VISUALIZE YOUR SUCCESS.
I read an amazing story once. It was about a man who desperately wanted to lose weight. So he put out a picture in a magazine of what was his ideal body. Each night before bed he visualized this body with his head on it. After following a healthy diet for 3 months with moderate exercise his results were astonishing. You literally couldn't tell the difference between his body and the body in the magazine that he had cut out.
Michaelangelo said it best with: "What I desire, I must first imagine. What I imagine, I create".
CHOOSE APPROPRIATE PORTION SIZES
USDA statistics show that because of increased portion sizes, the average total daily calorie intake has risen from 1,854 calories to 2,002 calories over the last 20 years. That increase-148 calories per day-theoretically works out to an extra 15 lbs. every year. Portion size is important to weight management.
WHAT MAKES A GOOD GOAL
Traditional goal-setting wisdom has taught us that a good goal must be
1. Written
2. Challenging
3. Believable
4. Specific
5. Measureable
6. Have a specific deadline