Diet? Both? Will you join a gym or buy a treadmill? Cook at home more? Enroll in a weight loss program like Weight Watchers? Write down the details to make your goal real. Now it’s just time to get started!
  4. Mark your progress. You’ve set your goal and created a plan. Along with marking your milestones on the calendar, record your feelings in a journal or… share your experiences with others through FatBloggers! I am always interested in adding new authors to our ranks. 100% of the active FatBloggers will agree; they owe a part of thier success to to this blog.

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    Posted by Rick on 12.01.08 at 9:22 pm

    Good stuff, John. I especially concur with #3: Preparation is the key to making it all work. Keep food in the cupboards that is going to work with your weight loss plan. Stay away from the cookie aisle when you go to Safeway, stuff like that.

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    Posted by John T on 12.01.08 at 9:22 pm

    Also, if you must go to an ‘eating event’ make an ‘eating plan’. If it is at work, you generally know what yummies are going to be there. This last Wednesday (the day before my weigh-in) we had cake at our staff meeting for a fellow staff member who was leaving. I ‘planned’ to have a small piece from the center, so only the top had some frosting on it. And, yes, I tracked it.
    My co-workers are generally supportive of my weight loss efforts, especially since it has become so noticeable. But that didn’t stop my boss from saying, “Before I put this away, do you want another piece, John”?

    Brutal!

    (I declined)

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