Do small goals work better than large goals?

It depends on the person. When I started here I set a goal weight and when I reached that, I would lower it another 10lbs, then another.... etc. It worked better for me because I was discouraged by such a large number.

Personally I set up my large goal and set a date then I divided it up. My ultimate goal weight is 130 by 5/16/2012 ( MY Birthday)
But ihave a goal to loase 20lbs by 10/31, another 10lbs by 12/31/2011, and so on.

I think is works better because If I tell myself ok I have 70 lbs to lose by 5/16 then I will put it off thinking, oh I can make up for it later, when in fact later never comes. So the little goals help me to stay on track.

Hope this helps!

Small goals work best for me. Go to the top of the page where it says Signature and you can put what you want and it will show up whenever you comment.

I personally use the approach of multiple small goals to get to a bigger target, so my target for weight loss at the moment is to get to 100kg, my target to do that for this month is to walk 170km.

I also find that using smaller and achievable goals at the start are good for motivation in the long term.

Well, you should see what is your overall weight that you need to lose, for example if it's 30lbs

You would break that down by 10lbs or by 5lbs...whatever you need to help you keep going...
If you do it by 10lbs and your MFP is set for 2lbs a week then you would start today and 5weeks from today (this would be your 1st mini goal; in total you'd have 3 mini goals) and you reward yourself someway that does not have to do with food. A pair of jeans..a manicure.. pedicure.. anything that you usually don't do for yourself that you would enjoy and that would encourage you to keep going.

Hope this helps!

Small goals work best for me. Go to the top of the page where it says Signature and you can put what you want and it will show up whenever you comment.

how did you get the signature at the bottom of your post with your SW, CW etc?? <this is also for ANYBODY else who has it> lol. i'm lost.

I do both. I have one big goal and small mini goals that I set to get me to that big goal.

For example my big goal this year is I want to lose 50lb by Dec 31st. I started Jan 1st.

My little goals are;

I did the c25k program.

I now want to work on the bridge to 10k.

I wanted to work out every day for 45 days so I could force the habit of exercise. (i did this because I wanted to have a habit instilled. They say it takes 30 days to make or break a habit. I am stubborn so I went for 45 days. Plus I had a sendentary desk job.)

Hope it helps.

I guess I shouldn't say little goals, I should say short term. I was jumping out of my skin when I was able to run my 5k.

Thats what I did and I've lost 58 pounds since April. I don't think that is an unreasonable goal. Good luck!!!

I feel like they do! To me its less stressful. i tell myself my goal is to lose 3 lbs this week and when i lose it i feel good..especially if i lose alittle more. Think they have done a few studies saying that those who focused too much about their long term are more likely to give up. I love my weekly goals i just take it day by day