Battling Obesity

By Ross Harrison

Setting goals is unquestionably one of the most useful ways to create and maintain high levels of motivation, but it only works if the goals are appropriate for your ability level. Goals need to be both challenging and attainable; otherwise they can hurt your motivation and impede long-term progress.

If you set goals that are unrealistic or unattainable, you may start feeling as though you are failing when you are actually making progress. For example, if your goal is to lose 5 pounds of fat in a week (unrealistic for almost everyone), and you end up losing 1 pound of fat, you think you failed and lose motivation. In actuality a 1 pound fat loss is realistic for most people and this achievement means you are on the way to reaching your ultimate goal.

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By Mac C

Having a goal is vital. Without a goal, life is just dull and unmotivated because you don’t have anything that you want to achieve or obtain. So, what is your goal? Are you thinking of weight loss? If yes, you must have a proper goal and fitness plan to obtain your perfect figure.

To set a weight loss goal, always remember the basics ‘what, when, why and how’. First, you must determine the goal that you desire in a specific way. For instance, instead of setting goal like ‘I want to lose weight’, change it to ‘I want to lose 20 pounds’. This will give you a clear picture of what you are going to accomplish. Second, set a deadline for your goal. This is to prevent you from delaying the plans. Avoid from having an unrealistic timeframe. If the period is too short, you may put yourself into frustration when you fail to do it. Third, dwell on why you want that goal so much. Again, get as detail as possible, like you want to have weight loss so you can wear the beautiful dress on your birthday party. Finally, plan on how you are going to reach your goal. For example, exercise for 2 hours each day with your fitness equipment and replacing junk food with healthy food like fruits.

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By Wayne Mcgregor

Instead of creating a normal goal for this year’s resolution like “I’m going to lose 10 pounds this year” it may be a good idea to create smaller but totally different goals. Using easy-to-achieve goals for each separate month may help you reach your final goal over the course of this year.

As an example you could say to yourself… “For this month I’m going to cut out chocolate”.

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By Rick Osbourne

Thinking back over the seventeen years I spent teaching Physical Education and coaching various sports, one thing stands out to me as I read more and more about the obesity epidemic that’s stalking our nation’s kids today. During those years I noticed that kids who could perform pull ups were never overweight. And kids who were overweight could never perform pull ups. Now I know you don’t have to be a gym teacher in order to see that. It’s common knowledge. It’s so common in fact that I think we’ve overlooked it as an incredibly simple solution to childhood obesity. Let me explain.

Every Gym Teacher Knows What I’m Talking About

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