Mini goals set and rewards for this journey.... What are your mini goals?
changetime77
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We all have an end goal and sometime if we only look at that it seems impossible, so I learnt last time I need to set mini goals and I reward myself when I get there. So here are my goals and what I've set as my rewards, these may change along the way but the goals won't....
Goal 1
under 115kg - reward get hair done
By end October 2017 - date achieved
Goal 2
Under 105kg - reward mani/pedi
By Christmas 2017 - date achieved
Goal 3
Under 100kg - reward new swimmers
By end January 2018 - date achieved
Goal 4 - HALF WAY
95kg - reward massage or spa day
By first week March 2018 - date achieved
Goal 5
Under 90kg - reward new outfit
By mid April 2018 (my birthday) - date achieved
Goal 6
Under 80kg- reward facial
By end of June 2018 - date achieved
Goal 7 - END GOAL
70kg or under - reward full make over hair, clothes
By end of august 2018 - date achieved
Goal 8
Keep 70kg or under - reward start back tattoo
Keep weight off for 6 months - date achieved
I will do
weekly weigh ins
Fort nightly measurements
Monthly progress photos
I will keep this post updated with my progress... What are your goals? Do you have rewards for yourself? If so what are they?
Goal 1
under 115kg - reward get hair done
By end October 2017 - date achieved
Goal 2
Under 105kg - reward mani/pedi
By Christmas 2017 - date achieved
Goal 3
Under 100kg - reward new swimmers
By end January 2018 - date achieved
Goal 4 - HALF WAY
95kg - reward massage or spa day
By first week March 2018 - date achieved
Goal 5
Under 90kg - reward new outfit
By mid April 2018 (my birthday) - date achieved
Goal 6
Under 80kg- reward facial
By end of June 2018 - date achieved
Goal 7 - END GOAL
70kg or under - reward full make over hair, clothes
By end of august 2018 - date achieved
Goal 8
Keep 70kg or under - reward start back tattoo
Keep weight off for 6 months - date achieved
I will do
weekly weigh ins
Fort nightly measurements
Monthly progress photos
I will keep this post updated with my progress... What are your goals? Do you have rewards for yourself? If so what are they?
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I used to eat out A LOT. Like EVERY other day! And I'd get an adult meal. So now the deal is, don't eat out all week, then I get to treat myself to a kids meal.6
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I did this. I have 3 mini rewards and 4 motivation reward. Such as every 20lbs I can get a little thing such as new nail vanish. New book, little things like that and then every 30lbs I get something bigger such as driving lessons, makeover and my finial goal is to do a sky dive x4
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drewaliciaalder26 wrote: »I did this. I have 3 mini rewards and 4 motivation reward. Such as every 20lbs I can get a little thing such as new nail vanish. New book, little things like that and then every 30lbs I get something bigger such as driving lessons, makeover and my finial goal is to do a sky dive x
Oh I like the skydive I was meant to do that for my 21st but was pregnant so I might have to change my final reward to this....0 -
Mini goal 1: Be thrilled if you even SLIGHTLY under maintanence cause that is still weight lost.
Mini goal 2: Be thrilled if you are still in a deficient even if you go over your carbs. Baby steps.
Mini goal 3: If over deficient, aim for a weekly deficient.
Mini goal 4: Save up for Christmas.
Mini goal 5: walk the dog.
Mini goal 6: Find the dog first..4 -
GlassAngyl wrote: »Mini goal 5: walk the dog.
Mini goal 6: Find the dog first..
LMAO if you can't find the dog I have 2 German shepherds that are over the top if you need to borrow them...0 -
changetime77 wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »Mini goal 5: walk the dog.
Mini goal 6: Find the dog first..
LMAO if you can't find the dog I have 2 German shepherds that are over the top if you need to borrow them...
That's what mine is but he hides when he sees the leash! He wants to walk "independently." Once on it, he's fine. Just groans and whines and "flops" on his side when he thinks he is done. Then I drag him for a bit until he gives up and stands back up.3 -
Mine are useless on a lead and if there are 2 people walking them only one person is allowed to hold both leads as they have to be side by side but then decide that they don't like each other and play fight... Nightmare to walk...
My mother has a 11 month old one that when she has had enough walking just turns around and heads back home... They all have their own little quirks but I wouldn't be with out one....2 -
changetime77 wrote: »Mine are useless on a lead and if there are 2 people walking them only one person is allowed to hold both leads as they have to be side by side but then decide that they don't like each other and play fight... Nightmare to walk...
My mother has a 11 month old one that when she has had enough walking just turns around and heads back home... They all have their own little quirks but I wouldn't be with out one....
Yeah.. me neither. He ate my front porch.. he ate some chairs.. but I kinda like him. He opens the front door himself so I can be lazy when he needs to go out!3 -
My mini goals are 10lb increments getting me to 100lbs total loss. I'm coming up on goal 5. I don't really set big rewards. It's new clothes or a night out with friends. The reward is feeling a lot better for the most part. Lol3
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I like your idea. I haven't set anything other than a couple of benchmarks, but with no rewards. I might steal your idea for myself.1
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i had to think about this, and you're right, it's very important to take a step back and grasp what we have achieved so far. I'm kind of a loser in the sense that I never reward myself when I haven't finished something, whether it be work, chores, dissertations or my dieting. I'm an all or nothing person and I have absolutely no idea how to relax, but I should work on that as well.
I have a lot of things I want to reward myself once I have reached my goal, and these include a new hairstyle, a new wardrobe, skydiving (My brother is an expert with over 150 jumps under his belt, so he has been nagging for years) and dancing classes if I can afford it.
But I guess for now, with 53lbs still to go, I can divide them into mini rewards.
20lbs: Hopefully this will be the amount I'll have lost when I'm off to visit my boyfriend. The holiday with him will be a big enough reward in itself, so no need to come up with something lol. It will also be my halfway mark.
20lbs: Buy a beautiful dress I can wear at my graduation. Hopefully I would have lost the weight by then, which will be around March 2018.
13-20lbs: A photo shoot!2 -
sytchequeen wrote: »I like your idea. I haven't set anything other than a couple of benchmarks, but with no rewards. I might steal your idea for myself.
Steal away.... I did it last time when I lost weight and it helped especially the hair one because I have a few greys I wasn't allowing myself to get it coloured to I meet that goal, was hard walking past hair dye and not just throwing one in.. But I think I loved it a little more then normal because of the effort that had gone into it...
Let us know what you pick as your rewards...2 -
FeelingAlive wrote: »i had to think about this, and you're right, it's very important to take a step back and grasp what we have achieved so far. I'm kind of a loser in the sense that I never reward myself when I haven't finished something, whether it be work, chores, dissertations or my dieting. I'm an all or nothing person and I have absolutely no idea how to relax, but I should work on that as well.
I have a lot of things I want to reward myself once I have reached my goal, and these include a new hairstyle, a new wardrobe, skydiving (My brother is an expert with over 150 jumps under his belt, so he has been nagging for years) and dancing classes if I can afford it.
But I guess for now, with 53lbs still to go, I can divide them into mini rewards.
20lbs: Hopefully this will be the amount I'll have lost when I'm off to visit my boyfriend. The holiday with him will be a big enough reward in itself, so no need to come up with something lol. It will also be my halfway mark.
20lbs: Buy a beautiful dress I can wear at my graduation. Hopefully I would have lost the weight by then, which will be around March 2018.
13-20lbs: A photo shoot!
I used to only focus on the end goal and I think that's why I failed so many times because it was alway so far away and I never looked at how far I had come. So a few year ago I broke it down to small chunks and lost 15kg and then life threw some curve balls in and I didn't lose anymore but I did keep it off for 18 months then life threw a lot of balls from all different directions and I gained it all back and a bit more.
So I'm back and not even looking and the finish line I'm looking at the first marker and taking comfort in the little victories and not focusing on the slip ups along the way (they are not failures as to fail is to quit and not keep trying) I own what I eat regardless of what it is, I don't beat myself up over them.
Don't forget to reward yourself for your journey so far! I'll want to see pictures of you in that beautiful graduation dress next year and remember it's ok to relax and take comfort in the little victories, a war is never won in one fight...1 -
changetime77 wrote: »
Let us know what you pick as your rewards...
Ok, not very exciting ones I suppose, but they work for me: this is straight off my spreadsheet, and my initial attempt at setting some mini-goals.
first goal 73kg November book a massage
start phase 2 Atkins 69kg Xmas book a facial
keep going! 66kg February book hair
just outside BMI 63kg Easter new jeans
Is this ideal? 59kg Birthday New outfit
this last one is a bit vague, because the lowest adult weight I've been didn't look healthy even though I was in my BMI range, so anything below 60kg is a bit "let's see" and I might stop there, or even go back up a bit.
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Today has been a month on MFP and I have now lost 4.6kg and am only 1.9kg to go to get to my first goal!!!!!!
How are you going with your mini goals?
Start weight 121.5kg start date 18 September 2017
Current weight 116.9kg
First goal 115kg4 -
I've never given myself any "rewards". It's a nice idea
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Woo Hoo.... First Goal Achieved a bit later then I wanted but I know I've been slack with my diet... I'll put up reward photo tomorrow...
How is every one doing with their goals and rewards?
Goal 1
under 115kg - reward get hair done
By end October 2017 - date achieved 9 November 2017
Now onto Goal 2
Under 105kg - reward mani/pedi
By Christmas 2017 - date achieved
Start weight 121.5kg start date 18 September 2017
Current weight 114.5kg
First goal 115kg archived 9 Nov 2017
Second goal 105kg1 -
I was stupid once again, even my mini goals were too large
But hey, I've lost 10lbs so far with 10lbs to go before I reach my first goal. My visit with my boyfriend is about 5 weeks away so I probably won't make it in time, but I'm not too bothered by it. Will be close enough.
And congratulations on reaching your first goal @Changetime77 !
What are you going to do with your hair? Looking forward to the picture.2 -
I'm just starting up, at almost exactly the same size as you. I like your goal weights - they seem far less intimidating than trying to get down to 85 straight away, which is my first final goal.
Just wanted to say good luck!1 -
FredGirlNZ wrote: »I'm just starting up, at almost exactly the same size as you. I like your goal weights - they seem far less intimidating than trying to get down to 85 straight away, which is my first final goal.
Just wanted to say good luck!
Welcome and good luck with becoming a loser.... lol.... Most of us here want to be losers it's cool.... I learnt long ago if I only focus on the final number i would just go its to hard instead of focusing on how far I'd come...
Breaking it down is far less scary and I like to reward myself because I'm a mum, wife, daughter, sister and all that goes along with that so I forget about myself most of the time so this is my pat on the back... You should let us know your mini goals and what you reward is going to be even if it's a small thing....
Good luck and let us know how you go...0 -
Here is my first mini goal reward....6 -
To get night snacking under control!1
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On September 11th 2017, I weighed in at 125 kilos. As I have at least half of that to lose, I decided to break it down to manageable mini goals - here they are:
First 10 kilos - achieved this after six weeks and my work colleagues all celebrated on my behalf, LOL
Next 10 kilos - currently 1.7 kilos into this mini goal
Next 6 kilos - looking forward to this as once achieved, it will take my weight from the triple figures to double
After that, I plan 5 kilo intervals as I anticipate the weight loss will become more difficult so making the targets more manageable should keep the motivation up.
Why am I doing this? Quite frankly, I'm 55 years old and have been a salsa dancer for many, many years. I was diagnosed with bilateral osteoarthritis in both knees in 2014 and since then, I've had a lot of pain and cannot dance, which breaks my heart at times. My motivation is therefore to lose all these excess kilos and dance again. I'm so unhappy without having that one passion in my life and also, I fear the idea of knee replacements.
All and any encouragement would be greatly appreciated.1 -
My first goal was getting down below 100kg. Going from triple to double was a big deal.
My current goal is to get below 95 (again) - and then of course under 90, which I haven't been for at least a decade.2 -
Hi and good luck. My first goal is to be 59.9 kgs. I was 60 kg at the beginning of the summer and then i went on a holiday. I promised myself that i would stop eating once my holiday is ended. When i returned home i was around 65 kgs and i just couldnt start dieting for 3 months and i am still eating like crazy. I always buy myself small size skinny jeans as a reward and motivation when i start on a diet but my diets usually end in a few days so i have never been to able wear any of them i have at least 4-5 skinny jeans size 34 which i cant fit in lol 1
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I am pretty far along (lost 37 of 58) and a pound from my next milestone - what I was going to have as my goal when I first started the diet. I decided not to accept half measures from myself and changed my goal to get under a BMI of 25. The previous milestone I hit was dropping under 200. I allowed a fun size York Peppermint Patty and a KIND Mini because I had cut out all snacks until I hit that milestone. Then I started allowing myself fruit snacks. At this next milestone (within a few days), I am going to start allowing any snack that fits within my calorie goal. I have gotten good enough at tracking everything and I am so committed to my long term goal that I can handle that now. I will still have 20 to go at that point but there will be no additional rewards other than feeling good about myself.
One other thing that will feel like a reward - I have been eating too little and had a very effective, but somewhat unhealthy loss so far. After I lose one more pound to hit the milestone, I am upping my calories into the healthy zone where they should be. So right when I start allowing treats, I will have extra calories for them if I keep doing meals similar to what I do now.1 -
I'm still debating on whether I want to do a "reward" besides simply losing weight and getting healthier with a better diet and more activity. I guess if I wanted to reward myself, it might be to have a nice meal out without tracking it, some wine one evening, or maybe a burger from one of my favorite places to grab a burger, with a side of fries without feeling any guilt and not tracking it. I feel like if I set the goal for 10 pounds lost, it will take a while, but if I do less, it will make me slide into bad habits, so I'm torn. With the holidays coming, maybe the reward should just be eating sensibly without counting (because it would be too hard to know nutritional values anyway) and not worrying about it at the parties I attend.
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AudreyJDuke wrote: »To get night snacking under control!
That's not an easy one.. I used to eat and drink all the way up to going to bed and now I don't eat or drink anything but water after 8:30pm, it's not successful all the time but 9 out of 10 it is...
Good luck with this goal hope you beat it...
Start weight 121.5kg start date 18 September 2017
Current weight 114.5kg
First goal 115kg archived 9 Nov 2017
Second goal 105kg0 -
lizasalsera wrote: »On September 11th 2017, I weighed in at 125 kilos. As I have at least half of that to lose, I decided to break it down to manageable mini goals
We have started around the same time with only a few kgs between us. I can't wait to be in double digits again, a few years ago I got down to 95 and kept it off for awhile... Mini goals are so much easier to deal with then looking at the big number...lizasalsera wrote: »Why am I doing this? Quite frankly, I'm 55 years old and have been a salsa dancer for many, many years. I was diagnosed with bilateral osteoarthritis in both knees in 2014 and since then, I've had a lot of pain and cannot dance, which breaks my heart at times. My motivation is therefore to lose all these excess kilos and dance again. I'm so unhappy without having that one passion in my life and also, I fear the idea of knee replacements.
Not being able to do the thing you love would be hard but you will get back to it....
You don't have to fear knee replacement my grandfather had his done and still walked everywhere (he could also touch his toes well into his 80's something I haven't been able to do since my teens) and didn't take long to recover... I know a few other people that have had it one who could hardly walk (in her 70's) was using electric scooter to go shopping or just down the street as couldn't walk that far and now has been to London to visit granddaughter and walked all around Europe while there.
Everyone here will give you encouragement as we all want to become losers...
Start weight 121.5kg start date 18 September 2017
Current weight 114.5kg
First goal 115kg archived 9 Nov 2017
Second goal 105kg1
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