How to stick to your goals

i wish i knew i relly sux at sticking to my goals at the mo but i,m working on it

I'm not a good example, I leave everything at work to deadline...

But when it comes to weight loss/fitness I actually had heaps of motivation, I lost 30kg in just under a year and looked and felt great, so I'm hoping I can tap into some of that motivation again once bub is out coz I need to get my weight down again and start feeling healthier.

I think it was just that I enjoyed feeling so much better once I cut all the crap out of my diet, and that I found a type of exercise that I enjoyed and that fitted in with my lifestyle (going to the gym - I love the variety, and it fitted in with dropping Maya at daycare). I'm going to join the gym again once this bub is out and go while Renata is here with the babies. If I rely on myself to walk every day I don't stick to it, but with the gym once I get in the door I feel compelled to do a decent workout.

one thing at a time...!!!

For me it's also about having a pay off so to speak. For me there are two. First I want to be a cop. That means eating right and exercising. Everytime I don't want to get out of bed I remind myself of how badly I want my goal and how I won't achieve it by lying in bed!! My pay off for working hard is being fit enough to sit the test and hopefully achieve my ultimate goal.

This also means I get my second pay off - looking damn good and bring sexy back! ( I so miss my abs!!!!)

As time has gone on I've found that I then don't miss sugar so it's now easy to turn down chocolate or cake or biscuits when people offer them.

It's also a reason why I have a personal trainer, she keeps me on track and I can't wriggle out of things! But in a similar way you could find friends who have similar goals and you could help each other, arrange to meet up to go walking, that sort of thing.

My PT also suggested putting a picture up on the fridge of my goal. I already have my police entrance check list there, I'm going to put a pic of Jillian Michaels right up next to it!! (of course then I have to tear hubby away from the fridge! )

Not sure if that is any help at all but hopefully you can get something out of it.

Edited by Paws

Sticker charts aren't just for kids. DH and I have our own stamps and on the days we exercise we stamp the calendar in our kitchen, there's no reward at the end of it (except bragging rights if the other's been slack) but it's nice to see a calendar full of stamps.

Sorry no ideas but just had to share... I just glimpsed at the title of this thread and I swore it said:

"How to stick to your goats"

The mind boggles! Lol.