22 tips on how to persevere in pursuing a goal?

People who struggle with maintaining healthy rules in their diet and stick to a set training plan know that it is quite a challenge. There are many temptations and reasons why you can easily just let go …

We often hear that to achieve success, one must set a goal and consistently pursue it. Sure;) but still many people are discouraged during the course of time, and their motivation turns into frustration.

A week or a month passes and we fail to persevere in the decisions. You ask yourself – why do I lack motivation and consequences again? Am I weaker? Is it because I am not a professional athlete?

Why so often we are not able to achieve the goals?

Amy Cuddy, a psychologist at Harvard, thinks that it’s best to create your own goal-seeking system so that you do not do it at all costs and do not pose just one main challenge. So use a small steps system – action!

How to understand it?
For larger goals to be possible, they should consist of regular small tasks. BE ABLE YO ACHIEVE GOALS BY TAKING SMALL STEPS

Example,
I want to publish another book. It is a big goal, but to achieve it, I need to have an action plan – that is, i need to write it step by step.

Another example,
I want to run a marathon – it’s a definite goal, but to achieve it, I write a year-long plan with the trainer and prepare myself for the run.

I want to lose weight xx kg – goal, but to achieve it, I need to change my eating habits, I read a blog with tips and recipe by Ann;)))), I begin to systematically implement physical activity.

Definition of tasks that bring us closer to achieving the set goal – on the above examples.
I am planning a book writing plan:
– when will I write it?
– how many times a week i will write?
– what time will I spend on writing?

Thanks to this I can act HERE and NOW and avoid struggling with far-reaching visualization of the purpose.

In addition, thanks to this action you will receive feedback motivation through regular action.

It has been proven that this way is much more effective and healthier for our psyche.

Often you are asking – HOW TO KEEP THE DIET? – Although I do not like using the word myself. I definitely prefer to persuade people to change their diet to healthier life style than to call it a diet.

             I know a few tricks that are worth using to get to the finish line
1. Above all, diet / healthy nutrition is not the ultimate evil, only YOUR CHOICE WHICH MAKES YOU FEEL HAPPY. Let it be a compromise between healthy eating and your well-being. If you give up all the guILTY pleasures, you will quickly lose your motivation. Small steps system (as I wrote above). To persevere in the decisions, you must provide yourself pleasure. I recommend home-made sweets, cakes, muffins and other snacks that will surely make you happy and will not harm the diet. You do not have to give up tasty snacks, just introduce healthy replacements (HERE you can read some more)

2.Keep a notes / calendar and save the results. Take notes of your well-being, observation of how you feel about a given product, etc. If it’s motivation for you – check your circuits in centimeters / do not count kilograms – it demotivates. Compare results and motivate yourself with your successes!

3. Wake up your imagination! Visualize the goal. Imagine the inside of your body, your heart is pumping blood into clean arteries. How fragile is the machine and how much work you have to put in to make it function efficiently. Imagine how you will look when you achieve it. It helps!

4. DETERMINATION OF OBJECTIVES From now on, try not to say, “I DO NOT WANT TO BE OBESED”. Instead, build positive messages – ex: “I WANT TO BE THIN”
   A small change in the name of the goal will significantly facilitate its implementation. Plan your diet (www.dieta.hpba.pl) and specify what is waiting for you at the finish line! Set a big goal, meaning health and life in good shape until late age. The next is being slim, having a resilient body, pretty skin, complexion, hair, nails – these are specific goals
5. Set specific goals. It’s an individual matter: put on an old pair of pants, go jogging without a shortness of breath, or have no desire for sweets. The specific goals are to allow you to see progress in working on yourself, give great joy to small victories, we want more and more victories.
6. THE GOAL NEED TO BE AMBITIOUS, BUT POSSIBLE! If you raise the bar too high, for example, loss of many kilos in a short time, you will be disappointed. You will quickly get discouraged and throw on food, and then you will make up for lost kilos at a rapid pace. Dont rush!
7. Write down your goal, preferably two, for example. I want to be healthy. I want to feel great. Research conducted at the University of California proves that each saved goal brings you closer to achieving it by 42%. Not bad to start with, right?
8. Plan a way to achieve this goal step by step, I call it a small steps system. Think about how every day will look like. Do you have to get up early to achieve it? When the alarm rings and you get the lack of motivation, think about how much you will gain if you will stay in bed for  “just a moment” and how much if you get up now? Which benefit is more important to you?
9. Think about your health. How will you feel if you will not change your eating habits today? Start working, because there is nothing to wait for. Take matters into your own hands!
10. Celebrate meals. Let it be a moment without a phone, newspaper, television set, or worse, eating on the wat between duties. Focus on the meal. Decorate the plate, make sure your meal not only tastes but also looks delicious. Cover the table and light the candle, slowly and thoroughly chew each bite. It takes more time, but your brain will get a signal that it’s full and you will not be tempted for more.
11. Have a strong will in the store. Do not go shopping if you feel hungry, because there are things in the basket that you are in mood for, but they do not necessarily serve you. At home in a moment of weakness you will definitely succumb to temptation and additional calories are guaranteed. Plan meals and go shopping with a list of products.
12. Do not keep unhealthy snacks at home, and if you have to keep them , keep it out of the reach of your eyesight.
13. Live actively! Go for walks, to the swimming pool and gym. Develop a class schedule to keep it systematic. Choose the time of day and the number of exercises per week at a time convenient for yourself and write it down in your calendar.
14. Do not give up! As soon as your body gets what is going on, it will start to defend itself and for a while the weight loss may be inhibited, but keep on fighting! Show it who is the boss here 🙂
15. Go against the flow! Do not be afraid of failure, or that someone will mock your weight.
16. Set rewards for achieving success, for example, after losing every 3 kilos, go to the cinema with a friend, paint your nails, or buy a lipstick. Do something that will make you happy, just do not eat sweets!
17. Let your diet be tasty! Delicious and healthy food will give you a lot of pleasure and you will easily persevere.
18. Drink a lot of water and herbal teas, especially half an hour before eating, Thanks to this you will eat less!
    Try to brush your teeth right after your meal. A feeling of freshness in your mouth will certainly discourage you from snacking.
19. Try to involve the family in changing eating habits. its always easier to have a support group. If all household members will put sweets aside, you will not be tempted. Convinced your friend’s  to start the diet, and you will quickly feel how helpful it is to enjoy lost pounds and a great frame of mind with close friends.
20. Do not leave the house without a lunchbox! Plan meals and prepare them in advance. This will protect you against unhealthy accidental meals, often a calorie bombs!
21. If you stumble, get up and move on to the goal. There are worse moments for everyone, but that’s no reason to squander your hard work. Keep fighting!

The most important thing, however, is that we love ourselves for who we are, regardless of the size. The diet is not a condition to accept yourself. We chose this diet for love for ourselves and there is no way to be a hard worker, and the way to change our eating habits that are to serve our health and better well-being. LOVE, PATIENCE AND MOTIVATION!

Let what you do BE YOUR PASSION – or START WORKING WITH PASSION

Create a motivation that will make you love your actions that bring you closer to the goal, even if it is not easy!