Take note!

I tried to find a picture of a nerd taking notes but the results of that search were ridiculous!

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to receive one of the best educations anyone could ask for.  I learned tons of life lessons then and found a love for goal-setting and achieving.  I believe that all areas of our life could be improved from setting goals and working to reach those goals.  So, today I have some things to remember in setting and working towards goals that will benefit you in your weight loss (It would really work for any goals).  I found these somewhere on some blog a while ago and now I can't figure out where...not cool.

• Break your major goals into manageable daily tasks and set aside the time- You want to lose weight? How are you going to do it?  Set daily goals for exercise, what you will eat, and even things like posture.
• Take pleasure from the work and reward your progress- It's best to enjoy the experience instead of trudging through it.  You will be more likely to succeed if you look for the joy in the journey as opposed to just doing it just to do it.  Also, when you have succeeded, find healthy ways to reward yourself!
• Remember your past successes and imagine how good you will feel when you accomplish your goal-  If you have ever lost any amount of weight in the past, remember HOW GOOD that felt and think how good that will feel again!  If you haven't yet been able to lose weight, remember another past success and focus on that feeling of how good you did and how that felt!  You can TOTALLY do this!
• Also imagine how bad it will feel to give up or mess up- I usually try not to focus on the negative but sometimes, you gotta remember that you have come this far and it will really stink to backslide.  Keep moving forward!
• Use competition, especially trying to improve on your best effort thus far, to arouse interest- How fast was your fastest mile?  How much is the most amount of sit-ups you have done in one day?  Now try to beat that!  You will be amazed at how well you can do when you compete against yourself!
• Seek encouragement and find "heroes" to inspire you- I definitely have some people I look up to when it comes to staying fit or losing weight.  Let them know that they are your hero (or just that you admire them haha) and ask for tips or ways for you to improve.  If you are close enough to them, see if they can work out with you sometime!  If you are really close, ask for them to be your mentor!!  Now that is cute!

I am going to be posting really soon about goals and other specifics so that we can be super efficient and successful in our weight loss goals!  Let's do this!