I’ve definitely done that in my own life. When I was working 65 hours a week earlier this year I told myself that as soon as my tax job was over I’d start working on losing weight. I’d have plenty of time to exercise and would eat better once the tax job was done. It’s been a couple of months since the tax job ended and I haven’t exercised much and am not eating any better. I was thinking it would be much easier to lose weight once the tax job was over. It was a mistake to think that losing weight would be easier at a future date. There really wasn’t any reason that I couldn’t have taken action to lose weight while working the tax job. My hike should help me lose weight but I need to start changing my eating and exercise habits now if I want to keep off any weight I lose while hiking. It is best to start the change now.
The only two goals I set for this year were to live on a minimum wage income and to save 50% of my income. The minimum wage goal is going fine and should be easily met. Saving 50% of my income is looking unlikely but it is still possible. Those goals are okay but I think I need to set goals that lead to forming new habits. That way once the habit is established I will not need to keep setting new goals for the habit in order to make myself continue the action. Once the action is a habit it should be continued automatically. I’m changing a couple of things today which should lead to the formation of new habits. I’ll let you know how it goes. How do you set goals?
The perfect time to start anything is now! It is always now because otherwise you put it off. Why start a diet on a Monday when you can start it on any day?
You’re right. When you put off starting something it is easy to put it off again.
What sort of diet are you trying? Maybe you can try a few different styles and see which one you mesh with?
I’m mostly Scandinavian/Irish/German, and when I lose weight it’s easiest to do so with low-carb and Paleo-style diets. Right now I’m in a gaining stage, but when I’m ready to cut again, back to low-carb. Ask away if you think it might help!
It will be somewhat of a low carb diet. I’m of Irish/German descent myself. After doing some internet research I think I might have a gluten sensitivity. Once I get back from my hike I’m going to try a gluten-free diet for a month and see if I notice any changes.
Setting a time to start a new goal used to be my habit. In the end, I never started any goal. Now I realized that once you set a new goal, it is best to start it the moment you decide to want to have it.