track of your measurements is a great way to document your progress and provide you with the incentive to stick with it.
Your measurements should include:
The Date: _____________________________
Height: _______________________________
Current Weight: ________________________
Bust (women): _________________________
Waist around the belly button: _____________
Hips: _________________________________
Thighs: _______________________________
Right upper arm: ________________________
Left upper arm: _________________________
Make sure that you purchase a notebook or start a file on your computer so that you can keep track of your progress. Don’t forget to check the measurements every month because this will encourage you to stay focused on your goal.
Remember to not get stressed over the scale just weigh yourself every week, so you will stay focused despite the weight fluctuation as your body begins to add muscle and lose fat.
The other important feature of goal setting is that goals provide you with a purpose and achievable steps to reach your goals. Think of every goal as a sign post on a map to reaching your weight loss goals..
Which goal would motivate you more?
Over the next 12 months I will lose 52 pounds which will put me at my goal weight of 120 pounds.
Or…
40