January 4th Blog Talk Radio

Today on Blog Talk Radio I spoke on the following topic:

Goals that help and hurt

Take a close look at the words that express your goals.
What are your goals? have you written them down? remember if it is just in your head they cant be accomplished. Look through your goals do you see the following words NO, NOT, NEVER, STOP,REDUCE, LIMIT or QUIT if these negative words appear pay attention to them because they can play an important role in the way you have set your goals what you could be doing is setting yourself up for problems

Do your goals deprive you of something you want (or think you want)?Make sure your not setting yourself up for failure, deprivation, resentment and rebelliousness. Have you created a forbidden list that includes certain sweets you can’t eat and when you finally do allow yourself to eat the sweet you binge? Remember that Lifestyle Living is being realistic, allow yourself certain items in moderation.

Do your goals set you up for failure?
Make sure you goals are not created in a negative tone a all or nothing situation even down to the smallest detail. (If so this will lead you to enjoy it now and worry about it later, next week, month or year). You will feel like you can’t control your own behavior but not be sure what to do about it.

Framing your goals in positive terms means you will reach them much easier. Positive terms will allow you to do the following:
• Focus on what you really want, and on what is helpful and achievable. This creates positive energy and momentum instead of feelings of deprivation and resentment.
• Adjust your plans when you have the inevitable slip-up or bad day. Instead of giving up when you mess up, you can make small changes to balance things out.
• Check in with yourself before you act. Ask yourself if what you are about to eat will help you reach your goals.
• Have true freedom of choice, rather than forcing yourself to rely on will power alone. We just aren’t designed to white-knuckle our way through life, always resisting what we think we really want.

Remember to create your goals start small and increase as you go.

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