Saturday's "OMW" and a winner!

Words to self:

"You gotta be careful if you don't know where you are going,

because you might not get there." Yogi Beara

There are a bazillion websites, books and life coaches

with lots and lots of ideas on how to set goals.

But, a couple of things they have in common are:
1) be specific              

           2) don't set too many at once
              3) start easy/small and work up

                  4) break it down...monthly, daily..

Sometimes, I don't have a good success rate because I

set too many goals.  Sometimes they are too difficult for me achieve
in a specific amount of time.  And, sometimes,  I am just too
 vague with what my goal really is. 

 I can say...
 I want to make more healthy choices this year. 

It's too vague.  Instead, it would be a better idea to

... pick one particular thing (i.e., sugar or fried food)

 Then, I set a goal to try to NOT eat...say chocolate or
french fries for a month.  At the end of the month, I reevaluate.
Depending on my success rate...I can set new goals - up or down.
Maybe I want to include something in my foods that I'm
not doing now.  I might say I'm going to eat more fruit.  Good goal... 

but, still a bit vague.  I need to set the specific goal - I will eat

a piece of fruit at each meal...for at least one month.  Or, I
could say...I will include 3 pieces of fruit in each day.

Trying hard to succeed is important...but, success is a
great motivator to keep trying.  We can't be
so hard on our selves that we want to quit trying.  We
don't want to set goals so far out of reach - at this time,
that we set ourselves up for failure. 

Think about child learning to walk.

We wouldn't take them on a hiking trail and
expect them to walk the whole way all by
themselves.  But...someday they WILL be
able to do it...if we keep taking them on hikes
and letting them do more each time. =)

 

I found a couple of links that have a few simple ideas for

setting goals.  There may be others that you find helpful.
Click on the titles to go "there'. 

 

Really Simple Goal Setting

...goals for change: three simple steps

So, what do YOU think? Would you want to
try setting one specific goal?  And, come back

next Saturday to let us know what YOU learned
and how YOU did?
 We can all learn from each other - if we are
willing to share our comments.  =)

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The Pedometer winner is....
Becky 

from... Sarcastic Quilter
It's cool too because she does
 Wednesday's Weigh In each week

I want to thank ALL of you who commented last week!
And...thank you...thank YOU to all who put the
"OMW" button on their blog!  There will be more
giveaways...so, keep watching.  =)

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~~~ Ruby's Report ~~~ 

Treadmill  - I kept my goal this week...6 days.  Now, it's 2 weeks that

                  I've done the 6 days.  I'm hoping to do 2 more weeks of

                  6 days (not counting time or distance).  Then, I will try to

                  set a goal for distance - on top of the 6 days per week.

Food  -  I was a lot better at drinking more water.  I used a 12 oz cup with

              lid and straw.  I am trying to do at least 4 of these every day.  I've

              been falling short of this.  So, my new goal is 3 - 12 oz for 7 days.

              I'll have to see if I can be successful with this new goal.  I watched

              what I ate after about 6pm.  And, I worked on using some form

              of distraction (like sewing) when I felt I was eating for comfort or

              because of boredom (a great tip from a comment).

Weight  -  I'm down 2.2lbs....I am so happy.  This is one of my best "downs"

                for quite some time.  Now...to at least maintain it for next week. I

                would like to go down more...but, I will be happy if I maintain for

                one week.  =)

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