Today was the day I looked down at the scale and knew I had met my first weight loss goal.  instead of it showing me an error message it said 356.7 pounds.  Oh I know that isn’t good, but at least the scale isn’t giving me a digitally correct way of saying you are too fucking fat for me to honestly weigh.  It is a weight loss goal met.  My next goal will for it to say 350 pounds.

What I really want to make this post about is the importance of weight loss goals.  I know that might sound silly or obvious, but it is less obvious that it sounds really.  Many people who decide the want to go on a diet to lose weight never set a goal and thus never achieve it.  Setting a single goal isn’t enough though.  Oh you should set a long term goal weight, it is a guide for setting your short term goals.  A medium range goal that is several weeks or months down the road has value, but not nearly as much the short term goals you set yourself.

When I talk about short term goals I am talking about less than two weeks.  Since starting this diet on the tenth, six days ago I have met two short term goals.  One to get over the no carb nasties without killing anyone and for the scale to actually give me a weight reading.  They were short, simple, and achievable.  I know I accomplished something. No matter how small it was, I can mark it down as a goal accomplished and feel better for it.

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