Mish,

I actually worked with a Girl Scout troop on goal setting.

What I have found that helps is to identify the goals, and then sublist the things you will do to reach the goal. For example:

I will lose 10 lbs by the end of February
1. I will keep a food journal
2. I will walk 3x/week, and weight lift on other days
3. I will do something fun that gets me off the couch on 1 weekend day that keeps me moving. Like bowling or riding my bike or ice skating.
4. I'll walk 2x/wk on my lunch break

If you can identify the steps you can make that help you focus, it's so much easier to achieve them.

Gineen is right on not making too many. If you do too much, you'll short circuit and bomb out.

I need to work on some goals myself. I have a lot more than 10 to take off, and I want to commit to that this year myself.

Good luck!

Betsey


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