Hey gang! I posted this a couple of days ago and there wasn't even one reply (except a message from the 'enzyme lady' but she wasn't sharing goals. She did however offer her 'lifecoach' services.) Am I really the only person that sets the smaller goals so you can see you have made progress? If I'm not, I would really be interested to hear what yours might be. Have a happy and successful day everyone!

I'm all about health. My small goals revolve around getting my kiddies to the point that they won't get angry when I limit their snacks. We've been at this for a little over a month and taking them from constantly eating junk food to only eating healthier snacks has been hard on them. I haven't deprived them completely of junk foods because I think it's important for a child to get -some-. So, I allow them to have some type of junk food twice a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays.

My son got upset last night. I have a rule that if they get a snack after supper, they have to eat all of two items on their plates. He tends to pick at his supper and expect to get to fill up on snacks afterwards. I'm trying to break that habit by forming healthier habits with food. I don't want it to be a constant struggle with them and I also don't want to be viewed as a food nazi. My daughter is getting much better at accepting the healthy eating. She generally cleans her plate and gets one snack afterwards. Though, I no longer try to make them clean their plates. I recently took them to the doctor to try and figure out the best way to help them eat healthy and help my daughter lose a bit of weight. He told me not to count their calories and he said to avoid being a food nazi. They can have the foods they like, but in moderation. He also said not to force them to eat anything. He has children and he said he sits them down to eat healthy meals. They can choose whether or not to eat them. However, he also has rules about snacks afterwards. If they don't eat some of the healthy foods served to them, they don't get snack. I'm trying that approach.

Right now, it's hard because it's still new. I'm sure it will get easier though.

Wow, I've rambled and went a little past the small goal topic!

Small goals:

1)I'd like to get my family accustomed to eating healthy without it being a constant struggle.

2)I'd like to finally get adjusted to this new way of eating and stick with a scheduel without numerous blunders.

3)I want Christams to hurry up and get here so I get my treadmill!! My exercise routine is finally starting to even out into routine status instead of being done in here and there sperts.

4) I want to be able to wear regular sized clothing.

5) I want to influence my sister and mother to start eating healthier. My mother is on the verge of diabetes and my sister is very obese (did I mention that I hate that word?) She eats a LOT of fast food and I tend to blame her husband for most of it. He likes to eat out and talks her into it nearly on a daily basis even when she says she doesn't want to go.

6) I want to get rid of this "back fat". I have to say that out of all the areas on my body that contain fat, that particular area seriously gets to me. You know what I mean. The two rolls of fat on each side of your back!

7) I'm all for enjoying holiday meals like Thanksgiving and Christmas without calorie counting. After all, they only come once a year. However, this Thanksgiving I ended up bringing home way too many left overs and ended up eating over my maintenance calories for 3 days instead of only on the holiday. In light of that, I am setting a goal to not bring home ANY left overs from the Christmas family meal.

I'm sure I have many more smaller goals. They're too numerous to list them all!

I agree with you on small goals and big goals. I need to lose a lot of weight, but I have a small goal of 10 pounds. Ten pounds at a time seems less overwhelming than making the long term goal the only one I have. Another long term goal is to run a marathon. In the short term I am trying to run 1 mile.

Hi Narrowroad. Thanks for the reply. When my kids were little, the docs wanted to put my son on medication for hyperactivity. I told them to wait and let me take him off sugar first and see if that helped. He was a different child. I kept him off snacks for 2 weeks then let him have them back in moderation. It was an unbelievable change. Also, as far as the fast food goes, all of us need to have a calrie count book to see just what is in all that stuff. The things you would think are the healthier choices aren't always. Perhaps I'll start a discussion on that later. Wishing you great success. Have a wonderful day!

My long term goal is to lose about 100 lbs. My short term goal is to lose 10% of my body weight which is about 25 pounds. My even shorter term goal is to walk everyday this week.

See what I mean, gang? These are 'doable' things. Not so overwhelming, but yet they are a start. I have always been a terrible procrastinator. Especially if something seems sooo out of reach. The small goals reallly help me. Good wishes to everyone!

My short term goal is to walk a mile daily. My long term goal is to hike for day and learn to kayak & canoe! I keep focused on that and it helps keep me on the mark.

My short term goal is to walk a mile daily. My long term goal is to hike for day and learn to kayak & canoe! I keep focused on that and it helps keep me on the mark.

My doctor has referred me to a `Proactive scheme' that runs in my area. It provides cheap exercise programme with trainers at a local gym. My short term goal, is to ring them and join up!!!! been putting it off.

Would also love to be able to put my socks on EVERY DAY without having to ask for help from my wife.

I see they pulled that first message, must be because she was soliciting. My goal right now is to go down to a size 16, than I'll think about 14. I feel the same way you do, I just want to buy stuff off the rack. I would die to be a size 8 again, but 14 is more doable.