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Setting Goals

It is important to your health journey to set goals. Many people have the ultimate goal to lose weight or eat healthier, but fail to create smaller, achievable goals that allow them to see progress with their health.

When you set goals, it is important to make them realistic, achievable. Measurable and time based. Losing weight, increasing muscle mass and core stability are all long term goals but to achieve them, smaller, more manageable goals need to be set. Despite what we hear and see in today’s media, weight loss does not happen over night, nor should it. It is important that when you set yourself health goals, you set goals that you know you can achieve. These can include simple, practical steps.

• Exercise 5 times a week for 30 minutes
• Plan ahead and pack a healthy lunch for work
• Aim to make small but significant changes to your daily routine by integrating exercise
• Eat before going shopping to reduce chances of over-spending on unhealthy foods
• Plan your meals at the start of each week to avoid mid-week shopping trips where you only buy foods that are poor choices
• Instead of eating every time you feel hungry, have a glass of water. Thirst can be often mistaken with hunger
• If you’re a long time smoker, make it your goal to slow down and then eventually quit
• If you consume an excessive amount of alcohol, set the goal to cut down on the amount of alcohol you drink in a week

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