*~*~Setting Goals~*~*

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Registered: 03-25-2003
*~*~Setting Goals~*~*
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Tue, 06-29-2004 - 4:21pm

I haven’t done this in a while on the board and thought it might be a good time to start it back up. How about setting some goals for your recovery?! They should be measurable, attainable (you don’t want to set yourself up for failure), and larger goals should be broken up into smaller sub-goals.


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For example, if you are purging 2 to 3 times a day, don’t set a goal of not purging anymore ever again. While that is a great goal to have, you want to break that up into smaller goals such as not purging for one day, or if you need to, not purging after one meal just for today.


 


So, one of the things I want to accomplish is to eat dinner, and then stop eating for the night – no snacking. Not so much because I am worried about calories, but I still have digestive problems and it’s best if I don’t eat after a certain time. Anyway, some nights I do great, others I don’t. My goal for the rest of the week (up until and including Friday) is to eat dinner after work and then stop until I get up the next morning.


 

Anybody else have any goals they want to share? Sometimes it helps when you commit to a group of people – but nobody will think badly of you if you don’t make it!!! Think about it, maybe even write down what your overall goals are, break them up into smaller, more easily attainable goals, and then share them here if you feel comfortable.

Love & hugs, Kristina


The opinions I have expressed here are from my own experience and are not intended as medical advice or to take the place of your own physician's advice.

Love & hugs, Kristina

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Registered: 06-29-2004
Tue, 06-29-2004 - 6:44pm
Hi that would be good for me. I have a goal to not exercise for one day. violet
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Registered: 04-14-2004
Wed, 06-30-2004 - 10:42am
i have two small goals:

1. i want to exercise even if i've already eaten or even binged that day. i deny myself the pleasure of exercise if i eat beforehand and if i binge i tell myself i can't exercise because i've already ruined the day. i want to exercise anyway.

2. when i think something cruel, nasty, or competitive about another woman's weight, i am going to counter those thoughts with a positive, kind thought about her. i'm sick of using other women to make myself feel good or bad. it's isolating and harmful to do that.