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10 Tips for Establishing Successful Weight Loss Goals

Setting a weight loss goal is possibly the easiest part of your weight loss program. Here are 10 simple, but useful, tips to remember when establishing your weight loss goals.

Setting a weight loss goal is possibly the easiest part of your weight loss program.   Here are ten simple, but useful, tips to remember when establishing your weight loss goals.

1. Start with 12 Weeks
Give yourself twelve full weeks to turn your life around, by eating better and moving more.

2. Set a Goal Weight

A realistic and healthy weight loss goal is 1 to 2 pounds per week.  Anything more than 2 pounds per week and you’re most likely losing muscle, too. Remember, you want to lose fat, not muscle!

3. BMI (Body Mass Index)
While the body mass index does not actually measure your percentage of body fat, it is a good estimate that is calculated based on your weight and height. A reasonable body fat percentage goal is around .5 % a week. Free BMI calculators can be found online.

4. Make a Weight Loss Plan
However you determine your weight loss goals, you should record that goal and then make a plan to reach it. Look at your goal objectively: is it specific, measureable, attainable, realistic and tangible?

5. Choose Your Start Date
Once you choose your start date, weigh yourself and write it down and start tracking it.  You can just use a piece of paper, or you can get fancy and create a spreadsheet that tracks the changes.

6. Stick to the Plan
Make sure you take whatever steps necessary to stick to your weight loss goals. Life gets busy and stressful, but don’t let that keep you from sticking to your goals!

7. Track Your Progress Once a Week
Once you set your weight loss goal, you need to track how well you’re doing. Weigh yourself and calculate your BMI once a week.  If you see a drop in weight or body fat, then keep doing what you’re doing.

8. Make Changes if Necessary
If you’re not losing weight, then you may need to make changes to your diet or to your exercise routine. Be honest about how much you’re eating and how hard you’re working out, and see where you can make changes so you can reach your weight loss goals.

9. Weigh Yourself Properly
Make sure you have a good digital scale that counts in 0.2 pounds. Weigh yourself on the same day each week, and at the same time of day.  Our weight loss Latrobe services can help you with weighing yourself properly.

10. Reward Yourself
Try rewarding yourself every three or four weeks, but don’t use food as a reward. Buy yourself an inexpensive piece of jewelry, or a new book, or treat yourself to a movie.  You probably won’t want to buy any new clothing until you’ve lost all of the weight that you want to lose.

If you use these 10 tips, then you’re sure to have great success with your weight loss goals!

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