Happy New Year! It’s the beginning of another year, and many of us are participating in the tradition of making “resolutions” about the things we’d like to change. Where there’s a lot of good in setting positive goals and pursuing personal growth and progress, it can be extremely discouraging to fall short of these goals if the pressure is too high. With that in mind, we wanted to share this excerpt from a helpful article from FOX NEWS Health that offers a “SMART” way to set goals. If you’re ready to make changes in your life in 2017 and live in northeast Ohio, we hope you’ll reach out!
When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, weight loss ranks among the most common goals set. In fact, research shows weight related goals are the second most common New Year’s resolution.
The downside: research also shows that a mere 8 percent of goal setters actually succeed in maintaining their goals in the long term. It seems regardless of how consistent our resolutions to lose weight are, year after year, we still manage to botch those goals, landing us back at square one, or even worse, up a few lbs. on the scale. The New Year presents an opportunity to break this cycle, so let’s get to it!
The first step to New Year’s resolution success: the resolutions, themselves! When it comes to planning your goals, keep in mind that they should be SMART – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely. The SMART goal setting tactic works especially well for weight loss goals. Run through the list below with your New Year’s resolution to see if yours measures up!
Set goals the SMART way.