Hey Guys! It’s Karen with Wellness Works NW. I think somebody out there is thinking about Goal Setting! Well, sure they are. How do you set a goal. You see people that are so goal oriented, especially as we get to the end of the year, and they are thinking this is what I am going to do and this is how I am going to do it.
How do you set goals? There is a difference between a dream and a goal. So you’re sitting there dreaming about losing 25 lbs and have a butt like J.Lo, and thinking: I can see it now. And then it goes to the wayside. You have to put a date on your vision. That is how you turn a dream into a goal, you put a date on it and you create a strategy. A strategy is how you are going to get there. How are you going to get J.Lo’s butt? It is going to be a lot of work, I am going to tell you! You can do it if you want to! Make sure to set those goals. Make sure you really want to make your dream a reality.
What is your why? Why do you want to lose 25 lbs? What’s going to happen if I do lose 25 lbs? What’s going to happen if I don’t? Now being chronically ill, we set goals because we have to. We need to do this, so we can have surgery here or if we don’t do that than this is not going to work out. That means we need to eat better. How am I going to eat better? That is why so many people fail at eating better because you have to define what eating better means. Eating better could mean you are going to cut your carbs by 25%. I am going to get a meal plan and the meal plan is going to help me make my goals. I am going to exercise more. I am going to move more. I am going to take 10 minutes and march in place and I am going to do that 8 times a day. When you actually measure stuff that’s important like money, time, food and your exercise it makes those goals smart goals.
Your goals need to be realistic too. You can’t say I am going to lose 45 lbs in 10 days, now go. That is not realistic. Once your goals are realistic you feel a lot of power because you can see yourself doing it. Once you see yourself doing that, you have to duplicate that.
Goal setters are real leaders. Now that doesn’t mean that they always hit their goals. I create goals for myself, many different kinds of goals, and sometimes I won’t hit them but that is ok. If didn’t set the goal what may actually happen might be worse. You can start with just a daily goal: Today I am going to get these 6 things done. You know how you get that long list? If you can get just 4 or 6 of those things done, you are doing great!
Goal setting is really important when it comes to your health. You may need to get your A1C down, or this or that and you need to put those things on a calendar or else you won’t do them. So I want you to think about what you want to do so you can make it happen. Say I want to lose weight because _______________? How can I do that? I need to figure out some other exercises because I hate this one.
Maybe I need to purchase some equipment that is going to help me make this happen. Things like bands. Bands are really good when it comes to exercising because there are so many kinds of resistance bands, they come in different materials and widths and lengths. I just want to show you some great things with this thing. I am going to step onto the band and hold onto the end and my hands are going to be facing upward and bring your hands toward your body to do a Bicep Curl. You don’t think anything about this but you do this about 10 times and you start to feel it. You can do this in your office or between commercials while you are watching TV.
I want to show you a Hind Reaching Row. I am going to hold the band behind my back and stretch back and out. You feel this in your triceps too. You could do about 5 to get started and set a goal to bring it up to 10 by the end of the week.
When it comes to squats I like this one. I step on the band and bring it up behind my head and rest the end of the band on my shoulders. Then I sit back and up to do a Resisted Squat. Set yourself a goal to just to it. Start with 5. You can do 5 of anything. Do 5 the next day and then the day try 10. You can do anything!
Email me with your goals. Thank you for all you do! I am sending all kinds of prayers and positive vibes!
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Karen G. Clemenson is not a doctor or a scientist. She is a real person that eats too much sometimes and misses her workout on occasion but is mindful of her path toward wellness, all the time. Karen understands that your physical wellness does not begin and end with your membership to a local gym. She knows that weight loss management begins with steps; some small and some large. These steps include diet, physical activity and retraining of the thoughts and habits that keep you from being successful on your path toward wellness.
