Setting Weight Goals
Today I'm going to be writing about setting goals for weight loss, specifically my goals for the next 12 weeks. Let's just start with a basic premise: you need to write out your goals and follow your roadmap to success. Don't work on a wish and a prayer because if you do, you will not achieve the desired results. Write out your goals and look at them every day. Measure yourself, and it doesn't matter if you are measuring weight, inches, dress sizes, pant sizes, body fat, any of them or all of them, but have a goal. For me, it's my weight and pant size. If I get that to where I want, everything else will be ok.
I stated earlier that I weigh 200 pounds with 27.5% body fat and I want to weigh 175 pounds at about 16% body fat. I also want to fit in a size 34" waste pants, down from my current 38".
So looking at this logically, I want to lose 25 pounds in 12 weeks. That works out to 2 pounds a week in weight loss. I want to reduce my body fat from 27.5% to 16% which is 11.5%. The math is easy, I need to lose 1% of body fat a week. By the end of week 1 I want to weigh 198 pounds with body fat at 26%. Week 2, 196 pounds and 25% body fat, week 3 194 pounds at 24% bf, week 4 194 pounds at 23% bf, week 5 192 pounds at 22% bf, all the way down to week 12, or day 84, down to 175 pounds at 16% body fat.
I have this written where I can see it daily, I know what I need to accomplish each week and if I miss it slightly I know I should push myself a little harder.
So just follow some good planning with good execution and you reach your goals. Write it, read it, follow it, do it and you will have the ability to reach your goals. Take small steps to accomplish your goals, 2 pounds a week is realistic and achievable.
