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Date Posted: 06:25:40 06/11/02 Tue
Author: Kel
Subject: Reasonable Goals

I've been doing some self-analysis lately concerning why I often don't succeed on staying on my plan for any significant period of time. I think one of the things that hinders my determination is that I feel pressured to meet unrealistic goals. For example.. Starting in April I began the 'big push' to try and slim down for summer, knowing that finals were approaching and aware that I probably wouldn't lose in the month of May because of this. But still I wanted to be skinny-minny for summertime & I expected this of myself. Well summer is here and I've started and stopped the diet so many times I've lost count. Several times I've caught myself thinking "well you're never gonna lose that much by the deadline of summer so might as well cheat today if you really want to."

It seems like I always start trying to get into that swimsuit in March or April and that's pretty unrealistic at my weight because I only lose like 1-2 lbs per week. By June I'm always disappointed. That only gave me 2 months really (because May I was expecting to not lose), to lose 20 lbs. Unrealistic!

Okay so NOWWW I've re-evaluated my goals. My new objective is to be into something slinky for all the Christmas and New Years parties. That gives me approximately 6 months to lose 20 lbs. I think I should be able to handle that! Even with the Thanksgiving holiday in there and the occassional cheat once in awhile, at 4 lbs per month, that would be like 24 lbs lost. That seems more do-able to me.

Anyone else disappointed that they didn't get to where they wanted to be by summer? Anyone else want to join me in my holiday quest? I think I'm going to continue our challenges, but I'm considering different angles and methods that we can use to pump some new motivation into our current system. Does anyone have any suggestions of their own on this? Nancy? Shara? Katie? Sherry - Anyone? Bueller? LOL.. I've included my email in this post so that folks can email me if they don't want to post their ideas. Lets put our motivation back in force. Lets put our heads together and see if we can come up with something new to do (or a new way of approaching an old method that we like & share). All suggestions for themes and gimmicks are welcome =)

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Re-evaluation if Always Good! Does anyone know the Acronym "SMART" for setting goals. I think M is for Measurable, A is for Attainable, R is for Realistic, T is for a Time frame...cant remember was the S stands for. They use this for People who Want to make Changes to their Lifestyle where I work! You make a little chart with all those components. Hope this helps! Glad you feel better about this new plan! (NT) -- Sarah, 07:21:41 06/11/02 Tue
I've been trying to keep my goals realistic. My goal for mid-December is 186 (only about 55 pounds to go). That's calculated at 1.5% of my weight lost per week which is how I choose to calculate my goals. (NT) -- Katie, 08:33:54 06/11/02 Tue
Kel -- Sherry, 09:13:24 06/11/02 Tue
- Response -- Kel, 06:09:56 06/12/02 Wed
  - You do? -- Sherry, 08:25:39 06/12/02 Wed