Track Your Goals – Make a Fitness Journal
It doesn’t matter where you have been, as long as you know where you are going.
Do you know where you want to be at this time next year? If you could do anything at all, what would you do? Where would you be? How would you FEEL?
We each have the ability to shape our own lives in any way we like. On a daily basis we turn our own thoughts into the reality that we live. You and only you can decide who you will be today, or tomorrow, or a week from now.
Goal setting is one of the most important, and often overlooked methods of getting from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future. Everyone can set goals. Few people take the time to plot a course from here to there.
Setting goals alone will not make your dreams come true. It is equally important to put your goals in plain site each and every day. It takes time and patience to accept a goal as a way of life. Depending on the goal, it may take a few days, or a few weeks, or longer.
I encourage you to set short term, mid term and long term goals in your fitness journal. As you complete a goal, check it off the list and replace it with a new goal. Make goals a daily part of your life and you will be amazed at what you are able to accomplish, one step at a time.
There is no limit to the number of goals you can keep in your Fitness Journal. The more detailed the goal, the better your chances of success. You don’t need to know HOW you are going to do something, you just need to feel absolutely that this is something you MUST do. The how will take care of itself.
You can become who you know you are. Take action. Make it real.
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This is great advice that I’ve seen a couple other places, too. I’m going to follow your suggestion and set more specific, measurable goals. I have one goal now – 100 knee pushups by Feb 28, 09.
This is a great idea, setting a short term, mid term and long term goal. Like millions of people, I am making a New Years resolution and it is to get fit and lose weight. I’m doing this for myself and I hope that at the end of this year, I will get rid of my meds.
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What a great idea – A fitness journal. I use a software program for my weight and inch loss goals. It also tracks what I eat. And I keep my weight and inch loss progress on an Excel spreadsheet. But, I never thought about a fitness journal. Sounds like a great way to track my emotional progress.
~Marilyn
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