Resolutions Step #2 Part 2

So how do we start testing and recording for a weight loss goal? First if you refer back to the philosophy we talked about a long time ago we discussed how you are a living adaptive organism that constantly changes based on the stimulus it receives. So to make yourself as successful as possible I recommend that you take out as many of the variables as possible. What I mean by this is that your body will change based many factors, sleep, food intake, current hydration levels, exercise. So you may decide that in you goal setting you will weigh in first thing monday mornings, depending on your activity level and what you ate on Sunday, that could drastically affect your scale weight on the Monday weigh in.

So try to do something like this. First set your initial short term goal of hydration. You make it through your 5 days and then to reward yourself you go out and purchase a nice accurate scale to weigh in on. Lets Say Monday mornings right when you get up will be the big weigh in day each week. To make this as consistent and accurate as possible we will set up a Sunday Schedule. Each Sunday try to eat the same breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Try to eat them at about the same time as well. Also ensure you are drinking the same amount of water each Sunday as well. Finally attempt to go to bed so you get the same amount of sleep. All these things should help keep things as organized as possible. 

Now as far as short term, do the same thing I showed you in the running example, come up with all of the components of losing weight and list them out. 

1. Water/Hydration, 2. Cardiovascular Exercise, 3. Strength Exercise, 4. Nutrition, 5. Vitamins/Supplements, 6. Sleep, 7. Proper Workout attire

Ok so it is late and i only came up with seven. Still it makes for an easy task of setting up smaller goals that will help to reach the long term ones. My long term goal is to lose 50 pounds. I will accomplish my first goal of consistently drinking 75 ounces of water for 5 days. My reward is a nice scale to use for my first official weight check. From there you can set a significant number of smaller goals based on all the different components. 

I will give more example of these in the next few posts.