Mini Goals: Hit Goal 1

loulee997
loulee997 Posts: 273 Member
edited December 2023 in Health and Weight Loss
If I thought about the total amount of weight I needed to lose, I'd get very unmotivated. I, instead, set mini-goals.

I started at 263 pounds. I just hit my first goal.

I'm finally under 240 pounds. My next goal is to get under 230 pounds.
Then 220--and so on until I get to 180. When I get there, I'll reevaluate.

If you are struggling with a large amount of weight to drop, try setting small goals. Small goals give you small victories. It makes a hard task easier.
 It really does help me stay motivated as I feel like I'm making progress.

Lou

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,541 Member
    Congratulations: That's wonderful!
  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 885 Member
    edited December 2023
    I want to second the congratulations!! 23 lbs!!! You lost a

    Dachshund
    Two bowling balls
    A good-sized watermelon
    A two-year-old child
    Half of a bag of mulch
    Five bags of sugar
    30 cans of soda
    At least two car tires
    Three gallons of water
    Two large bottles of laundry detergent
    A standard box of reams of paper
    A frozen turkey and a couple of frozen chickens
    ……

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  • Sett2023
    Sett2023 Posts: 158 Member
    Great!!
  • NaomiJuneC
    NaomiJuneC Posts: 2 Member
    That's a great way to look at it!
  • bubbeE787
    bubbeE787 Posts: 34 Member
    Having small goals is great. That is a good way to tackle most larger “projects”. You are doing wonderful- keep it up!
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    I don't think half a bag of mulch is right. Mulch is not very dense. I doubt half a bag of mulch would weigh five pounds, much less 23 (the weight lost by OP). Unless mulch means something different outside the U.S., or we're talking about some wholesale size bag used by landscapers that fills the bed of a pickup.
  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 885 Member
    edited December 2023
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    I don't think half a bag of mulch is right. Mulch is not very dense. I doubt half a bag of mulch would weigh five pounds, much less 23 (the weight lost by OP). Unless mulch means something different outside the U.S., or we're talking about some wholesale size bag used by landscapers that fills the bed of a pickup.

    1 bag of 2 cu ft= 34 lbs so it’s pretty close if it’s about half the bag. I think my last project took at least 100 of these bags 😅.

    “ For example, a 2 cubic foot bag of Vigoro Premium Wood Mulch has a bag weight of 34 lbs. Compare that to a 2 cubic foot bag of Year Long Black Mulch with a bag weight of 42 lbs. and a 2 cubic foot bag of hardwood mulch by Gardener’s Pride with a bag weight of 35 lbs.”

    I have no idea what kind of mulch weighs less than 5lbs or what it would accomplish tbh.

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