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Redefining Your Goals
By Jody Carlson
Often times, our fitness goals resemble something like this: “I
want to lose 20 lb by June 1st”, or “I want to feel good in my
bikini this summer,” or “I want to be a size 5” or “I want to run
a marathon”. . . etc. These goals could be described as an end
result to some hard work, or outcome based goals.
But let’s imagine for a moment that we might be better off
focusing on the process instead of the end goal itself.
Consider this list of behavioural goals:
• I will do 30 min of cardio 3 times a week.
• I will do 2 sets of 12-15 reps. of strength training 3 times
per week.
• I will stretch all worked muscle groups after each work out.
• I will eat breakfast.
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• I will eat vegetables with every meal, and eat every
3 to 4 hours.
This list not only focuses on the process for reaching your end goal,
but it is also a scheme for changing your lifestyle. There are plenty
of fad diets and extreme exercise regimens that could quickly get
you where you’d like to be, however these often fail the moment you
tire of the strict practice, sending you back to the beginning again.
On the other hand, we know that adhering to small lifestyle changes
will produce long term results, by simply becoming the normal way
you conduct your life. By focusing on a behavioural goal, as in the
examples above, you also get immediate satisfaction from fulfilling
it. Unlike the elusive image of a future gorgeous bikini body on the
beach, these simple tasks are actual and real tasks you can easily
accomplish today. While keeping your long-term goal suspended in
your mind’s eye, completing smaller behaviour goals should be your
primary focus. Soon you might find you’ve arrived at your desired
outcome i.e. the bikini body, but now you have the tools and the
tendency to maintain this position.
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