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Homework Assignment : Goal Setting

One of the reasons people often fail to complete clean-eating challenges—or to apply

what they’ve learn to life once the challenge is over—is because they had no clear

5goals or intended outcomes. Goals will set the framework over which the entire

challenge is constructed. Just doing it to do it is vague and pointless.

Here’s the tricky part: Goals must be specific, attainable and time-dependent to really

be impactful. Saying, “I want to lose weight,” for example, isn’t as powerful as saying,

“By the end of this 30-day challenge on January 31, I will fit comfortably into my

favorite pair of jeans again.” You can even put in quantified terms—such as percent of

body fat lost—if you think that’ll help. Just make the numbers realistic for the time you

stated. Saying you’ll lose 50 pounds of fat in 30 days is likely unattainable.

Set your goals:

• Grab a pencil and paper—or if you’re new school, your notebook, tablet or phone—

and write down three goals for your clean-eating challenge. They don’t all have to be

related to your weight, either. Examples: “I will sleep eight hours each night,” and “I

will spend one less hour on social media each day, using that time to do something

else relaxing instead.” If you want to do more than three goals, that’s fine, but don’t

overwhelm yourself. I find three to five to be reasonable.

• Now, write them down in triplicate on sticky notes or another piece of paper ,and

post them in three prominent locations in your day-to-day routine. It could be your

desk at work, in your car or on your bathroom mirror. Look at and reflect on them

often.

• Tell your goals to someone else. Sometimes voicing them to the world works

wonders because it suddenly makes you accountable.

• Track your progress. How are you doing? What’s potentially keeping you from

reaching your goals? What behaviors are getting in your way? Or conversely, why do

you think you’re seeing success? Be mindful.

• If you’re a known self-saboteur, be extra careful that your goals are attainable in the

time you’ve set. On the other hand, don’t set the bar so low that it wasn’t a

challenge. Find the sweet spot.

• You can always adjust your goals as you go. Already fit back into your old jeans?

Write a new goal to take its place.

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