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Setting Realistic Goals
Are you accustomed to failure? At the first sign of failure, do you quickly admit defeat and believe the negative comments from well-meaning family and so-called friends? The late Vince Lombardi said that “winning is a habit, unfortunately so is losing.” Setting realistic goals is the smart way to set you up for success.
Goal setting, like anything else, gets better with practice: the more you do it the better you get. There are many steps to learn effective goal planning. Here are a few quick goal setting tips:
Ask Yourself Is Your Goal Realistic – Safely losing 50 pounds in 30 days is an easy example of an unrealistic goal. This is a goal that will more than likely end with another failure.
Why 8 Glasses of Water/Day?
Many people only drink when thirst calls for fluid to trickle down the throat, and water is usually the last choice of beverage, especially when there is nothing else to drink. Thirst is an inaccurate indicator for our body’s need for water and, unfortunately, a lot of us depend on this symptom to replenish our physical water supply.
Water is vital to every function of the body, from waste elimination to temperature regulation, yet many people do not get the proper amount of water their bodies need. We are regularly told to drink from six to eight glasses of water daily. Why not four or five glasses?