When you are trying to lose weight and are finding it tough going, one of the reasons for this could be that you have set yourself too high a goal and are having trouble achieving it. This is actually quite a common mistake made by many people who believe that if you set a really high goal then you will work harder to attain it.

In fact, the opposite tends to be true as although you may work harder in the initial stages, because the goal is so out of reach, it is common to give up before getting anywhere close to it. This can leave you feeling dejected and utterly lacking in the will to want to continue, so it has a negative effect. For this reason, it is far better to set yourself realistic weight loss goals so that you have a far easier time in achieving them. The way to do this is simplicity itself.

You start with an easy to reach target of just a few pounds of weight lost inside of a moderate time frame, for instance two to three weeks. This is relatively easy to achieve and you will find that once you have achieved this target, then you are much more highly motivated to go for the next goal, which should be of a similar level of attainability. Losing weight becomes much more enjoyable when you do it this way and you stay with your plan much more readily, leading to a far better and more sustainable success.