Fat losing tip two of five to ensure success is this: define your goal.
What is the difference between a goal and a dream?This is a question I often ask students and clients; unfortunately I rarely get a good answer.
When someone is talking about weight loss and fitness and they say they want to get thin, lose 20 pounds and get in shape, they have just given their dream.
To transform a dream into an obtainable goal you have to be more specific.
Here's an example; I want to lose twenty pounds in the next ten weeks.
I will lose two pounds a week doing cardio three days a week and weight lifting three days a week.
I want my body fat to be under 10 percent and be able to run a 10k in under 20 minutes.
The mind works best when it knows exactly what it needs to do.
Several studies have established that if you have a concrete and specific goal you are more likely to reach that goal.
In addition, the mind is most comfortable when it can see the end of its journey.
Be clear with yourself as to what constitutes success and how long it may take.
With your own goals and dreams, are you very specific as to what you want to achieve? The most goal oriented environment I have been in is on recruiting duty in the Marine Corps.
The overall unit had a goal of how many recruits it was to get per year.
The yearly goal was broken down into a quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily goals.
It wasn't just a matter of putting bodies in the Marine Corps.
The people we put in had to be a certain mix of male to female.
There had to be a mix of education levels.
We needed to find people to fill a variety of job functions.
We also had to find to people that spoke different languages.
Each individual Marine had a yearly, monthly, weekly and daily goals.
On a daily basis a Marine would have to make a certain number of phone calls, personal contacts and appointments.
If daily goals were met, then weekly goals were met, and monthly goals were met, quarterly goals were met and then the yearly goals was met.
All of these goals, and how to accomplish them, were written down.
The goals were then reviewed daily, weekly, quarterly and at the end of the year.
Write your goals down, be as specific as possible!

1. What are your goals? How much do you want to weigh?Are you concerned with body fat percentage? What waist size do you want to have? What dress size do you want to be?
2. How will you judge if you're in shape? Will it be based on how far or fast you run? How many push-ups and sit-ups you can do? How much you can bench press?
3. How will you accomplish those goals? What diet or workout program will you use? Which days will you work out?At what time will you work out?
4. How will you monitor your progress and how often? Will you use a diet and workout journal? (I will be writing an article on this subject)
5. When will you review your progress?Every day, once a week, once a month?
6. Write it all down!