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Originally Posted by realcdn
I've never set time specific goals. If you don't meet them, how do you address that?
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I guess I like the idea of a projected date. If I set December 1st as my date to reach as goal of 165lbs, that gives me a destination; something to set my sights on. Now that doesn't mean that I can't reevaluate that goal in September and adjust accordingly.
If I have a goal of reaching 20% body fat I like to have an idea of how long it will take me to achieve that goal. If I give myself 30 weeks and at 15 weeks I am not well on my way then I probably need to reevaluate my compliance or the methods I am using.
Maybe it is because I am very number oriented. I have a very Type A personality! LOL It gets me in trouble a lot! I tend to over analyse!
This time around I have decided to pick some numbers and reevalute them in 3 months. I really don't know what my goal weight should be but I don't want to be skinny and I want a decent amount of muscle. So I have chosen 165 by Dec 1st (There is a formal party that weekend so that is why I have chosen that date specifically) as a goal. As I get closer to that weight I will be better able to adjust it. (I am more interested in size than the scale!) I would also like to reach 20% body fat about the same time so that gives me 33 weeks to lose 21% body fat. That seems really high and a bit out of reach but I really don't know so I will reevaluate this goal in a few months as well.