What are your goals? Have you reach them?

What advise can you give to others to help reach their goals and stay on track ?

I was Banded on December 1, 2011 BUT, I set 6 goals for myself even though im only 3 weeks post-op .

I want to lose about 60 lbs plus.

GOALS

My first goal was to drop 10 lbs...... and I did. Goal 1, COMPLETE (YAY)

Goal 2 Drop another 10 lbs..... 5 more lbs to go. YAY

Goal 3 drop another 10lbs....... You see where this is going .... lol

It's easier for me to say 10lbs each goal , rather then 60 plus lbs being my goal.

so I set 6 goals and only have 4 1/2 left. THAT WAS EASY !!

WHAT HELPS ME STAY ON TRACK:

Even though it's only been three weeks for me , i've noticed Im having troubles remembering to eat. I'm just not hungry.

BUT, I know if I dont eat every 2 1/2 to 3 hrs Im not going to lose the weight.

So what I did that's working out great for me is.. I set my alarm on my IPOD touch to go off every 3 hours. So every 3 hrs the alarm goes off and either its a protein shake or my 1/4 cup of food that's on my menu for that meal. THIS SEEMS TO WORK GREAT FOR ME. Now I don't forget to eat. and Ive notice the weight IS coming off faster .

I hope that helps someone!!!

Good luck to EVERY ONE and HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL !

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING "LESS" OF ALL OF YOU LOL

Awesome! Congardulations! I need to set some goals too!

I'm a big goal kinda person, so for me, setting mini goals along the way wasnt really something I thought about doing.

Oh, I could have set them, but it would have been a spurious, artificial kind of thing for me, I had my eye on the big prize at the end.

And I'm not one to set "realistic" goals either. I wanted to lose a LOT of weight and get SLIM. I wouldnt have been happy just reaching a BMI of 25.

Everyone always tries to discourage me from these lofty goals, encourages me to set smaller, more reachable ones, but its just not my personality. And I tend to either reach a goal or I dont, there's no halfway for me.

So you do what you personally are comfortable with. If having a pedicure every 10lb motivates you, you do that. If you know you'll have the pedicure anyway, whether you lose 10lb or not, you dont bother.

I set a short term and a long term goal...my short term goal ends in about 3 weeks and I still have 8.7 pounds to go...let's hope I can drop that weight, so I can lose 100 pounds in 30 weeks! My long term goal was to be at my goal weight within a year...I have about 33 pounds to go in the next 25 weeks and then I have no clue how I will set my goals!

My first goal was to get under 100kg - done! My next goal is to wear a size 14. Currently at size 16-18 on the bottom, 16-14 on top but this time last year I was squeezing to get into a 26 so am well on my way! My other goal is to get off my last blood pressure tablet.