Winning Weight Loss Tip No. 3: Know Where You Are Going

 

If you don’t know where you’re going how will you know when you get there?!

 

If you don’t know where you want to be then you’ll never get there!

 

So consider, where do you want to be? Where specifically?

 

The more specific you are, the more you can focus on that goal and the more successful you will ultimately be.

 

If you simply told yourself that you wanted to lose weight then that could be anything from one pound onwards. Now, if you are taking the time to read this, I doubt that you are only seeking to lose one pound.

 

And many people focus on ‘losing weight’ or not being ‘so fat’ – you always get more of what you focus on so make sure you aren’t focussing on weight and fat!

 

So be clear in your mind how you will know when you have succeeded with your weight loss goal whether it’s:

 

• ‘to be a size 14’

 

• ‘to weight X amount’

 

• ‘to look good in my old jeans’

 

• Or something else specific that really focusses your mind on that target.

 

You also want to make sure that it’s REALISTIC for you and that you put a realistic TIME FRAME on it (along the lines of 1-2 lbs weight loss a week is realistic if you want to lose it and keep it off).

 

  

How to achieve your goal:

 

• Identify your weight loss goal – make sure it is SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic & Timed). Make sure you focus on what you want. State it as if you already have it in the present tense. It may help to write it down.

 

• Close your eyes and see yourself achieving that goal like you are watching it on a movie or TV screen.

 

Notice as much detail as you can about this thinner, successful you – the look on your face, the clothes you are wearing, your confident posture etc. Watch and listen to that you succeeding with your goal.

 

• When the movie is exactly how you want things to be, step into the you in the movie so you are looking through your own eyes having achieved this goal.

 

See what you see, hear what you hear and notice how good it feels to be successful – then imagine a dial in the corner of your mind and keep intensifying that good feeling. Make the images bigger and brighter and the sounds louder and crisper. What will you say to yourself having achieved this outcome?

 

• When you are ready, step back out of the movie so you have a picture/image of yourself achieving your goal. Imagine floating into your future, taking the picture with you and put it in your future at exactly the date and time you will achieve it, knowing that it’s just waiting for you to reach it, go through it and make it real.

 

• With that goal locked in place in your future, imagine a whole series of pictures of all the things and steps that will happen between now and that time. Imagine yourself in each one eating the right amount for you, looking thinner, having more energy, doing more things etc.

 

Each picture should gradually get bigger and brighter and more successful as you get nearer your end goal. Enjoy the fact that you are setting a road map in your mind.

 

 

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