Topic Overview

Setting goals is an important tool for managing your weight. Think about why you want to lose weight, and then set your goals. Also, prepare for slip-ups.

Ask yourself the following:

• Do your goals focus primarily on behavior changes or on achieving a certain weight?
• Is your main goal to improve your health or your appearance?
• Do your goals include changes you can live with for the rest of your life?
• Are the goals you wish to achieve your goals or someone else's?
• Do you think your life will be better (you will be happier, people will accept you more, your life will be more exciting) if you lose weight?
• Do you think that if you could just lose your extra weight, you would then be able to keep it off?
• Is your appearance more important to you than your health?