Your New Years Weight Loss Resolution™ by JayKay Bak PDF EBook JayKay Bak Your New Years Weight Loss Resolution | Page 44

The other great thing about goal setting is that not only do you have a real purpose and you are solidifying and materializing those dreams into reality but it also gives you achievable steps to attain it. Think of it as a blueprint to your weight loss. Which would keep you motivated longer? I will lose 100 pounds in 12 months of which I will be at my goal weight of 120 pounds. Or… By December 31 st 2009 I will weigh 120 pounds. My current weight is 220 pounds therefore I need to lose 100 pounds. To achieve my goal of a 100 pound weight loss I will need to lose at least 2 pounds per week for the next 12 months. Then create mini weight loss goals which will eventually contribute to the overall weight loss goal of 100 pounds because how do you eat an elephant?, one bite at a time. How do you achieve such an overwhelming amount of weight loss?, one pound at a time. It is these small, simple, unglamorous steps that add up to the life changing 100 pound goal. Get very detailed and specific. So if you started your program on January 1 st , by January the 8 th you would have lost 2 pounds with your new weight being 218 pounds. By January the 15 th you should weigh 216 pounds 41