whats "healthy" when youre obese?

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  • FireOpalCO
    FireOpalCO Posts: 641 Member
    Goals are great, but you should rethink how you put them together. I've read several different people about goal setting, etc. and they all said the same thing, make goals actionable items that you control, not results. Let me give you an example. "Get an A on my History Quiz" is a bad goal because it could be affected by all sorts of factors outside your control (including the teacher writing a bad test). "Study History every weeknight for 30 minutes" is actionable, the student could check it off for sure. They should also be immediately to short term (not long term, like an A on the history Mid-term).

    Numbers on the scale aren't really up to you. You could retain water, it could be PMS, you could really need to poop. Better to have goals that are short term (one week or less). Goals could be "I will accurately log without missing a day/meal for a week" or "I will work out for at least 30 minutes 5 times a week". Then at the end of the week you KNOW whether or not you made your goal without the scale. Earn enough of these goals, shiny stickers, etc, then reward time. (Massage, pedicure, new shiny toy).

    Also set it up so if something throws you off your game (injury, illness, weekend wedding) you aren't starting from zero. Example, you might say to yourself in your little book (because of course you write down these goals) when I earn five "stickers" for complete weeks of working out, I get a massage. You wouldn't write "when I get five weeks in a row" because how would you feel if you cut open your foot the first day of week five...

    So remember: completely actionable by you, short term, written down, and easy to get back on the horse

    /now where should I put this soap box, is this corner okay? I like to clean up after myself.

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