Why our goals don't get reached!

Here are the 8 reasons why you fall off the wagon

1. No focus: you didn't set goals, you didn't put your goals
in writing, and or you didn't keep your goals in mind daily
(by reading them, affirming them, looking at a vision board, etc.)

2. No priorities: you may have set a goal, but you didn't
put it on or near the top of your priorities list. For
example, your goal is six pack abs, but drinking beer and
eating fast food on the weekend is higher on your priorities
list than having a flat stomach.

3. No support system: you tried to go at it alone; no buddy
system, training partners, family, spouse, friends, mentors
or coaches to turn to for information and emotional support
when the going got tough.

4. No Accountability: you didn't keep score for your own
accountability - with a progress chart, weight record,
measurements, food journal, training journal, and you didn't
set up external accountability (ie, report to someone else
or show your results to someone else)

5. No patience: you were only thinking short term and had
unrealistic expectations. You expected 10 pounds a week or
5 pounds a week or 3 pounds a week, so the first week you
lost "only" 1 or 2 pounds or hit a plateau, you gave up.

6. No planning: you winged it. You walked into the gym
without having a workout in hand, on paper, you didn't plan
your workouts into your weekly schedule; you didn't have a
menu on paper, you didn't make time (so instead you made
excuses, like "I'm too busy")

7. No balance: your diet or training program was too extreme.
You went the all or nothing, "I want it now" route instead
of the moderate, slow-and-steady wins the race route.

8. No personalization: your nutrition or training program
was the wrong one for you. It might have worked for someone
else, but it didn't suit your schedule, personality, lifestyle,
disposition or body type.

So there you have it - 8 mistakes that cause most people
to fall off the wagon. Are you guilty of any of these
transgressions? If so, the solutions are clear and simple:

Focus, prioritize, get support, be accountable, be patient,
plan, balance and personalize.

This was taken from Burn the Fat~Feed the Muscle