| “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” To lose five pounds first figure out how to lose one pound and repeat it five times. I’ve used five and ten pounds as target weight loss. If you need to lose a lot of weight it can be overwhelming to think about losing all of the weight, so just focus on five to ten pounds at a time. I was late for my train and had to do a one hour walk in 50 minutes. So I started to run with a 20-pound knapsack on my back. I hadn’t run in a while so I was getting tired pretty quickly. I focused on running to the next tree which was only 30 feet in front of me. When I reached the tree I focused on reaching the next tree 30 feet in front. I kept my focus small and wound up running about a block which is 264 feet. By focusing on a shorter goal I was able to accomplish the bigger goal. Always focus on easier goals. |