Tips To Stay On Track

Remember, life is neither perfect nor predictable. Various events and circumstances WILL come along to delay or interrupt the achievement of your goals.

We do fall ill, have accidents, become pregnant, our cars break down and others do let us down. And, when we forget or get stressed, we’ll revert to bad or emotional eating. It’s part of the human condition. We’re not perfect either. Once we accept these realities, dealing with setbacks becomes easier and less stressful. Whatever the cause of the delay or setback is, it’s NOT the end of the world, nor is it justification to abandon your goals or beat yourself up. All you do then is make the necessary adjustments to:

Modifying your original goal is NOT FAILURE. Rather, it is a mature and very reasonable response to YOUR life circumstances. After all, these are your goals not someone else’s. The only person you truly have to please, in this context, is yourself.

If your original goal ‘to permanently lose 12 kilos (26 lb) in 6 months’ has to be change to something like:

…it really doesn’t matter; it’s only the numbers we’re arguing about, not the underlying reasons for the goal in the first place. What IS important is the range of health benefits associated with that weight loss - like feeling better, having more energy, lower blood pressure, reduced risks of heart disease, diabetes or cancer.

Because your goal is a ‘permanent’ weight loss, we’re really talking about a life style change, not some temporary drop in weight attempted by the latest fad-diet. History shows that such diets are rarely effective for the majority of the population and certainly not on a permanent basis - despite all the marketing hype and claims to the contrary.

Happy goal-setting. Once you get the hang of it, you’ll never look back.