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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 10, 2019 0:01:12 GMT
Wednesday, 07/10
Day 10 – Set a Realistic Goal
Beck talks about being realistic goal when you set a goal for weight loss. It is important to be realistic about your rate of weight loss because one of the bigger reasons people quit their attempts at weight loss is because they aren’t losing weight fast enough. She also points out the option of just having your goal being five pounds at a time.
Since a lot of us are at our goal weight this can also speak to us about setting other goals, for example exercise goals. We need to be realistic with those too or else we wear ourselves out and may fall into “all or nothing” thinking and stop exercising at all, could also happen with weight loss goals.
If you are losing what type of weight loss goal have you set for yourself? Do you think it is realistic and how will you handle it if you have set backs?
For those of us maintaining I am assuming that we all have the general “maintain my goal weight” goal. Have you found that goal a realistic one for yourself and the life you live? How do you handle setbacks?
Heads up: Day 12 (Friday) is “skip lunch” day. You might want to think ahead about that so you can be prepared to do it on Friday, although there is no obligation to do it if you don’t want to and if you want to do it you can do it any day you choose.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 10, 2019 0:04:54 GMT
When I started WW the first goal they gave you was 10% of your starting weight with no time involved. In fact when I started and had 80 pounds to lose I gave myself two years to lose the weight. I had done WW before and had lost at a pound a week so I knew I could do that if I concentrated on staying on plan. After the first 10% my goal would be 10% of my new weight until I got to goal. I didn't worry about losing 80 pounds I worried about staying on plan each week for that week.
As for maintenance so far I've been able to maintain so I guess it is working for me and my life. I handle setbacks by coming to my online support groups and getting back to the basics like tracking.
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Post by surfgirl on Jul 10, 2019 0:45:42 GMT
I'm in losing mode, and I'm trying to look at it in 5 pound increments, but I usually end up looking at the goal because it's 30 pounds total.
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Post by cathygeha on Jul 10, 2019 5:31:33 GMT
My first goal is to reach onederland. I know my setpoint weights where I usually hit a plateau or 200, 180, 160, 145/140 so will have those in mind I think in five and ten pound increments and the setpoints where I have stayed longest in the past.
I have about six pounds to lose to get into onederland
I think that once one hits goal there should be gols to achieve after that. I will think about those as I move in that direction.
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Post by wwlurker on Jul 10, 2019 11:53:24 GMT
I tend to think like cathygeha, in set points and 5 to 10 pound increments. But I also think about one week at a time, like bbbearsmom. Right now my goal is to stay OP from week to week - keep trying at least. Weight-wise, I'm not thinking of an ultimate goal right now because I don't know where this will lead. Sometimes I think ahead to where I might be in a month, two months, six months, etc., but I try not to focus on that. I'd rather focus on my behaviours, which I can control. The scale will do whatever it's going to do.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on Jul 10, 2019 15:28:10 GMT
I need to go back to 5lb goals. That worked very well for me.
I'm also not going to try and get to my lowest weight ever (112)- that was not realistic for me.
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Post by borntexan on Jul 10, 2019 22:23:03 GMT
My goal is to maintain and I'm enough under my WW goal I really am not that concerned about that.I do find I have to eat pretty much like when I was losing with a few splurges and to keep exercising.
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