SMART Goals:

To achieve your long term weight loss goal, create an action plan to decrease calories and increase physical activity. Here are some tips:

Goals are a roadmap to help us succeed. they give us a clear idea of where we want to be and how to get there. SMART goals are especially useful.

  1. Specific - the actions that will take place; what you will do.
  2. Measurable - how much will be done, and how you will know when the goal has been achieved.
  3. Action-oriented - commiting to take action to achieve your goal(s).
  4. Realistic - practical, given available resources and time.
  5. Time-based - within a specific time frame.
Example: "I will walk up the stairs (Specific, Realistic, and Action-oriented), once daily (Measurable) for the next month (Time-based)."