Did you ever think you could actually reach your goal??

if those posting their goal success stories can then you can.

Yup im past my goal actually. Have since reevaluated and am now aiming to lower body fat.

It's better not to have goals. Disappointment can breed negative thinking, which can hinder progress. That's why I pursue something that has no goals.

I think we can do almost anything as human beings, and even if I wasn't sure about that, I now know I can.
Reaching a reasonable goal - for how hard it might seem - is totally possible. I gave up on my dream of reaching my "ideal" body anyway, which is totally unrealistic since I would basically need to become someone else.

I've never really had a goal before - and If I did it was completely unrealistic in terms of how much weight I wanted to lose and how fast.

Now I am determined to reach my goal which is 35lb - 42lbs lighter than I currently am. I've never been so determined in my life.

I know it's going to take time, and I know what I have to do to achieve it. I don't know when it will be - sometime in November maybe, but I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that I will get there.

In the past I've said I'm going to do this and that and give up this, and take up that ... and I've never actually done it. I've talked the talk, but never actually walked the walk and consequently I've known (subconsciously) that there was never any real possibility of me getting anywhere close to where I wanted to be. I'd lose a few pounds, gain them back and some more.

But not this time. This time I don't have even a flicker of a doubt. I've even told my kids that this isn't just another one of mum's 'diets'. This time mum means business!

So yes, I do think I can actually reach my goal, and what's more I will reach my goal.

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Personally my goal was to lose weight and get fitter which is what I've done. I've never had specific numbers in my head I've just done what I've done. I've never got this obsession over a specific 'goal' weight considering the way peoples bodies are you may only hit the number at 7.01 am on a specific day and 30 minutes later could be heavier. Set realistic goals use the numbers as a guide and don't get too obsessed with them is my advice to anyone

Yes I did. In fact, I started a blog (on blogger) the day I started dieting, but before I did that, I put on 2-3kg so that I would be the heaviest I'd ever been. It took me about 2-3 weeks eating large amounts of pizza and other nice food. I was never hungry.

Sometimes you just know you'll reach goal weight. Other times, you're not sure. Anyway, it took me 38 months and I lost 28kg.

Yes, I absolutely believe that I can lose the weight. I am a very goal oriented person. When I first started loosing weight, it was pretty easy to keep motivated because the numbers were moving fairly quickly. After I lost for a while, things started slowing down. I had to find some new goals to focus on because I was getting pretty frustrated.

Now, I focus on my health. My goal is to make healthy decisions and learn to have a better relationship with food and myself. The weight will follow in due time.

Celebrate your successes on the way, I'm really starting to see that the journey is it's own reward. You can do it! :flowerforyou:

My original goal of healthy chubby land? Yeah. I knew I could do it. I wasn't sure I'd stay with it because I knew it would take at least a year, but I had experience dropping a lot of weight before. Not that much weight, but a lot. I knew it was possible.

This last 10 or 20 is just killing me now though. It's so much harder to get lean than to go from obese to overweight to the normal-chubby range.

I was pretty skeptical that I could reach the goal I set. Partly because I never weighed that as an adult and partly because of some other factors I won't get into. My suggestion would be to take it one day at a time and don't try to rush it. Consistency will pay off for you. It has taken me almost 2 years to get to 50 pounds lost but I did it and decided to keep going.

I'm still striving for my goal, though I do find it harder now as the pounds are not coming off as fast as I'm slimming down. But I'm still positive I'll reach it. We can all do it...For me it's all about how bad I want it. You can do it!!

I don't actually have a final goal yet but it'll be somewhere in the overweight range rather than obese at a point where I feel I look and feel good and can comfortably survive on the maintenance calories I get at that point. It's hard to think of an ultimate goal but onederland is my primary goal at the moment. I know I can do it!