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Originally Posted by ju5tdoit
A Jillian Michaels' quote comes to mind, "Be in the present. Focus on today, that is all you have."
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I am only vaguely aware of who Jillian Michaels is, but I agree with her on this point.
To the OP, I don't have a "goal weight". My only goal, really, is to make the best choice I can make, every time I am faced with a choice. That means a lot of things to me:
* Choosing to plan my meals and spend time cooking on the weekends so I have healthy dinners ready for me during the week
* Choosing to say, "eh, not today" when cookies or candy or other tempting treats turn up at the workplace
* Choosing not to overeat even on healthy food
* Choosing to drag myself to the gym and work out, even when I'd rather not
For you, the list might be a little different - but these are definitely "live in the moment" sorts of goals. It has worked for me (see my stats) to think in terms of "what I'm doing right now" instead of "what I have to do for the rest of my life."
And since those
are my goals, I get the reward of making goal several times a day.
Or, if I fall short sometimes (and of course I do from time to time), I get another opportunity to make it right almost immediately - I can start succeeding again from my very next choice.
All of this sounds corny to me when I put it into words, and yet this "in the moment" frame of mind has really worked for me - I think it's the reason why this time I've stayed on my plan longer, and lost more weight, than ever before. It's the reason why this time finally does feel like the last time.