Setting realistic goals
Through reading this article in Zone 3 of the Centre you will learn all about the importance of setting goals when it comes to working towards getting fit and healthy. You will discover which types of goals work best (and bring you the best results). You will also gain an insight into what to do if your health & fitness journey is unexpectedly interrupted in some way, due to illness or injury.
In short, the aim of this article is to help you to achieve your goal of feeling better through living better. Everything you need to know about working sensibly towards this is explained simply, straightforwardly and in an accessible way – to enable you to get the information you need FAST, so that you can start planning.
In this article:
Why work towards goals?
Should I tell others that I am working towards goals?
What might happen if I don’t work towards goals?
What are the wrong types of goals to set?
What about dietary goals? And how can I work out my ‘correct weight’?
What if I can’t stay motivated?
What if I suffer an injury or become ill?
If I reach my goals, what then? Should I reward myself? Should I set new goals?!
I am retired and new to health & fitness. Can I still set goals at my age?
How can I help others?
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Why work towards goals?
By working towards goals, you are giving your health & fitness journey some structure. Think of your goals as milestones on your journey. You strive to reach each milestone, and as you do so, you eventually reach your intended, ultimate destination: greatly enhanced physical and mental health.
Should I tell others I am working towards goals?
This is a difficult area. Why? Because on the one hand, it is great to get encouragement from others. But on the other, by being totally open and specific about your health & fitness goals (especially your weight-loss goals!), you could be setting yourself up to be continually accountable to others – therefore losing control of your health & fitness plan. And you don’t want that.
Overall, it is probably best to tell others that you are about to make health & fitness a core part of your life, but not to be specific about your actual goals.
What might happen if I don’t work towards goals?
So many people who decide to adopt a healthier lifestyle dive in aimlessly in their exuberance to get started and to see some fast results. This is a mistake. It generally leads to the person giving health & fitness a go for a short while, but then giving it up. Why? Because exercising in a haphazard, random fashion rarely if ever brings progressive results. And if you don’t see results, why exercise?
It is far better to plan out your health & fitness journey by setting yourself goals to achieve. That way, you will be able to keep track of your progress, and also feel that you are in control of your health & fitness, rather than it controlling you.
Don’t worry! As the weeks pass, you will see results for your efforts. This will spur you on to work towards achieving your next goal, and then your next…
What are the wrong types of goals to set?
Unrealistic ones.
Don’t set Herculean goals, set realistic ones. That way you will not set yourself up for disappointment.
What about dietary goals? And how can I work out my ‘correct weight’?
When it comes to weight-loss (and controlling your weight) your ultimate goal should be to try to become your ‘correct weight’. To find out what your correct weight should be, you can use something called a Body Mass Index calculator.
About the Body Mass Index calculator: Body Mass Index (BMI) is a measurement used to calculate if you are of a healthy weight in accordance with your height. By dividing your weight (in kilograms) by your height (in metres) and then dividing the answer you get by your height (in metres) again, you arrive at your BMI. If your body is the correct BMI, then this is the healthiest weight you could ever be – your perfect weight.
Very few of us are our correct weight. But the great thing is, by calculating your correct BMI, you then have an instant target to work towards as you embark upon your health & fitness journey.
What if I can’t stay motivated?
In order to remain motivated throughout your health & fitness journey:
Expect to ‘hit the wall’ and struggle to remain motivated from time-to-time – this happens to everyone, even Olympic athletes. You are a human being, not a machine. When your brain tells you to ‘take a little break’, then it is receiving signals from your body to stop for a while. Listen to your body and don’t berate yourself for needing a little time out until your body reconfigures itself and is raring to go again. By taking a break, you are being smart, not lazy.
Allow yourself the odd ‘naughty’ treat every now and again, instead of letting your health & fitness regime become a tyranny. Enjoy a coffee and a cake at an ambient café. Order a pizza take-away, say, once a month. Rent a DVD and get stuck into a tub of ice cream with your partner or your mates…
Always keep a record of your health & fitness journey and take a moment sometimes to look back at where it all began, what your ‘starting weight’ was (compared to what it is now), how you could only manage a 10-minute early morning jog at first, but now you can run at considerable pace for up to an hour before breakfast!
What if I suffer an injury or become ill?
This can happen to anyone. The trick is to accept from the outset that illness of injury could interrupt your health & fitness journey.
The great danger with becoming housebound or incapacitated temporarily due to sustaining an injury or becoming ill is that you will have too much time to think, to dwell… and therefore you may develop mood disorders, such as: depression, anxiety or stress. This can then lead to weight-gain as you ‘comfort eat’ in order to cope.
If you are forced to take a break from exercising due to injury or ill health, strive to keep your mind active as much as possible. And, crucially, avoid overeating during this time as this can lead to obesity.
If I reach my goals, what then? Should I reward myself? Should I set new goals?!
Reward yourself as you reach each milestone in your health & fitness journey – buy some nice clothes, go and finally get that DVD you’ve wanted for some time, have a night out at the theatre…
Then set new goals, yes. Keep them realistic, but also ensure that they are challenging enough for you to take your healthy & fitness to the next level. And once you’ve achieved that goal, set another one!
I am retired and new to health & fitness. Can I still set goals at my age?
Absolutely. People of any age can set health & fitness goals. After talking to your doctor first to ensure that taking regular exercise is safe for you to do, plan out your health & fitness goals and start working towards them in the way this article explains.
How can I help others?
Share your knowledge. Through doing so you could help another person enormously. You could even be instrumental in helping them to set their own health & fitness goals.
Also, tell them about the Chemist Online Health & Fitness Centre! The wealth of useful and up-to-the-minute information available here is changing people’s lives every day – for the better.
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